Commercial floor stripping: what the companies that publish a rate actually charge
Stripping a hard floor is the most expensive thing that happens to it. Every coat of finish comes off, the surface is neutralised, and three to five coats go back on, which is why it is quoted per square foot as a project rather than folded into the nightly rate. Almost nobody publishes the number. Of the seventeen companies and trade bodies read for this record, two print a strip-and-refinish rate and the rest ask you to book a walkthrough first, so the figures below are the whole of what the US market puts in writing.
- median published rate, in the unit each company used
- 13companies that will print a rate
- 0metros with measured demand in this record
Figures on this page are quoted from the company's own page, in the unit that company used, with the date the page was read. Nothing is averaged across units.
- 13 company pages checkedevery figure matched verbatim to the company's own page
- Quoted and dated, never estimatedlast verification pass 2026-09-11
- 0 metros with measured demandcover evidenced by the company's own live page
What the companies publish
| # | Company | Published rate | Unit · What it covers | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anago Cleaning Systems | ||||
| 2 | Big League Clean | ||||
| 3 | Buildingstars | ||||
| 4 | Clean Estimator | ||||
| 5 | CleanNet USA | ||||
| 6 | Commercial Cleaning Corp | ||||
| 7 | Fraser Commercial Cleaning | ||||
| 8 | Idaho Maintenance & Cleaning | ||||
| 9 | ISSA (the worldwide cleaning industry association) | ||||
| 10 | JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting | ||||
| 11 | LeadDuo | ||||
| 12 | Method Clean Biz | ||||
| 13 | Millennium Facility Services | ||||
| 14 | Plan B Facility Services | ||||
| 15 | Smart Janitorial | ||||
| 16 | XIRI Facility Solutions | ||||
| 17 | Ziva Cleaning |
How to get a floor stripping quote you can compare
- Measure the hard floor, not the building. Stripping is priced on the square footage of the floor being stripped. A 20,000 sq ft building with 4,000 sq ft of vinyl tile is a 4,000 sq ft job, and a quote written against the building total is the single most common way this work is over-bought.
- Say how many coats you want back on. Finish is sold by the coat and the labour is in the drying between them. Three coats and five coats are different prices for the same strip, so a quote that does not name a coat count is not yet a quote.
- Ask whether it is a strip or a scrub and recoat. ISSA publishes both and they are not the same job: a scrub and recoat takes the top layers off and refinishes, a strip takes everything back to the tile. The cheaper number in a proposal is often the scrub, described as if it were the strip.
- Fix the access window in writing. The floor has to be out of use while it dries. Weekend and overnight access is the variable that moves a floor care price most, and it is the one that is almost never in the advertised rate.
Common questions
- How much does commercial floor stripping cost per square foot?
- The two published figures in this record are ISSA's strip and refinish rate and Commercial Cleaning Corp's floor waxing and polishing rate, both quoted on their own pages and dated. Both are per square foot. Everything else you will be told is a walkthrough price.
- Why will most companies not publish a rate?
- Because the job varies more than a nightly clean: the floor type, the number of coats already on it, how much furniture moves and when the building can be closed. That is a real reason, and it is also why comparing two verbal quotes is so hard.
- How often does a floor need stripping?
- It depends on traffic and on how well it is maintained between strips. A floor that is scrubbed and recoated on schedule needs full stripping far less often, which is the argument for putting the interim work in the same contract.
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Cite as: "Buffrota Price Record", updated 2026-09-11, https://buffrota.com/commercial-floor-stripping/.