When looking upon a cleaning
business it is mainly divided into two main market
segments, the direct consumer or residential market
and the commercial market. The consumer market is
not expected to be a frequent market wherein your
services are required on a daily basis. It usually
comprises household servicing, maid services, rug
and carpet cleaning, window cleaning, and perhaps
pool services among some. The commercial market is
composed basically of the same general service with
a larger scale scope contracted on a regular basis.
General services could handle both janitorial and
maid services. Establishments that would require
this service would be offices, schools, restaurants,
hospitals, banks, shopping malls, to name some. It’s
a business that can start up with a low investment
capitalization and as you learn the ropes, it is one
of those types of business where you can start on a
small scale.
A cleaning business doesn’t require that much on
technical know how or gadgetry. It is a service
oriented kind of business that focuses mainly on a
good staff that has to share your vision of the
business, understand that it is accomplishment and
end results that determine your viability in the
market and put you ahead of the competition. You
need to find a staff that is honest, hardworking and
finds happiness in accomplishment of the outcome of
their work
The cleaning business is a business that allows you
to find a niche market, thereby making your efforts
well paid for. It is a very profitable and
sustainable market. And with the economy nowadays
that require most households to do extra work and be
out of the house more often opens a window for this
kind of business. Here are some examples of what a
basic cleaning business has to offer:
1. Maid services – This includes dusting of
tables, chairs and shelves, mopping of porch, stairs
and floors, taking away of cobwebs, vacuuming the
floors, carpets, rugs, curtains and stairs,
straitening of linen and taking away of the garbage.
They can cover the bedrooms, recreational rooms, the
dining area, bathrooms and kitchen.
2. Carpet and Upholstery cleaning – Aside
from basic vacuuming, the rug and carpet as well as
the upholstery tend to have deep amounts of dirt
stuck in the fabric, acquire stains from food and
beverages, other household materials and odors from
other various things as well as pets. Cleaning
services offer restoration aside from basic
cleaning. They can treat and solve certain materials
which have discolored. This may also include ceiling
and wall cleaning, curtains and drapes, and the
application of a fabric or surface protector, like a
flame-retardant.
3. Janitorial services – This is a service
which starts when the normal traffic of the
commercial establishment has left and gone home.
This is so that the cleaners don’t get in the way of
the office work that has to be done during the
daytime. This may include maintenance of lighting,
garden or ornamental plants and trees, heating,
ventilation and air conditioning, landscaping and
pest control services.
