Cleaning Business Life
🎙 Cleaning Business Life
Cleaning Business Life is a podcast for cleaning business owners who want more than tactics — they want clarity.
Hosted by industry leaders Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, this show explores the real decisions behind building a sustainable, profitable cleaning company: pricing, leadership, systems, boundaries, and growth without burnout.
This isn’t a beginner podcast.
It’s for owners and operators who are already in the business and ready to think differently about how they run it.
If you’re tired of noise, hustle culture, and surface-level advice — and you want grounded conversations rooted in real industry experience — you’re in the right place.
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Cleaning Business Life
Episode #1 - 10 things you need to know to Start your Cleaning Business today!
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Starting a cleaning business? Here are 10 essential steps to get you started:
- Decide on a trade name and register it with the secretary of state.
- Get a Tax ID number (EIN) to protect your SS#.
- Choose a business entity (e.g., sole proprietorship, LLC, Corp).
- Determine your financing options and seed money.
- Decide on using natural or regular cleaning products.
- Get a logo for your work vehicle (check legality).
- Look for affordable gear at thrift stores or yard sales.
- Prepare policies for smooth operations.
- Plan what equipment to carry.
- Learn how to price your services with the Pricing Blueprint Master Class.
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Thanks for tuning in to Cleaning Business Life — the podcast for cleaning business owners who want to build a profitable, sustainable company without burning out.
Hosted by Shannon Miller and Jamie Runco, each episode pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to start, grow, and scale a cleaning business — covering pricing, systems, leadership, boundaries, and the real conversations most people avoid.
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Because in life — and in business — clean is just the beginning.
— Shannon & Jamie
10 things you need to do to get started with your cleaning business.
1.Decide on a Trade name, register said trade name with secretary of state. What that does is hold’s your place for 5 years ( it’s 5 years in Arizona) until you decide to make your trade name a legal entity.
2.Get a Tax ID number, known as a EIN. This is free!
here is link: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/apply-for-an-employer-identification-number-ein-online
You don’t want your SS# sitting around on someone’s desk
Ein’s are usually for life.
3.Decide on what business entity your want to use for your cleaning Business.
Most people start as a sole-proprietor and I didn’t make myself and LLC until I paid cash for my house.
There is also Corp and S-corp.
4.Do you have any seed money? How are you going to finance your way? In the Cleaning industry it’s a low buy in to get started.
2023 we will see 55 thousand new cleaning business entrepreneurs coming aboard in the United States.
5. Decide if you are going to be Natural or Regular Chemicals Cleaning Company or even a hybrid of both
6. Get a logo for the back of your work vehicle
Check with your state to make sure it's legal
Usually it is a $300-$400 investment
7.Scope out thrift stores or yard sales to find vacuums if you don’t have one that you can use for work.
8. What kind of gear are you going to carry?
9.Get policies in place for smooth running shifts?
10. Learn how to price? The Pricing Blueprint Master Class here is the link : https://klean-freaks-university.newzenler.com/courses/pricing-blue-print-master-class
