Small Business Opportunity

Office Cleaning Business

Many people believe that cleaning is one of the worst tasks they have to perform. This is especially true within an office setting. It is not uncommon for this type of setting to be filled with “that is not my job” opinions. Meanwhile, the dust is building on the picture frames and the dust bunnies are collecting in the corners.

This is where a home based business professional can enter the picture and generate a large income for themselves. Office cleaning can be done with relatively low start-up costs and can be done during evening hours or on the weekends, allowing you to establish yourself while keeping your current job.

Once you have begun to establish yourself within the industry, you will be able to make a very good living at performing relatively simple tasks that others believe are “not their job.” Keep in mind, office areas are generally clean anyways, they want to impress their clients, so you will not have excessive amounts of work to perform. This will also allow you to service many clients in a short period of time, increasing your income potential.

Opening Up The Business

To start your business you will need the following to begin:

  • Transportation large enough to carry your cleaning supplies
  • Cleaning supplies, including a Hoover and various cleaning tools
  • Business cards and brochures that describe your services and their prices
  • Website, even if it is for informational purposes only

Before you begin to promote your business, you will want to establish all the licensing and permits necessary to conduct your business in your local area. It is also recommended that you have your company insured and bonded. By ensuring your company, you are showing your potential clients that you can be trusted in their office to work without harm, and in the event something happens, the client will have coverage for the damage.

Benefits Of An Office Cleaning Business

It has already been discussed that this type of small business idea is a low cost start-up business, and that it can be done part time to begin with, both very advantageous to a new home business owner. However there are many other advantages to this type of business that you may not realise. These include:

  • Seeing income within the first 2 weeks. Many new business start-ups can spend months before they start generating an income. With an office cleaning business, you perform the service and leave an invoice with a 10 day remittal. By the end of 2 weeks you begin receiving payment. Once this cycle begins, and the more clients you take on, you will begin to receive payments nearly every day. You will no longer have to worry about making the bill payments on time.
  • You can control the growth of your company. If you only want this endeavour to be part time, you can limit your clients. If you want to work full time, the possibilities are endless.
  • Expansion is easy, and low cost. As your business begins to grow, you can always bring in other contract cleaners to work for you. You will generate a profit off of their efforts as well as your own. The sky is the limit.

Promoting The Company

Since nearly all of your work will be done locally, you will need to focus a majority of your marketing to this area. You will want to join business groups, attend B2B meetings, showcase your business at local fairs, and make physical sales calls to area office buildings. You will be able to promote your service online, through social forums, but your marketing should be gerared toward meeting local business owners.

Make sure that your website is always kept current. Prospective clients will research your company on the Internet; it is just common to do so now. Having a current site will provide you credibility in their eyes.

It may be necessary in the beginning to run specials to encourage businesses to use your service. Do not look at this as a financial loss. The main objective is to gain clients. Once you accept these coupons or deals, you can track them and use them as losses on your tax reporting. In the end, it all works out in your best interest.