How Much Does Commercial Cleaning Cost in Calgary?
Most commercial cleaning in Calgary works out to somewhere between $0.12 and $0.25 per square foot per visit for a standard office, which is roughly $300 to $700 a month for a smaller space on a regular schedule. What you actually pay comes down mostly to the size of your space, how often it's cleaned, and what kind of facility it is. Here's how those fit together, so you've got a feel for the number before you ask for a quote.
Commercial cleaning cost details
What you can expect to pay
The rate per square foot shifts with the type of space, because some facilities take more time and care than others.
- Offices and professional spaces: around $0.12 to $0.25 per square foot per visit. Bigger offices sit at the lower end, since a larger floor is more efficient to clean.
- Medical and clinic spaces: higher, roughly $0.18 to $0.30 per square foot, because the disinfection standards, the products, and the documentation all add work.
- Warehouses and industrial units: lower per square foot, around $0.07 to $0.15, since large open floors clean faster per foot even when the totals are bigger.
For one-off or smaller jobs priced by time rather than area, commercial cleaning in Calgary generally runs $40 to $60 an hour.
What a typical month looks like
Most businesses care less about the per-foot rate and more about the monthly bill, so here's a rough guide for a regular contract.
- A small office under about 3,000 sq ft: roughly $300 to $700 a month.
- A medium space of 3,000 to 10,000 sq ft: roughly $700 to $1,800 a month.
- A large facility over 10,000 sq ft: from around $1,800 a month upward.
Frequency moves these more than anything else. A space cleaned five times a week can cost close to double the same space cleaned once a week, so getting the schedule right is usually the first thing worth sorting.
What actually drives the price
When we build a quote, these are the things that move it: cleanable square footage and how the space is laid out, how often you want it cleaned, the type of facility and the standard it has to meet, the number of washrooms and kitchens, any extras like interior windows or consumables you want us to restock, and contract length. A six or twelve month agreement usually comes in ten to fifteen percent lower per visit than month to month, because the staffing and scheduling are easier to plan.
Why the cheapest quote often costs the most
It's worth being a little wary of a price that looks too good. Commercial cleaning is labour, and the companies at the very bottom of the market get there by paying their cleaners as little as they can. That shows up later as a different crew every few weeks and standards that quietly slip once the contract is signed.
We pay our cleaners above the industry rate and add performance bonuses, so the people in your building are looked after and tend to stay. It costs a little more than the cheapest option, and it's the reason the clean still looks the same in month twelve as it did in week one. You can read more about how the business is run and why that keeps standards from slipping.
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