It’s a good business to get into. The house cleaning (or residential cleaning) business has been growing for many years in the United States, and there are signs that the business is also growing in many other countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, South Africa and other countries.

These days, as the economies of these western countries have expanded, a growing need for house cleaning has arisen. Many home owners haven’t the time to do their own domestic cleaning, so they turn to a company that provides professional house cleaning to save them time.

In order to run a successful residential cleaning business, you’re going to have to offer excellent professional and reliable service. Besides knowing about the details of cleaning, you’re going to need good business skills, and good people skills to deal with your customers and employees.

Note that the House Cleaning industry is also known as the Maid Service, Domestic Cleaning, or Residential Cleaning industry.

First Things First – The Business Plan for Your House Cleaning Business:
The first thing you should do is to write a business plan, which will be your road map for your business over the first few years. As you progress in the business, you should revisit your business plan from time to time, and evaluate how well you have kept to your plan. You will also want to think about where you have deviated from the plan, and ask yourself why.

The business plan for your new house cleaning business should cover the following areas:

1. Your company name.
2. The legal structure of your company.
3. The names and role definitions of your management team.
4. The budget, including:
   a) Start-up costs.
   b) Ongoing projected monthly costs.
5. Projections of income over time. Also: When will your house cleaning business begin to be profitable?
6. Marketing plan.
7. If you’re going to be operating with others (as a corporation or LLC, for example), you’ll need to specify the share allocations of each of the owners/partners.
8. A financial plan, showing where you will raise the necessary capital you’ll require to get the business off the ground.