Cleaning Service Business IdeasStart a cleaning service business. It's easy and profitable. Clean carpets, offices, homes, windows, and yards, to name a few. Here are a few business cleaning service ideas. Home Cleaning BusinessA home cleaning business is a simple and profitable cleaning service business to start. Many people clean houses for a living every day. The basic tools you need are a vacuum cleaner, dust mops, feather dusters, toilet brush, cleaning solutions, and a bucket and mop. Add a means of transportation and you can be in business soon! If you have a couple of people helping you, one person can vacuum the rooms. The second person can dust. A third person can clean the tubs, sinks, mirrors, and toilets. If you are a one person business, the job will just take longer. 
This business opportunity can grow as large as you want it to. If you are happy with just making a living, you can do all the work yourself. The big bucks are earned when you grow the business large enough to require several crews. The challenge will be to find and keep repeat customers. An ad in your local community newspaper's business services section should bring you a steady stream of customers. Business Cleaning ServiceA business cleaning service is another simple and profitable cleaning service business to start. Similar to a house cleaning business, this service differs in that your customers are business and building owners. They will want their offices and common areas cleaned. Another difference is, this business requires you to work "second shift". You will need to work after business hours when the business's employees have gone home. Your tasks will include vacuuming, cleaning rest rooms, mopping and polishing foyers, carpet cleaning, emptying wastebaskets, and what ever other task your customer requires. To start a business cleaning service, you need to advertise where your business customers search. If your city has a "Business Journal" weekly newspaper, that is one excellent place to target the business owner and building owner. Another place to advertise is in the yellow pages of your telephone book. My experience with yellow page advertising, was unprofitable. Then again, I wasn't in the cleaning service business. Your results may differ. Don't overlook your local newspaper. I had excellent results advertising my lawn service in the business directory section of my newspaper. Of course every business should have a website. Read my recommendations for the best way to create your own business website that works. Carpet Cleaning BusinessAnother cleaning service business to start is a carpet cleaning business. Many people who start a carpet cleaning business choose to go with a franchise opportunity. 
A franchise offers you training and a complete business system including the tools you need. Here is a short list of websites that include franchises and carpet cleaning equipment and supplies.
If you prefer to not buy into a franchise, I would recommend buying the book "Start Your Own Carpet Cleaning Business". (new window) It will give you an excellent insight into starting your own carpet cleaning business. This book will show you how you can start this business with as little as $20. Window Cleaning BusinessAnother cleaning service business to start is a window cleaning business. This is as low-cost startup business as any I have ever seen. My wife once hired a two man crew to clean our home's windows and window screens. The only tools they had were a squeegee, a ladder, a bucket of water and cleaning solution. One young man cleaned the windows from the inside and the other one cleaned them from the outside. In about one hour they had cleaned all the windows in my one story home. They only charged me $85 for the job I hate to do. That's a good profit margin. Tall commercial buildings require special equipment. You probably have seen a scaffold that is lowered by ropes from the roof. A lift truck can also be used to help you reach the windows of some tall buildings where an extension ladder will not reach. Be sure to review and observe OSHA's safety rules. Well there you have a few ideas for a cleaning service business. Anything that gets dirty offers you a legitimate home based business opportunity. Good luck on your new business. Return from Cleaning Service Business to Service Business Ideas.
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