Square Foot average price in your town..?

[Mikey P]

Id say about .40 to .45 in Scruz

and .20 in Nevada



In both hoods we're about .15 higher



And for the love of Ladwig, OH so worth it.



Self esteem issues run amuck with the Larry Lunchpails of the world. good gravy.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I don't know. Never priced the others but the coupon guys average .10-.12 a sq/ft.

 

[steve_64]

Larry lunchpail is a steady worker. Ive seen the high price cleaners and other services come and go.

Im not sure whos charging what but I kniw I get underbid occasionally and sometimes they say oh is that all. So I assume im in a good place.

 

[Desk Jockey]

We could under bid the market and take the Lions share. However if we can't make a decent return for the effort, why do it?

Hell, if I'm going to jerk myself off, I prefer to do it in private...most of the time.

 

[Cleanworks]

We're about. 25 here for basic prespray and extract, price goes up when you add prevac, agitation, etc. I have a commercial job coming up in June, prevac, prespray, crb and rinse for. 35. Prices have been about the same for the last 25 years. By rights we should be around. 50 but just can't get it.

 

[hogjowl]

Like Reechurd, I have no idea about the others, but I'm at .27 empty and .37 if moving furniture.

I get the phone slammed on me often.

 

[Desk Jockey]

I get the phone slammed on me often.

me too. I didn't know my wife called you also. Sorry!

 

[SamIam]

I had one premium cleaner .49 cents per foot him and his wife divorced, they work run 2 powermatics out a box truck with to rx20 and use no soap.

White star carpet car, She said they avg 1 job a day. A 1000 sq ft puts you at $500 on the day. If you do a big enough area you only need one or two jobs.

 

[Cleanworks]

I had one premium cleaner .49 cents per foot him and his wife divorced, they work run 2 powermatics out a box truck with to rx20 and use no soap.

White star carpet car, She said they avg 1 job a day. A 1000 sq ft puts you at $500 on the day. If you do a big enough area you only need one or two jobs.

Explain how that's a premium cleaner, who uses no soap?

 

[SamIam]

Zero Rez before zero Rez probably ROI water

 

[jwfoulk12]

I've never even priced the competition. I just know I'm more. I definitely don't get the price shoppers.

 

[Josh]

Id say about .40 to .45 in Scruz

and .20 in Nevada



In both hoods we're about .15 higher



And for the love of Ladwig, OH so worth it.



Self esteem issues run amuck with the Larry Lunchpails of the world. good gravy.

Same here. Higher than average.

 

[Mark Saiger]

Guys around. 25 cents per Sq foot to. 30 cents then they add on mileage, furniture manipulation, stain removal. We are. 38 cents per Sq foot and don't charge extra unless some pet issues involved.

We can sometimes be a bit more. 40 cents per Sq foot in more remote and rural to make up to get a higher minimum you could say...

We are higher priced and lucky to be busy

 

[Able 1]

I don't really have a clue what I charge per sq. ft., how the hell would I know what they do..

 

[TConway]

It is all over the place here, .10 to .35 I am somewhere in between. I have a few accounts that I get .55-65 when they need save the carpet, I love these just because I feel I am getting a fair price and the owner still is saving money not having to replace the carpet. But I will only attempt if the carpet has enough life left in it.
We have a agreement, if I save it you pay the full amount.....If I tell him I think I can save the carpet and it doesn't turn out, I only charge for fuel and chems about 125.00. I have only lost one.
It takes the risk out of it for them, and I just don't get my labor.

 

[cobra]

I'm glad someone else started this thread. Didn't want to start another "pricing" thread. We have recently expanded into the capital and finding the pricing there is completely different . We now have .20 per sf, but most of the competition is lower. it is now a question of do we price compete and follow them into the toilet, or stay steady and wait it out. Sometimes when business is slow you do what you gotta do. Not sure but very frustrating. What do do?

 

[Josh]

Stay. Don't follow.

Then after a bit, as long as you offer cleaning that's far superior to the competition, raise your prices.

 

[hogjowl]

Start by learning your cost of doing business.

 

[Ron K]

Start by learning your cost of doing business.

I agree with you 100%. Not what you make .......it's what you take..............home that is.

 

[jcooper]

Id say about .40 to .45 in Scruz
and .20 in Nevada
In both hoods we're about .15 higher
And for the love of Ladwig, OH so worth it.
Self esteem issues run amuck with the Larry Lunchpails of the world. good gravy.

Feel free to include weather you are measuring whole room or in between furniture.

Someone cleaning a 10x10 room charging .25 per is making 25 bucks. Measuring between furniture you would need to charge what? .50 - 60 cents to make the same money.

 

[Donwand]

Here in the suburbs of Philadelphia and New Jersey,

I charge .45 to .60 cents per sq ft depending on the amount of carpet that is cleaned. I don't upsell on anything unless there is a major pet issue.
Usually, I charge less if the rooms are empty.

 

[BLewis]

We charge by the room and move most furniture so we range from .26-.35 psf. We don't move beds or dressers with mirrors, so sometimes this makes the sf price better

 

[Ron Werner]

around here prices range from $139CDN for 4rms and hall up to 60cents/sf, maybe more. I just raised mine from 55 to 60, first raise since 08.
One company was at $49/area.
I'd say average is still around 25-30cents/sf . It was that 15yrs ago

 

[Lee Stockwell]

I was at 20 cents in 1987.

Haven't raised it enough since then.

 

[Blue Monarch]

No idea what the average is here. I run about .26 per foot. Thats measuring the whole room and cleaning all the open carpet. Goes up if I'm moving furniture.

For vacants I do .21. Works for me based on my cost of doing biz and cost of living.

 

[ruff]

..... We now have .20 per sf, but most of the competition is lower. it is now a question of do we price compete and follow them into the toilet, or stay steady and wait it out. ............... What do do?

It depends what wait it out means.
If till they go out of business, that will not do. Because the moment they do there will be a bunch of new ones that will under price, and when they go out of business a bunch of newer hungrier ones will come along.....etc. etc.

If waiting them out means staying in business by establishing a great reputation and charging an amount that will allow you to have a decent income, then YES.
Time consuming though and could be difficult at times. Will most likely work for the long term.
VIGILANCE, comes to mind.

 

[BLewis]

Ofer's thread got me to thinking. When I was in the restaurant business they tipically raised prices by 3% usually 2-3 times per year. Every time they had a price increase they would add an "extra value" item to the menu to ease the pain. So I just did my first price increase in 5 years and was thinking of this extra value thing (I now use a final rinse) so I could always say that but so far no one has even questioned the increase (which by the way was only $5 per room and $10 on first room).

So I'm taking it that our established clients really could give a flip, it's just new folks calling in that are getting a slight sticker shock

 

[Desk Jockey]

The thing is Billy you could tell those people $5.00 less and they would still be shocked. You just can't cater to everyone.

 

[Loren Egland]

I don't know if any other carpet cleaner in my area charges by the square foot. All seem to charge by the room.

For the last 11 years we have been at .45 plus .20 for protection, and an extra .10 for us to prevac. $4.00 per step.

 

[PrimaDonna]

We charge by the room (up to 250 sq ft). $190 for the first two, then it's $85 per room. Halls, stairs walk in closets are all priced out individually. It's rare that we clean a full 250 sq. ft in a room unless it's empty. If it were empty it would be .34 sq ft. But since we are cleaning rooms with furniture (we do move as much as we can), we are averaging more than .34 per sq. ft.

We charge $40 per room for Scotchgard (so it comes out to .16 on an empty) and $55 per room for maxim (.22 on empty). Rarely do we have a job that doesn't choose one of the protectors.

Many homes we work in have great rooms that are considered a double, master suites that are also a double and finished basements that are usually the size of 2-4 rooms.

I don't know what the "competition" charges, nor do I care. You should never base your price on what others are doing in your area.