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Cleaning business guides, by a cleaning company owner.

Real guides on the numbers that actually run a recurring residential cleaning business: true profit, churn, 1099 cleaner costs, and what changes when one platform replaces the five tools most owners stitch together. Written from inside the business by Ash, founder of CleaningMetrics.

March 27, 2026

Updated May 21, 2026

How Much Does a 1099 Cleaner Really Cost Per Job?

A 1099 cleaner's direct cost per job is higher than their pay rate alone. Here is how Stripe fees, cancellations, and monthly overhead affect your actual profit on every recurring residential cleaning job.

March 19, 2026

Updated May 21, 2026

How to Calculate True Profit for Your Cleaning Business

Revenue is not profit. Here is the exact formula for calculating true profit in a recurring residential cleaning business, with a worked example covering labor, Stripe fees, overhead, and what to do with the number.

March 19, 2026

Updated May 21, 2026

What Is a Good Profit Margin for a Cleaning Business?

Most recurring residential cleaning businesses run a net profit margin between 10 and 28 percent. Here is what that range means, what affects it, and how to improve yours without raising prices on existing clients.

March 19, 2026

Updated May 21, 2026

Jobber vs CleaningMetrics: Why Recurring Cleaning Businesses Switch

Jobber is a generic field-service platform with cleaning workflows bolted on. CleaningMetrics is the complete operating system built specifically for recurring residential cleaning. Here is what changes when you switch.

March 19, 2026

Updated May 21, 2026

What Is Churn Rate, and Why Cleaning Business Owners Need to Track It

Churn rate is the percentage of recurring clients who stop booking each month. Here is the formula, what a healthy rate looks like for cleaning businesses, why scheduling software does not surface it, and how to catch at-risk clients before they cancel.