Retail store cleaning prices per square foot
Stores are cleaned after closing, often every night, and the customer sees the floors and the entrance glass first. Here is what that work costs per square foot, computed from production rates.
Quick answer
$0.19 to $0.69 per sq ft per month
About $1,379/month for a 2,000 sq ft retail store and $5,675/month for 30,000 sq ft. Smaller buildings cost more per square foot: restrooms, trash and break rooms do not shrink with the floor area.
How this is computed
- Sizes: 2,000 and 30,000 sq ft, the typical range for retail stores.
- Scope: BidLoom's default areas and tasks for a retail store (listed below), on its default schedule of 7 visits a week, timed with BidLoom's production rates (approximations of ISSA 612 from public sources).
- Labor: $15.00/hr base wage, burdened to $16.82/hr with FICA, FUTA, US-average SUTA (2.7%) and janitorial workers comp (3.5%, EMR 1.00), no benefits.
- Supplies at 6% of labor, and the price at a 30% margin.
These are the defaults a new BidLoom account starts with, so the full bid opens at the same price. Pick your state below, or set your own wage and rates in the app.
- Hours per visit
- ~3.4 hrs
- Monthly price at 30% margin
- ~$2,606/mo
- Per sq ft per month
- $0.26
Burdened labor at $16.82/hr (US averages). State paid leave estimates use the higher-obligation tier within 10–49 employees; employee deductions are excluded. Tasks done on every visit follow the visits per week; the others keep the schedule below unless there are fewer visits. Fewer visits add a per-visit buildup: each visit has more to clean.
What the estimate includes
The default areas and tasks for a retail store. In the full bid you change, add or remove any of them.
Sales Floor
65% of the floor
- Dust Mop / Auto Scrub Floorevery day
- Empty Trashevery day
Fitting Rooms
10% of the floor
- Vacuum Carpet (backpack)every day
- Clean Mirrorsevery day
Entrance / Vestibule
5% of the floor
- Clean Glass Doorsevery day
- Damp Mop Entranceevery day
Restrooms
2 restrooms
- Clean, Disinfect & Restock Restroomevery day
Back Office / Storage
15% of the floor
- Sweep Floor3× a week
- Empty Trash5× a week
Retail stores: frequently asked questions
How often should a retail store be cleaned?
Most stores are cleaned every night after closing. This estimate prices the sales floor, entrance, fitting rooms and restrooms 7 nights a week and the back office less often; change any task’s frequency in the full bid.
Are floor refinishing and window washing included?
No. The estimate covers nightly cleaning: dust mopping or auto scrubbing the sales floor, entrance glass and mats, fitting rooms, trash and restrooms. Burnishing, strip and wax, and exterior windows are periodic work you add as separate tasks or one-time bids.
Is this retail store cleaning estimate a quote I can send?
No. It is a starting point priced from BidLoom's default areas and tasks for this building type and size. A real bid needs a walkthrough: the actual rooms, floor types, restroom count and the schedule the client wants. The free BidLoom account starts the full bid with these numbers filled in, lets you change every area, task and rate, and makes the PDF proposal.
Why is the price shown at a 30% margin?
A margin is profit as a share of the price: at 30%, a contract priced at $1,000 costs $700 to deliver. 30% is the margin a new BidLoom account starts every bid at; you can change it on any bid or in Settings. Markup, profit as a share of cost, is a different number: a 30% margin is about a 43% markup.