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Carpet cleaning pricing calculator: per room or per square foot
The short answer
Divide the carpet’s area by what you clean in an hour, then add drive time, solution, overhead and profit. Thumbtack’s national figures show a typical job at $147 to $288, about $0.53 to $0.98 a square foot, and national average prices of $130 for one room, $196 for three and $279 for five.
Room pricing is simple to sell but rooms vary. Check what your per-room price works out to per foot and per hour.
What to charge
$147.27
$0.18 per square foot. About 2.7 hours on site.
- Labor, with drive time
- $66.00
- Solution and fuel for the job
- $15.00
- Overhead
- $36.82
- Profit
- $29.45
- Brought in per hour the crew is tied up
- $49.09
How it works
Price = (labor + supplies) ÷ (1 − overhead share − profit share). Dividing, rather than adding a percent, makes sure overhead and profit are the shares of the price you wanted.
| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Labor, with drive time (1 at $22 an hour) | $66.00 |
| Solution and fuel for the job | $15.00 |
| Overhead (25% of the price) | $36.82 |
| Profit (20% of the price) | $29.45 |
| Price | $147.27 |
What customers see
| Rooms | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 | $130 |
| 2 | $164 |
| 3 | $196 |
| 4 | $231 |
| 5 | $279 |
| 6 | $342 |
Source: Thumbtack’s carpet cleaning prices (opens in a new tab). It says cleaners charge by the square foot or a set price per room or area, and some set minimums. Hourly pricing is rarely used.
Common questions
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