Recurring building upkeep
A fixed routine for common areas, restrooms, trash and floors in buildings with several tenants or heavy daily use.
Commercial cleaning
Commercial Cleaning Services in Boston
Our commercial cleaning services in Boston start with two things written down: what gets cleaned and when. Office managers, practice managers, owners and property managers get a scope built for their space and a schedule that works around the hours the business is open.
- Written scope and checklist before the first visit
- Daily, weekly or custom schedules planned around your operating hours
- After-hours access agreed at setup, not improvised on the night
Who commercial cleaning is for
This page is the starting point for any business space: an office suite, a dental practice, a café dining room, a daycare, a fitness studio, a shop floor or the shared areas of a multi-tenant building. The work differs a lot between them, but the setup does not. You tell us what the space is, how it is used and when nobody is in the way. We turn that into a written scope with a frequency for each task, and we quote it. That way you always know what a visit is supposed to include.
Commercial cleaning by type of business
Each service has its own page with a detailed scope, typical examples and questions specific to that kind of space.
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Commercial Cleaning
Scheduled cleaning for businesses, built around a written scope and your operating hours.
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Office Cleaning
Desks, touchpoints, kitchens and restrooms on a daily, weekly or custom schedule.
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Janitorial Services
Ongoing building upkeep: trash, restocking, floors and restrooms on a fixed routine.
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Restaurant Cleaning
After-close cleaning for dining rooms, restrooms and agreed kitchen surfaces.
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Medical Office Cleaning
Waiting rooms, exam rooms and restrooms cleaned to a scope your practice signs off on.
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School & Daycare Cleaning
Classrooms, nap rooms and restrooms cleaned when children are not in the building.
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Gym Cleaning
Locker rooms, mats, equipment touchpoints and floors for gyms and studios.
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Other Businesses
Retail, showrooms, banks, worship spaces and other facilities, quoted case by case.
What a commercial scope usually includes
Commercial checklists are organized by how often each task happens, not only by room. Before it is adjusted to your space, a typical scope looks like this.
Every scheduled visit
- Trash and recycling collected from work areas, kitchens and restrooms, with liners replaced
- Restroom toilets, urinals, sinks, mirrors and floors cleaned
- Break room counters, sink and table tops wiped
- High-touch points such as door handles, push plates, light switches and railings wiped
- Entry glass and reception counters cleaned of fingerprints
- Hard floors dust-mopped and damp-mopped, carpeted walkways vacuumed
On a rotating schedule
- Full vacuuming of carpeted rooms, including under reachable desks
- Dusting of sills, ledges, partitions and frames within reach
- Exteriors of the fridge, microwave and coffee station
- Baseboards and corners along busy hallways
Periodic detail work, when agreed
- Inside the break room fridge and microwave
- Interior glass partitions and inside window glass at reachable height
- Vents, door frames and kick plates
Exterior windows, pressure washing, carpet shampooing and kitchen hood or duct degreasing are not part of our commercial cleaning. If a request includes them, we point that out before you book so you have time to line up a specialist.
How commercial cleaning gets set up
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Describe the space
Type of business, approximate square footage, number of restrooms and kitchens, flooring, and when the space is empty. Photos or a floor plan help if the layout is unusual.
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Review the scope
We send a written checklist with a frequency for each task, plus a quote. Anything we do not handle is named at this stage instead of being discovered on the first night.
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Plan access
Keys, fobs, alarm codes, security desk sign-in and freight elevator or loading dock rules are discussed at setup. You decide what access to give and who on your side we contact.
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First clean and adjustments
The first visit follows the agreed checklist and usually shows which tasks need more time and which can rotate. When hours or teams change, tell us before the next visit and the scope is updated in writing.
What changes from one kind of business to the next
The same checklist does not work for a dental office and a boxing gym. Here is how each sector page approaches the work:
- Offices: desks, shared kitchens, conference rooms and restrooms on a daily, weekly or custom rhythm. See office cleaning.
- Building upkeep: lobbies, stairwells, elevators, trash rooms and restroom restocking for property managers and multi-tenant buildings. See janitorial services.
- Medical and dental practices: waiting rooms and exam room surfaces cleaned as your practice directs, with no handling of medical waste or sharps. See medical office cleaning.
- Restaurants and bars: dining rooms, bars, restrooms and floors after close, plus only the kitchen surfaces you name. Hoods, ducts and grease traps stay with specialists. See restaurant cleaning.
- Schools and daycares: classrooms, nap areas and eating areas cleaned when children are not in the building, with products that meet your requirements. See school and daycare cleaning.
- Gyms and studios: locker rooms, showers, mats and equipment touchpoints, timed around classes and open hours. See gym cleaning.
- Everything else: retail stores, showrooms, bank branches, worship spaces, warehouse offices, and cleanups between tenants or after events. See other industries.
Commercial cleaning in Boston buildings
A lot of Boston business space sits in buildings that were never designed around cleaning crews. A second-floor office above a shop in an older brick building may have no elevator, so vacuums and supplies go up the stairs by hand. A newer tower in the Seaport may require vendors to check in at a security desk, use the freight elevator and come through the loading dock. Your building may also ask any vendor for a certificate of insurance before it allows after-hours work, so find out what it requires early.
Parking matters too. Downtown, Back Bay and the North End have very little curb space, and snow emergency bans on main roads can change plans overnight in winter. From December through March, salt and sand get carried into lobbies and entries, which is why entry floors and walk-off mats usually get extra attention in a winter scope.
Ways to set up commercial cleaning
Scheduled office cleaning
Visits on set days for an office suite or a full floor, with tasks split between every visit and a rotation.
After a build-out or renovation
Fine dust removal once contractors have finished and taken their debris away, before staff move back in.
Between tenants or after an event
A vacant suite before a new tenant arrives, or a venue the morning after a function.
What affects the price of commercial cleaning
Commercial quotes are built from the scope, so two spaces of the same size can be priced quite differently. The main factors:
- Square footage, layout and the number of floors
- Number of restrooms, kitchens and break rooms
- Frequency, and how tasks are split between every visit and rotating detail work
- When the cleaning happens: after hours, late at night or inside a tight window
- Foot traffic, flooring types and surfaces that need particular products
- Building rules such as security sign-in, freight elevator booking and parking
The pricing page explains how quotes are put together for homes and businesses alike.
Commercial cleaning questions
How do I compare commercial cleaning companies in Boston?
Ask each one for a written scope with task frequencies, not only a price per visit. A careful company asks about your hours, access, flooring and restrooms before quoting, and tells you upfront what it does not handle. You can also ask any vendor for its insurance documents and look for reviews you can verify independently.
Can the cleaning happen after we close?
Yes, the schedule is built around your operating hours. Tell us the window when the space is empty, including any days that differ, and we confirm whether our schedule can meet it before you commit.
Do you clean building exteriors?
No. Pressure washing, exterior and high-rise windows, gutters and sidewalk snow clearing are outside what we do. Inside the entrance, glass doors, vestibule floors and mats are part of the regular scope.
Who supplies the cleaning products and equipment?
Tell us in your request what you prefer, including any products you want used on certain surfaces. The arrangement is confirmed in the written scope before the first visit.
Can a property manager set up cleaning for several tenants or buildings?
Yes. Each building gets its own scope and schedule, and common areas can be listed separately from tenant suites so it is clear which work belongs to which account. The janitorial services page covers multi-tenant upkeep in more detail.
Do you serve businesses outside Boston?
Yes. Along with Boston, we serve businesses in the cities and towns within about an hour's drive, from Cambridge and Waltham to Woburn and Braintree. The service-area directory shows the status of each municipality. If your site is farther out, send a request and we will tell you plainly whether we can take it on.
Tell us about your business space
Call or email us with the type of space, its rough size, your ZIP code and what you need done. We reply with a free quote, and nothing is booked until you approve it.