Selling or buying a commercial cleaning business
Contracted accounts with term. Everything else is a staffing company.
I want to sell my Commercial cleaning business I want to buy one
If you own one
Thinking about selling your commercial cleaning business?
Janitorial and commercial cleaning businesses are valued almost entirely on the contracted account base: how many, on what terms, for how long, and at what margin. Labour is the whole cost structure, so a buyer will look hard at turnover, wage pressure and whether your supervisors will stay. Contracts with real term and a supervisor layer are what turn a route into a company.
What raises the price
- Written contracts with term and renewal history rather than month-to-month accounts
- Account spread — no single building or property group dominating
- Supervisors and area managers who hold the day-to-day relationships
- Documented margin by account, with labour cost tracked accurately
- Specialty services — floor care, post-construction — at higher margin
What a buyer will discount
- Accounts cancellable on thirty days' notice
- Labour turnover requiring constant recruitment
- Wage pressure not yet passed through in pricing
- Worker classification arrangements that will not survive diligence
None of this is a reason to wait. Most of these are fixable, and knowing which ones apply to you is exactly what a valuation is for.
What is my commercial cleaning business worth?
Nine questions, an indicative range on screen, and a scorecard showing which value drivers you already have and which are costing you money. No cost, no obligation, and nothing is published.
Get a free valuationPrefer to talk it through first? Use the form below — it reaches a person, not a queue.
If you want to buy one
Looking to acquire a commercial cleaning business?
Read the contracts and the cancellation clauses before anything else, then look at supervisor tenure. Month-to-month accounts held by one person are not a durable asset.
Not sure you are ready to compete? Take the readiness check — two minutes, and it tells you exactly what sellers compare buyers on.
Get told before it is listed
Most good businesses in this sector are placed with a prepared buyer before they are ever publicly advertised. Buyers on file hear first. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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Tell us which one you are
Whether you own a commercial cleaning business or want to buy one, this is the same first step: a short, confidential conversation with a person who has done this before.
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Submitting this form does not create a legally binding agreement, an engagement, or a confidentiality obligation on its own — it starts a conversation. Anything binding is a document both sides sign.
Questions owners actually ask
Commercial Cleaning & Janitorial: the questions we get
How do I sell my commercial cleaning business?
We review the contract base and margin by account, value the business confidentially, and approach buyers who understand janitorial labour economics — all without your accounts or staff being told.
What is a janitorial business worth?
Contract quality and term, account spread, margin durability and supervisor retention. Two companies with identical revenue can be worth very different amounts for those reasons.
Are month-to-month accounts a problem?
They lower the price but they do not prevent a sale, particularly where the retention history is long and documented. Showing that history is the work worth doing beforehand.
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Start with a number, not a decision
A complimentary, confidential valuation tells you what your commercial cleaning business would be worth today and what is holding it back. Whether you act on it is entirely up to you.