Coronado, CA
$150,000

Coronado, CA
$150,000
Knoxville, TN
$288,900

Gambrills, MD
$1,200,000

Suwanee, GA
$80,000
Salt Lake County, UT
$3,300,000
Reno, NV
$389,900
Chattanooga, TN
$297,900
York County, SC
$195,000
Montgomery County, PA
$150,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Florida
$990,000
Available in Multiple Locations
$75,000
Osceola County, FL
$650,000
La Mirada, CA
$80,000
$65,000
Portland, OR
Longmont, CO
$50,000
Bentonville, UT
$235,000
Miles Pruitt
Murphy Business & Financial
Serving Santa Clara County, CA
Why Choose Murphy Business Brokerage Services? Selling a business is a stressful, complicated process. Without expert assistance, many sellers struggle to sell their business for fair market value. Thankfully, business brokerage services make selling your business much easier. With a business broker’s assistance, you’ll get an accurate sense of your company’s market value, and you’ll be able to sell your business more quickly and more easily than if you go it alone. As one of the largest and most successful business brokerage firms in North America, Murphy Business can help you capture full value when selling a business. Our experience and expertise will help you at every stage of the sales process: from valuing your business to marketing your offering to closing your transaction. Our Business Brokerage Process Murphy Business Brokers use time-tested strategies and resources to help their clients capture full value when selling a business. Below is a brief, step-by-step overview of our business brokerage process. Non-Disclosure Agreement. At Murphy Business, we appreciate the sensitive nature of business sales and the data that is handled during the business brokerage process. Before we take any active steps to sell your business, we will commit to a Non-Disclosure Agreement to ensure confidentiality throughout the transaction process. Determine Market Value. To prepare your business for sale, we will perform broker’s opinion of market value or recommend a valuation. A valuation specialist will collect historical and financial data about your business, after which, he or she will use that data to calculate the fair market value of your business. Often, business owners will overvalue or undervalue their business without a valuation, making this a crucial step in the sales process. If this figure is lower than expected, we can advise you on how to increase your business’s value. Sign Engagement Agreement. Once we’ve completed your valuation, you can choose whethe
Peoria, IL
$95,000
Port Saint Lucie, FL
$250,000
Pensacola, FL
$389,900
Memphis, TN
$389,900
Illinois
$580,000
Available in Multiple Locations
$65,000
Shelby County, TN
$99,000
Marion County, IN
$249,900
$184,000
Charleston, SC
Frederick County, MD
$422,000
Denver, CO
$430,000
Gilbert, AZ
$225,000
$25,000
Texas
$395,000
Chicago, IL
$750,000
Greenville, SC
$650,000
Available in Multiple Locations
$50,000
Minneapolis, MN
$489,749
Texas
Not Disclosed
EBITDA: $337,493
$75,000
Columbus, OH
Harris County, TX
$425,000
Dallas, TX
$59,000
Available in Multiple Locations
$100,000
Kelowna, BC
$150,000
Collier County, FL
$1,200,000
Lubbock, TX
$350,000
Naples, FL
$150,000
Mesa, AZ
$90,000
Jeff Herba
ABBEX Inc
Serving Sarasota County, FL
ABBEX, Inc. BUSINESS BROKERS Since 1978. Over 900 businesses bought and sold.
Nashville, TN
$350,000
Montana
$25,000
$125,000
Prescott, AZ
Cumberland County, ME
$299,900
Duval County, FL
$72,000
Available in Multiple Locations
$60,000
Lancaster County, PA
$109,000
San Diego County, CA
$24,000
Indianapolis, IN
$238,750
Alachua County, FL
$99,900
Strongsville, OH
$128,500
Charlotte, NC
$17,499
Tulsa, OK
$489,749
Fort Wayne, MO
$118,900
Wayne County, MI
$184,900
Available Nationwide
$150,000
The cleaning industry plays a crucial role in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene across various sectors, including residential, commercial, and industrial environments. This industry has gained significant importance, especially in the wake of heightened awareness around health and sanitation following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Businesses in this industry are dominated by residential cleaning services, followed by commercial janitorial companies. Commercial janitorial businesses tend to command higher valuations thanks to their relatively predictable revenue streams, and resilience to macroeconomic factors.
If you are planning to buy or sell a cleaning or janitorial business, it is helpful to have some context on the market in terms of valuation metric and typical financial performance. To that end, we have aggregated and analyzed business for sale data in the cleaning industry to tease out average financials and valuation multiples based on asking prices.
Market Overview
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Number of Businesses Analyzed |
636 |
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Median Asking Price |
$250,000 |
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Median Reported Revenue |
$499,348 |
|
Median Reported Earnings |
$152,000 |
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Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
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Cleaning Business Valuation Multiples
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Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
|
Lower Quartile |
0.31 |
1.15 |
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Median |
0.67 |
2.10 |
|
Upper Quartile |
1.09 |
3.00 |
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Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
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Read the Report:
Cleaning & Janitorial Business Valuation Multiples and Financial Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a cleaning business?
Prices vary depending on the size and sales of the business, but the median asking price for a cleaning business in the U.S. is $250,000.
How much do cleaning business owners earn?
Cleaning and janitorial business owners report median annual sales of $499,348 and annual owner earnings of $152,000. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings.
How do I value a cleaning business?
Valuing a cleaning business involves considering several factors, including annual sales, profit, growth (or decline) trends, stability of customer base, and economic trends in the local market. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples among cleaning and janitorial businesses listed for sale across the U.S. range from 0.31 to 1.09, with the median at 0.67. Earnings multiples range from 1.15 to 3.00, with the median at 2.10. These values suggest a typical cleaning business may sell for around 0.67 times its annual revenue, and 2.1 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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