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Commercial Cleaning Quote Calculator

Work out what a cleaning job actually costs you to run — labour, chemicals, travel and equipment wear — and what to charge to hit a healthy profit margin. Enter your numbers below and click Calculate to see your results.

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Pricing & contract

Enter your numbers above, then click Calculate to see your results.

Want to go further than one quote at a time?

We're building a more advanced pricing & profit toolkit for cleaning businesses — labour cost breakdowns by staff type, contract profitability tracking across multiple sites, and ready-to-use templates (scope of works, site inspection, proposal, cleaning schedules). If you'd like to know when it's available, call us on 1300 404 226 or keep an eye on this page.

Gear up your team

If this calculator shows your margins are getting squeezed by labour hours, the fastest fix is usually equipment that covers more area per person-hour. A few places to start:

Considering a floor scrubber specifically? Use our Floor Scrubber ROI & Payback Calculator to see how fast it pays for itself.

Floor Scrubbers & Sweepers Cut large-floor labour hours dramatically vs mopping or walk-behind gear Backpack Vacuums Faster than upright vacuums for repeat commercial rounds Pressure Cleaners For exterior, carpark and driveway work billed as add-on services Carpet Extractors Add higher-margin carpet cleaning to your existing contracts

Frequently asked questions

How is the recommended selling price calculated?

We take your total job cost (labour + chemicals + travel/equipment) and work out the price needed to hit your target gross margin, using: price = total cost ÷ (1 − target margin). So if your job costs $100 and you want a 30% margin, the recommended price is $142.86.

What margin should I be aiming for?

Most commercial cleaning contracts run somewhere between 20% and 40% gross margin, depending on competition, contract size, and how much of the work you can standardise. Smaller, one-off jobs can often support a higher margin than large recurring contracts.

Does this include GST?

No — all figures are treated as GST-exclusive. Add GST separately when you issue your actual quote or invoice to a client.

Is my data saved or sent anywhere?

The calculation happens entirely in your browser. When you click Calculate and it shows a full result, a one-time summary of the numbers is emailed to us so we can follow up if it's useful — it isn't stored in a database, shared with any third party, or used for anything else. No name or contact details are collected.

Can this handle a full contract, not just one clean?

This first version is intentionally simple — one clean at a time, then multiplied out to weekly/monthly/annual value. A more advanced version with multi-site and multi-staff contract modelling is planned for the toolkit above.