Cleaning and Maintenance Services and Supplies

Sell all you want, but you still to have clean and maintain your business

Maintenance and cleanup isn't as glamorous as finance, e-commerce, online marketing, negotiating tactics and other parts of running a small business. But these tasks are, nonetheless, vital to your ongoing operations. You can't run a successful company if it's dirty, piled with trash and falling apart. MRO (maintenance, repair & operations) may not be top-of-mind, but to keep things running smoothly so you are free to concentrate on sales, strategy, finance and other matters, you'll need the right services and suppliers. Look for these two things:

An online supplies vendor that has the type of supplies you need and a Web site where you can order easily and have items delivered quickly.
An experienced, reputable commercial cleaning service that can handle the amount of space you have, and is fully insured.

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Total facilities management companies will do it all so you can concentrate on other matters.

Consider extremely low cleaning services bids carefully. A cleaner may be bidding low because of inexperience or a lack of insurance coverage. If they destroy your desks, floors or other facilities, you'll have bigger problems.
Evaluate franchised cleaning services just as carefully as you would any other service. Although they may carry a familiar name, they are still independently owned and may or may not have cleaning industry expertise and experience.
According to BuyerZone, prices vary by size and frequency of cleaning services. Nightly janitorial service for a company in a 20,000 sq ft office in a major city may cost 5-10 cents per square foot ($2,000-$4,000/month). More services, additional workers, or pricey cleaning supplies and equipment can increase the cost as much as 10-35 cents per square foot.