House Cleaning Pricing Calculator
Price a standard or deep clean from your cleaners’ time, supplies, travel and overhead, plus your margin. The calculator gives the price for the clean and the price per square foot, so you can check flat rates against what each home really takes.
| Labour cost | $120 |
| Overhead | $23 |
| Total job cost | $173 |
| Price to quote | $230 |
| Profit | $58 |
| Markup on cost | 33.3% |
| Price per square foot | $0.115 |
| Revenue per labour hour | $38 |
Before sales tax, GST or HST. Works in any currency: the $ is just a label. Example numbers only: replace them with your own costs.
What to count in a house cleaning price
- Hours per cleaner, including travel between homes
- Supplies per clean: products, cloths and vacuum bags
- Travel costs and parking
- Overhead such as insurance, bonding, booking software and marketing
- Your margin after paying the team
Worked example
With a crew of 2 for 3 hours at $20 an hour, $15 in cleaning supplies for this clean, $15 in travel and parking, 15% overhead and a 25% margin, the job costs $173 and the price comes to $230. That is $0.115 per square foot for 2,000 square feet of home, $58 profit, and a 33.3% markup on cost.
Margin is not markup
Margin is profit as a share of the price; markup is profit as a share of your cost. A 30% margin needs a 42.9% markup, because the profit is measured against a smaller number. Mixing the two up can leave a busy season with less money than you planned. This calculator asks for the margin you want and shows the matching markup.
The Cleaning Business Pricing & Job Costing workbook (C$19.00, Excel, also opens in Google Sheets) keeps your rates in one price book, builds a printable client quote, and tracks what each job really cost and made, so your next price is based on your own numbers.
Questions
PER HOUR, PER SQUARE FOOT OR FLAT RATE?
All three can work. Clients like flat rates; the calculator shows the per square foot and per hour figures behind a flat rate so you know it covers your costs.
HOW DO I PRICE A DEEP CLEAN?
Run it again with the longer hours and extra supplies. The difference shows how much more a deep clean should cost than a standard clean.
This calculator is a planning tool, not financial or tax advice. Check the results against your own records before you rely on them.