| Starting a cleaning business is a popular work from | | | | expensive equipment. By following common sense, |
| home opportunity. It offers many avenues for business, | | | | basic safety procedures, it is extremely safe and |
| from house cleaning services to office cleaning | | | | anyone can do it. Despite what most people think, you |
| contracts. But you need to think carefully before | | | | don't need special qualifications - if you can understand |
| starting a cleaning business. There are many factors | | | | grade five maths, you can easily make cleaning and |
| to consider. Obviously, the profitability and return on | | | | chemical formulas. |
| investment is a major consideration. | | | | By starting a cleaning business you will be entering a |
| There are many websites that suggest that starting a | | | | highly competitive industry, and consequently you will |
| cleaning business requires $10,000 in capital and | | | | need to keep your pricing at a comparable level. It may |
| $10,000 as a reserve. Initially, this may seem | | | | take some time to see a reasonable return. |
| encouraging - especially when compared to the cost | | | | The chemical manufacturing industry, however, has |
| of a cleaning business franchise which could set you | | | | little competition when you compare the number of |
| back anywhere between $25,000 - $100,000. | | | | manufacturers to the billions of everyday consumers |
| However, when you research the cleaning industry | | | | worldwide. It is mostly monopolized by a handful of |
| more thoroughly, you will find there are much more | | | | large multi-national corporations. Previously, it was |
| profitable avenues for business. | | | | extremely difficult for anyone to break into this industry, |
| Making your own cleaning products is not only a great | | | | because the formulations were closely guarded. |
| stand alone venture, it substantially minimizes your | | | | Consequently, these companies have been able to |
| start-up and ongoing costs in a cleaning business. The | | | | dictate prices and work on profit margins of up to 1000 |
| cost of starting a cleaning product and chemical | | | | % - in some cases, even more. |
| manufacturing business is substantially lower than | | | | Compared to starting a cleaning business, |
| starting a cleaning business. It can be operated from | | | | manufacturing cleaning and chemical formulas offers |
| your home or a workshop, and you can get started | | | | an extremely low start up cost and exceptionally high |
| for less than $2500 - manufacturing dozens of | | | | profit margins. You can make a bottle of disinfectant |
| different products. | | | | for less than 50 cents, and sell it for $5 - this kind of |
| Starting a cleaning business requires a considerable | | | | return cannot be achieved in many other industries, |
| investment, not only in terms of capital but also time | | | | especially for such a low capital investment. |
| and energy. Cleaning is a labour-intensive task and | | | | If you have your heart set on starting a cleaning |
| physically demanding. Finding good staff and training | | | | business, manufacturing your own products not only |
| them will not necessarily be easy. | | | | gives you great cost savings, but it allows you to sell |
| In comparison, cleaning product and chemical | | | | your products to many others - your customers, |
| manufacturing is surprisingly fast and easy - you can | | | | retailers and maybe even your competitors. |
| make hundreds of liters in less than an hour, without | | | | |