Estimate · Based on similar commercial cleaning companies in Australia, including ones that closed.
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✓Your budget should cover this.
Bills run about $1,020 a month (fuel, insurance, rent, phone). Most owners make a profit after about 5 months. Keep this much aside to pay bills until then.
National police check, about A$50 per person. Many offices ask for it.
Register for PAYG withholding with the ATO, pay super for each worker and take out workers' compensation insurance in your state.
Safe chemical handling training, about half a day. Keep the safety data sheets on site.
Get a free ABN from the Australian Business Register. Register a business name with ASIC (about A$45 a year) if you trade under one.
Estimate · Before costs. Steady all year.
| Slow | Typical | Strong | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $3.3k | $6.7k | $13.6k |
| Year 3 | $8.7k | $15.9k | $29.2k |
| Year 5 | $10.9k | $20.7k | $39.3k |
Slow: 1 in 4 make less than this. Typical: half make more, half make less. Strong: 1 in 4 make more than this.
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Spotless cleans 64 offices and community buildings in Dublin, and no client is allowed to be more than a fifth of revenue. That rule, plus contracts priced per square metre with an inflation uplift, has kept it growing 16% a year.
“The team runs the contracts now. I'm selling to someone who wants to grow it.”
Free to about A$10 a month. Keeps business money apart from yours.
Sets up your books and files your first tax return.
Estimate
$9.2k
about $127k
Starting costs about $118k less. Buying costs more, but you earn from the first month and skip the risky early years.