The honest answer is that it depends on your site. This guide gives you a practical way to work out a cleaning budget for an office, clinic, warehouse, gym or strata building, before you ask anyone for a quote.
Call 02 4071 4022 for a free walkthroughCommercial cleaning cost is set mainly by time on site. Floor area, fit-out, headcount, washrooms, kitchens, floor finishes, visit frequency and access arrangements all change how long each visit takes. A budget built from those factors, and checked against a fixed quote for the same scope, is more reliable than any average rate.
Walk the site and write down each area: reception, workstations, meeting rooms, kitchens, washrooms, change rooms, stairwells, warehouse floor, car park. This list becomes the backbone of your scope and stops quotes from quietly leaving areas out.
Not every area needs the same attention. Washrooms and kitchens often need every visit; meeting rooms or storage areas may only need weekly. Matching frequency to use is the biggest single lever you have on cost.
Most businesses want cleaning after hours. Note when the site is empty, how cleaners will get in, and any building rules such as inductions or loading-dock bookings. Tight windows and complex access add time to every visit.
Carpet extraction, hard-floor scrubbing, high dusting and internal glass are done on a longer cycle. Give them their own line in the budget so they are planned rather than paid for as surprise invoices.
Choose whether you will buy toilet paper, hand towel, soap and bin liners yourself or have the cleaner supply them. Either is fine; what matters is that every quote handles it the same way.
Send the same area list, frequencies and window to each cleaner, or have them walk the site. Compare quotes line by line, check the contract terms and notice period, then set your budget from the quote you choose.
We start with a free site walkthrough from our Seven Hills base, agree the areas, tasks and frequencies with you, and send one fixed price in a written scope. Our cleaners are police-checked and insured, visits can be scheduled after hours, and the agreement runs month-to-month with no lock-in. For more detail, see how commercial cleaning is priced and the hidden costs to watch for.
Published rates rarely match what a specific site ends up costing, because the time each visit takes depends on fit-out, headcount, washrooms, floors and access. A budget built from your own areas and frequencies, then checked against a fixed quote, is far more reliable than an average rate.
Regular commercial cleaning is usually quoted as a fixed price per visit or per month against an agreed scope. Hourly billing is more common for one-off or open-ended jobs. Pro Clean Corp gives a fixed price against a written scope so you know what each month costs.
The size and layout of the site, how often it is cleaned, the type of site (offices, clinics, warehouses and gyms each have different high-effort areas), what is included (washrooms, kitchens, glass, periodic floor work, consumables) and access arrangements such as after-hours windows or building inductions.
Book a free site walkthrough on 02 4071 4022. We agree the scope with you on site and send a fixed price in writing. The agreement is month-to-month with no lock-in.
Free site walkthrough. Written scope. Month-to-month, no lock-in.
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