Industry
Trade one-off cleans for recurring contracts.
Residential cleans fill the week. Commercial contracts build the company. The agent works the property managers, offices and post-construction pipelines that turn a cleaning business into a route.
Job economics
- Average residential clean
- $220
- Average commercial contract
- $4,200 / month
- Typical sales cycle
- 1 week – 2 months
- Decision maker
- Office manager, facilities lead, property manager
- Peak demand
- Year-round, January and September commercial cycles
Where the work comes from
How cleaning companies get work today.
The agent does not replace these channels. It works the ones that are starved of attention — and it works them relentlessly.
- Repeat residential customers
- Word of mouth and neighbourhood referrals
- Property management relationships
- Builder and post-construction referrals
- Local listings and search ads
Buying triggers
What the agent hunts for.
Every trade has events that reliably create work. The agent watches for them inside your service radius and opens the conversation while the reason to talk is still fresh.
New commercial leases
A new tenant moving into an office needs a cleaning vendor before the doors open — a deadline-driven decision with recurring value.
Post-construction cleans
Builders and GCs need turnover cleans on a schedule, and they reward vendors who answer the phone.
Property manager turnovers
Every unit turnover is a cleaning job, and a portfolio is a contract. The pitch is portfolio-level.
Contract expiry timing
Janitorial contracts come up for renewal on a calendar. Being in front of the decision maker sixty days early wins them.
The workflow
How the agent runs cleaning services sales.
Five steps, configured to the way this trade actually sells — the ticket size, the cycle length and the person who signs.
- 01
Find the new tenants
New commercial leases and occupancy permits identify offices that need a cleaning vendor immediately.
- 02
Pitch portfolios, not properties
Property managers are approached with a multi-site offer and a single point of contact, which is what they actually want.
- 03
Work the construction pipeline
Builders get a steady cadence around completion schedules so you are called for the turnover clean.
- 04
Convert residential to recurring
One-off and deep cleans become recurring plans, with the annual value made explicit in the follow-up.
- 05
Fill the calendar evenly
Booked walkthroughs are scheduled to smooth your week rather than pile work into Monday.
Capabilities used
What this looks like for cleaning companies.
Sample dispatch log · cleaning services
- New lease · 12,000 sq ft office · vendor needed
- Post-construction clean · 3 sites · GC contacted
- Portfolio pitch · 9 properties · PM walkthrough set
- Contract expiry in 60 days · outreach started
- Residential → recurring conversion · 6 plans
- Walkthroughs booked · 9 · $37,800 monthly pipeline
Objections
What cleaning companies push back on.
Nobody buys cleaning from a robot.
I have enough residential work.
Commercial bids take forever.
Markets
Where we build for cleaning companies.
Each market page lists the neighbourhoods we build for, with the local demand profile for your trade.
Also
Other trades we build for.
Put the agent to work on cleaning companies.
Twenty minutes on the phone and we will tell you what the agent is modelled to produce in your trade and your service radius, before you spend anything.