Get The Clean You Need, Every Time

As a general rule, it takes approximately 2 hour to clean every 200 m2 of office space when cleaned 5 days a week. Cleaning times will vary obviously according to what needs cleaning, the cleaning specifications and the cleaning frequency.

As of writing current award rates for permanent part time office cleaners are above $27.40 + GST per hour for cleaning performed weekdays between 4pm and midnight.

After all other costs are added, it will normally cost $37-$45 per hour for a cleaning company to service your building legally.

A reasonable gross profit margin for a cleaning business is 10-20%. This means a cleaning company that quotes below $35/hour is very likely cutting corners.

A $52-$57.50 range is an acceptable price in the industry. Bear in mind that if your office is small or only requires a weekly or fortnightly service, much detail is normally necessary and your per visit rates will generally be quoted at a flat rate which will be a minimum of 3 hours service prices start from $177 + GST for 1x per week service.

Frequency refers to the number of days you need service. While price increases with more days of service, your facility will generally stay cleaner with more frequent services so you may gain pricing benefits with more service days.

For example, detailed vacuuming and dusting might be needed on a couple days each week and light cleaning on other days. Your price will reflect the mix of commercial cleaning services needed to keep your facility clean and healthy.

Think Of it This Way.

If you clean your kitchen and do your dishes only once a week it will probably be dirty and take a lot longer to clean. But if you clean and do the dirty dishes every day, then it will take less time to keep your kitchen looking good. The same applies to professional commercial cleaning services.