Carpet Cleaning Pricing Calculator

How Carpet Cleaners Price a Home

Measure carpet square feet you will wet clean, not the whole house footprint. Bedrooms and halls count. Tile kitchens usually sit outside the total unless you offer hard surface too.

Stair flights are priced separately because wand work is slow on treads and risers. Count flights, not individual steps, to match how most residential clients think about stairs.

Spot treatments cover pet stains, dye stains, and red wine calls. Enter how many spots you expect to pre spray beyond normal traffic lanes.

Minutes per hundred square feet should come from your wand time on similar nylon and polyester jobs. Heavy restoration on commercial glue down needs a higher number.

Minutes per flight capture carrying hoses and hitting each tread. Track two or three stair jobs and average them.

Chemical cost is your pre spray and rinse for the job size. Enter the jugs you open on a home this size, not a price per gallon you saw online.

Stair surcharge and spot fees are flat add ons some owners print on the ticket instead of hiding in production rate. Use them when your base rate is clean per square foot.

Labor rate is what you bill loaded with workers comp, fuel, and machine payment. If techs earn $20 and the truck costs another $25 an hour to run, your field belongs near $45.

Materials markup covers pads, corner guards, and broken hoses. Ten percent on chemicals is a starting point.

Profit margin divides into the final bid through subtotal divided by one minus margin percent. That keeps target profit on the invoice total.

Price per square foot is a compare tool against your ticket history. If you usually close at $0.42 and the tool says $0.28, check production rate before you match a coupon ad.

Furniture moving is a separate line unless your base package includes light moves. Note it in the proposal. Dry time guarantees belong in the service letter, not in the calculator.

Commercial work at night might use the same math with different minutes per hundred. Duplicate your rate card for each building type.

Pre inspect on site before you treat stains. Fiber type and prior rental machine residue change chemistry choices.

Move out cleans often include empty rooms and garage stairs. Add flights and square feet for every carpeted space in the lease walkthrough.

Commercial glue down in offices uses lower moisture and slower wand passes. Raise minutes per hundred when you price warehouse carpet.

Pet odor jobs need enzyme product and extraction passes beyond standard traffic lanes. Increase chemical cost and spot count on those tickets. Protectors and deodorizers belong on optional lines so the base clean price stays comparable to competitors in the phone quote.

Minimum charges protect you on studio apartments. Quote the minimum when the math total is below your truck stop floor.

Berber and looped carpet slows wand passes. Raise minutes per hundred on commercial installations with tight loops.

Tile and grout upsells use different chemistry than carpet lines. Invoice them separately when the client books both on one visit.

Emergency water extraction after a pipe break bills mitigation hours outside standard cleaning production. Add labor hours manually on those jobs.

Wool and natural fiber rugs need lower moisture settings and longer dry passes. Raise minutes per hundred when the tag calls for specialty care.

Stair runners billed by the step count slower production than open rooms. Add extra minutes per flight beyond the flat flight surcharge.

Sectional sofa upholstery is outside carpet square feet. Invoice upholstery lines separately when the client books both in one trip. Red dye kits on specialty spots carry their own product cost beyond standard pre spray gallons.