Commercial Cleaning Franchises

What Are Commercial Cleaning Franchises?

Any cleaning franchise which serves commercial clients can be considered a commercial cleaning franchise. Commercial cleaning franchisees will usually spend their time managing staff and finding clients. The staff will then carry out the cleaning services, whilst the franchisee works on building the client list and marketing the franchise in their local area. It will also be the responsibility of the franchisee to recruit both staff and clients, and ensuring the success of the franchise.

Advantages of Commercial Cleaning Franchises

Since the COVID pandemic, more and more businesses have become conscientious about having a clean business environment. And it is for the better. By having a safer, cleaner working environment, the risk of illness spread can be reduced, limiting staff sick days.

Thanks to growing demand for commercial cleaning services, huge developments have been made in sanitation equipment and products, including UV machines which require minimal input, plus outsourcing cleaning staff has never been more in demand.

There has never been a better time to invest in a cleaning franchise - many of which don't require any cleaning by the franchisor! Thanks to their management style of operation, both commercial and domestic cleaning franchises can be carried out by staff whilst the franchisor manages the day to day operation and marketing of the business.

As with many other types of franchises, there is also the prospect of repeat business with commercial clients, as opposed to one-off cleans, meaning franchisees can spend more time enjoying being their own boss, and less time finding clients.

Disadvantages of a Commercial Cleaning Franchise

Overheads can sometimes be costly for commercial cleaning franchises, but this is usually evened out by the number of staff employed. EG if you employ more staff, there will be more paperwork involved ongoing including wages, pensions and cleaning equipment purchases, but theoretically if you're increasing the number of staff, then presumably the amount of work is also increasing - ie turnover.

There is also a lot of competition for cleaning services, so speak to the franchisor about the potential territory size and number of clients, so you know that you'll have a big area to work with.