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Cleaning Service Owners

Employment Prospects

Employers

Many cleaning services are one-owner operations, but some may employ many people to assist with corporate contracts or disaster restoration. If you're in business for yourself, you may offer both commercial service and residential service, but you're likely to want to choose between the two. If contracted for commercial service (cleaning an office building, a mall, an apartment building, or some other public area), you'll probably sign on for a number of months with a predetermined number of cleanings per week. If you choose to provide services to the residential market, you'll work with different clients every day.

Starting Out

Starting a business requires ambition and customer service and organizational skills. It would also be advantageous to have some experience as a cleaning person, though it is not necessary.

Start-up costs are relatively low. Depending on the kind of work you'll be doing, the initial expense of your equipment is likely to be much less than $4,000 (not including the van or truck needed for transporting the equipment).

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