Small Cleaning Business

Many people over the years have supplemented their wages by begining a small cleaning business. Some of these businesses have grown over the years to become the large professional cleaning companies that we see today.

These small cleaning businesses fill a gap in the market, that many of the larger cleaning companies do not want to cover. Small, single cleaning jobs can be of little interest to the larger cleaning companies and yet can be exactly what the individual looking to earn £10 - £20 extra a week to save for a holiday or a special treat, is looking for.

How to get started.

Well, this really depends on just how small you want to be. If you are simply looking for a single cleaning job, then scouring your local papers for local companies advertising for a cleaner, is the best place to start.
If you are looking for a few cleaning jobs to develop a part time cleaning business, then you will probably need to produce a small leaflet or flyer and distribute them in the area's you would prefer to work.To begin with, try to keep to the same area, as this will keep down your travelling costs and also keep down your travelling time between jobs.
An advert in your local paper can be effective in bringing in jobs, especially if you leave the advert in for a couple of months.Once you have the number of jobs you want, simply drop the advert.

Types of small cleaning business.

There are a number of different area's that you could develop a small cleaning business in :-

Office cleaning - only target small individual ofices, as larger office blocks are liable to deal with larger companies -Read more....
House cleaning - medium size houses will normally require 2 - 4 hours cleaning a week, so these would tend to be the type to target. So only a couple of these houses may be enough for you - Read more....
Shop cleaning - again a medium size shop may produce the number of hours that you require, but these hours will be after 9 - 5 and so may be more awkward to fit into your schedule - Read more....
Window cleaning - Are you comfortable working on ladders? If not then you will have to target bungalows or shops - Read more....
Carpet cleaning - This will need investment in equipment and training, but can be a nice little earner once you are established - Read more ....
Car valeting - Most people will already have all the equipment needed for this business, so you could start as soon as you find your first customer - Read more....
Caravan cleaning - There are caravan or trailer parks close to most towns, and over the year this can be a regular source of income - Read more....
Pressure washing - The cleaning of drives, paths and walls, tends to be very seasonal and may involve investing in equipment.As these will be one off cleans you will need to have a steady source of new customers during the cleaning season - Read more....
Oven cleaning - Not a nice job and involves using chemicals,but doesn't need a great deal of equipment - Read more....
Kitchen cleaning - Either using chemicals or a steam cleaner,starting to face higher quality requirements, so some training in health and hygiene could be needed - Read more...

Book keeping.

Here in the U.K. we need to be self-employed to run our own business. This means that we need to keep track of all of the work we do, as well as all of the expenses we incur.
A seperate business bank account can be helpful in seperating business and personal finances - Read more....

Growing a small business.

Whilst this might seem as simple as getting more customers, it is actually much more tricky than that. To build a 20 storey building, you have to dig much deeper foundations than for a 2 storey building, and the same is true for businesses.
This is why it is so important at the outset to decide whether you intend to stay small, or whether you have aspirations to grow much bigger - Read more....

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