# How to start a cleaning business (2 sources)

> The Cleaning Business Licence Cost carries 2 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 500 to 500 USD, read 17 October 2026.

Buffrota · https://buffrota.com/datasets/cleaning-business-licence-cost/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Range of the published figures:** 500 to 500 USD (range 500 to 500 USD; 2 sources with a figure; 3 of 16 sources read publish one).

3 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

## By requirement

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| requirement industry-registration | 500 USD | 500 to 500 USD | 1 |
| requirement industry-registration-renewal | 500 USD | 500 to 500 USD | 1 |
| requirement sales-tax-rate | 6 % | 6 to 6 % | 1 |
| requirement entity-filing | 100 GBP | 100 to 100 GBP | 1 |
| requirement annual-confirmation-statement | 50 GBP | 50 to 50 GBP | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [California DIR - Janitorial Service Providers and Contractors (Property Service Workers Protection Act)](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Janitorial_Providers_Contractors.html) | 500 USD | industry-registration | 2026-10-17 |
| [California DIR - Janitorial Service Providers and Contractors (Property Service Workers Protection Act)](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Janitorial_Providers_Contractors.html) | 500 USD | industry-registration-renewal | 2026-10-17 |
| [Companies House fee changes (GOV.UK campaign site)](https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/changes-to-companies-house-fees/) | 100 GBP | entity-filing | 2026-10-17 |
| [Companies House fee changes (GOV.UK campaign site)](https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/changes-to-companies-house-fees/) | 50 GBP | annual-confirmation-statement | 2026-10-17 |
| [Florida Department of Revenue - sales and use tax rates](https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/sales_tax.aspx) | 6 % | sales-tax-rate | 2026-10-17 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (5)

- [California DIR - Janitorial Service Providers and Contractors (Property Service Workers Protection Act)](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Janitorial_Providers_Contractors.html), read 2026-10-17: "To register, employers must complete the registration application online or by mail and pay a $500 nonrefundable application fee."
- [California DIR - Janitorial Service Providers and Contractors (Property Service Workers Protection Act)](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Janitorial_Providers_Contractors.html), read 2026-10-17: "The renewal fee is $500."
- [Companies House fee changes (GOV.UK campaign site)](https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/changes-to-companies-house-fees/), read 2026-10-17: "Transaction Channel New fee Incorporation Digital £100"
- [Companies House fee changes (GOV.UK campaign site)](https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/changes-to-companies-house-fees/), read 2026-10-17: "Re-registration of a company under section 665 CA06 Paper £124 Confirmation statement Digital £50"
- [Florida Department of Revenue - sales and use tax rates](https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/sales_tax.aspx), read 2026-10-17: "Florida's general state sales tax rate is 6% with the following exceptions:"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [California DIR news release on janitorial registration](https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2018/2018-47.pdf), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Washington L&I business requirements](https://www.lni.wa.gov/agency/small-business/business-requirements), read 2026-10-10: every candidate on the page was refused
- [NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection business licences](https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/businesses/licenses.page), read 2026-10-10: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Texas Comptroller - taxable services (janitorial and custodial as real property services)](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/96-259.php), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Texas Comptroller - cleaning and janitorial services tax publication](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/94-111.php), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Florida Department of Revenue - sales and use tax on cleaning services (GT-800015)](https://floridarevenue.com/Forms_library/gt800015.pdf), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Nevada Secretary of State - state business licence](https://www.nvsos.gov/licensing/state-business-license), read 2026-10-03: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [US Small Business Administration - apply for licenses and permits](https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/apply-licenses-permits), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/155/pdfs/uksiod_20240155_en_001.pdf), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Fair Work Ombudsman - Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022)](https://awards.fairwork.gov.au/MA000022.html), read 2026-09-19: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Coverall - cost to start a commercial cleaning franchise](https://www.coverall.com/franchise-opportunities/cost-to-start-your-commercial-cleaning-franchise/), read 2026-09-11: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Office Pride - initial investment and startup costs](https://officepride.com/franchise/initial-investment-startup-costs/), read 2026-10-17: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Queensland labour hire licensing - cleaning industry](https://www.labourhire.qld.gov.au/labour-hire-licensing-cleaning-industry), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 16 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 2 figures, never sentences; 60 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per requirement - entity filing, general or state business licence, industry registration, surety or fidelity bond, workers' compensation class, sales-tax account where cleaning is a taxable service - each with its fee and its authority, quoted with the effective date; the figure nobody publishes is the TOTAL cost of legally opening a cleaning business in each of the fifty states plus GB, AU and CA, the count of states that impose an industry-specific registration (California's is the outlier at $500 a year), the count that tax janitorial work as a service, and the year-on-year movement of both

## Sources

- [California DIR - Janitorial Service Providers and Contractors (Property Service Workers Protection Act)](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Janitorial_Providers_Contractors.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [California DIR news release on janitorial registration](https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2018/2018-47.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Washington L&I business requirements](https://www.lni.wa.gov/agency/small-business/business-requirements) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection business licences](https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/businesses/licenses.page) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Texas Comptroller - taxable services (janitorial and custodial as real property services)](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/96-259.php) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Texas Comptroller - cleaning and janitorial services tax publication](https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/94-111.php) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida Department of Revenue - sales and use tax on cleaning services (GT-800015)](https://floridarevenue.com/Forms_library/gt800015.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida Department of Revenue - sales and use tax rates](https://floridarevenue.com/taxes/taxesfees/Pages/sales_tax.aspx) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Arizona Department of Revenue - TPT licence fees](https://azdor.gov/transaction-privilege-tax/tpt-license/license-fees-cancellation-and-other-changes) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Arizona Department of Revenue - applying for a TPT licence](https://azdor.gov/transaction-privilege-tax/tpt-license/applying-tpt-license) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Nevada Secretary of State - state business licence](https://www.nvsos.gov/licensing/state-business-license) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US Small Business Administration - apply for licenses and permits](https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/apply-licenses-permits) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Companies House fee changes (GOV.UK campaign site)](https://changestoukcompanylaw.campaign.gov.uk/changes-to-companies-house-fees/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/155/pdfs/uksiod_20240155_en_001.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fair Work Ombudsman - Cleaning Services Award 2020 (MA000022)](https://awards.fairwork.gov.au/MA000022.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Queensland labour hire licence register](https://ols.oir.qld.gov.au/licence-register/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Coverall - cost to start a commercial cleaning franchise](https://www.coverall.com/franchise-opportunities/cost-to-start-your-commercial-cleaning-franchise/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Office Pride - initial investment and startup costs](https://officepride.com/franchise/initial-investment-startup-costs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Queensland labour hire licensing - cleaning industry](https://www.labourhire.qld.gov.au/labour-hire-licensing-cleaning-industry) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The Cleaning Business Licence Cost carries 2 published figures read from 3 sources' own pages, from 500 to 500 USD, read 17 October 2026.
- 3 of the 16 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
- Cleaning Business Licence Cost, requirement industry-registration: median 500 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Cleaning Business Licence Cost, requirement industry-registration-renewal: median 500 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Cleaning Business Licence Cost, requirement sales-tax-rate: median 6 percent across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Cleaning Business Licence Cost, requirement entity-filing: median 100 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Cleaning Business Licence Cost, requirement annual-confirmation-statement: median 50 GBP across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.

Cite as: "Buffrota Cleaning Business Licence Cost", updated 2026-10-19, https://buffrota.com/datasets/cleaning-business-licence-cost/.

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