Pricing & estimates · updated August 2026
What Does a One-Time Deep Clean Cost for a Small Office?
$0.30 to $0.55 per square foot for a commercial one-time deep clean — roughly 20 to 50% above a standard nightly rate. A 2,000 sq ft office runs $600–$1,100; 5,000 sq ft runs $1,500–$2,750. Ignore the sub-$600 “average” figures that dominate search results for this term — those come from residential and small-job data.
Size Bands
| Size | Labour hours | Cost range |
|---|---|---|
| 1,500 sq ft | 6 – 10 | $450 – $825 |
| 2,500 sq ft | 10 – 16 | $750 – $1,375 |
| 5,000 sq ft | 18 – 30 | $1,500 – $2,750 |
| 10,000 sq ft | 34 – 56 | $3,000 – $5,500 |
| 25,000 sq ft | 80 – 130 | $7,500 – $13,750 |
Add-Ons Priced Separately
- Carpet hot water extraction — $0.15–$0.35 per sq ft
- VCT strip and refinish — $0.25–$0.50+ per sq ft of hard floor
- Interior window and partition glass — quoted per elevation
- Refrigerator and freezer interiors — flat per unit
- Upholstery cleaning — per piece
Tech and Startup Offices Have a Specific Scope
If you are a tech company, a generic deep clean will miss most of what matters in your space: open-plan bench systems and demountable glass, phone booth and huddle room interiors, kegerator, dishwasher and coffee equipment degreasing, low-static dusting around IDF closets (never inside them), acoustic panel and felt baffle care, whiteboard walls, and LVT or polished concrete floors that need the right chemistry. Our tech office protocol.
The Five Moments People Book One
- Move-in, before the team arrives — the only time every surface is reachable
- Post-renovation, after dust has settled from adjacent work
- Lease exit, to satisfy a broom-clean surrender clause
- Before an investor, board or client visit
- After illness in the office
And one more that nobody schedules but should: March or April, after six months of winter salt and grit. It is the highest-value deep clean of the year in New York.
Last reviewed August 2026. Figures for prevailing wage and regulatory schedules change on 1 January and 1 July — we re-verify this page each cycle.
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