How to Price a Cleaning Job

There's no single correct way to price a cleaning job — common models include an hourly rate (typical for domestic/recurring work), a per-job fixed price (end-of-tenancy and deep cleans), per-room or per-square-foot pricing (larger or commercial properties), package pricing (tiered “standard” vs “deep” clean options), and recurring/contract pricing, often discounted vs. one-off work to secure repeat business. Most businesses also apply a minimum charge to cover travel and setup time on small jobs, and either bundle or itemise travel and materials costs.

Whatever model you choose, the inputs that should shape your number are the same: realistic time per job (including travel between jobs), equipment and consumables cost, your insurance and compliance overhead, local market rates, job complexity and property condition, whether the work is recurring or one-off, cancellation/no-show risk, and — once you're VAT-registered — whether your price is VAT-inclusive.

We deliberately don't publish specific £/hour figures here, because real market rates vary significantly by region and we haven't independently verified current local pricing data. Use the free Pricing Calculator preview to see the shape of the calculation, or the full version in the Business Launch Kit to build a real number from your own costs.