01 / General office
$0.10–$0.18/sq ft/mo
Standard recurring service: desks and common areas wiped down, trash out, restrooms serviced, floors done. This is where most Atlanta offices land.
2026 price guide / Atlanta, GA
COMMERCIAL
CLEANING COST.
Commercial cleaning in Atlanta usually runs $0.12 to $0.35 per square foot per month for recurring service, depending on the building, how often the crew comes, and what’s actually on the checklist. A 25,000 square foot office cleaned five nights a week typically lands between $3,500 and $6,000 a month — and small offices often pay a flat rate instead, roughly $200 to $500 a month. Here’s how to read a quote before you sign one.
What does commercial cleaning cost per square foot in Atlanta?
The per-square-foot number only means something once you know whether it’s per visit or per month — general office cleaning runs roughly $0.10 to $0.18 per square foot per month, and fuller-service buildings go up to $0.35.
Quotes don’t always say which unit they’re using, and that’s where half the confusion between bids comes from. Commercial cleaning gets priced about four different ways, so here’s the map of the Atlanta market in 2026.
02 / Medical offices
$0.15–$0.30/sq ft/mo
Exam rooms, proper disinfectants with real contact times, and documented protocols. Around Pill Hill and the Kennestone corridor, that care level costs more — and it should.
03 / Full-service buildings
Up to $0.35/sq ft/mo
Day porter work, multiple restroom passes a day, detailed common-area care. High-traffic buildings in Buckhead, Midtown, and Perimeter Center live here.
One-off and deep cleans are often quoted per visit instead — commonly $0.12 to $0.25 per square foot, with a clean of a 2,000 to 3,000 square foot space often starting around $200. Janitorial labor in Atlanta generally runs $35 to $60 an hour, which suits small suites where a square-foot formula would overcharge you.
Quick reality check: a Buckhead law office and a warehouse office off Fulton Industrial are both “commercial cleaning.” They will not be priced the same, and any company that quotes you a firm number without seeing the building is guessing.
What changes the price
THE RESTROOMS
SET THE PRICE.
Square footage gets the headline, but these six things are what actually move a commercial quote in Atlanta.
- Restrooms — the most labor-heavy part of any office clean; a 5,000 square foot suite with two restrooms and one with six are two different jobs wearing the same square footage
- Frequency — five nights a week costs more per month but less per visit, because the crew is maintaining instead of catching up; once-a-week service on a busy office makes every visit a small deep clean
- Layout — open floor plans clean fast; a warren of private offices, each with its own trash can, door handles, and glass, takes noticeably longer per square foot
- Floors — carpet gets vacuumed; tile, LVT, and polished concrete need mopping and sometimes machine work, and periodic buffing or scrubbing should be priced as its own line — if it’s “included,” ask how often
- Timing and access — after-hours and weekend work, alarm codes, freight elevators in a Midtown tower, parking; all of it is real time, and real time is what you’re buying
- What’s quietly excluded — kitchen appliances inside, interior glass, high dusting, vent covers, supply restocking; the cheapest quote in Atlanta is usually just the shortest checklist
How do you compare commercial cleaning quotes fairly?
Get every company bidding the same building, the same nights, and the same written checklist — then line the checklists up next to each other before you line up the prices.
Then ask three questions. One: who supplies consumables — paper, soap, liners — and is that in the price or passed through? Two: what happens when something gets missed? Every crew has an off night, and the good companies have an answer that isn’t “call and complain and hope.” Three: how do we end it if it isn’t working? A fair agreement has a real exit — 30 days’ notice is common — and a company confident in its work doesn’t need to trap you for a year. Our commercial cleaning service page shows the checklist we quote from, so you can hold any bid up against it.
One more thing worth saying plainly: if a bid comes in far below everyone else, it usually means the labor math doesn’t work, and underpaid, rushed crews are how restrooms end up “cleaned” in four minutes. The savings show up later, as complaints.
How often should an Atlanta office be cleaned?
It depends on traffic more than size — a small professional office with six people can do well on two or three visits a week, while customer-facing spaces usually need nightly service, at least for restrooms and common areas.
Restrooms and break rooms are the rooms people judge you by, and they’re also the rooms that get dirty fastest in Georgia humidity, when everything stays faintly damp and starts to smell like it. A sensible pattern for a lot of Atlanta businesses: nightly trash and restrooms, with floors and detail work rotated through the week. You pay for the important rooms every night and the rest on a schedule. And if the space was just built out, our post-construction cleaning cost guide prices the clean that comes before recurring service starts.
Pricing in this guide reflects published Atlanta market ranges for 2026, including Atlanta commercial cleaning cost guides showing $0.12–$0.35 per square foot per month and $3,500–$6,000 per month for a 25,000 sq ft office cleaned five nights a week. Small-office monthly ranges reflect 2026 cost guides from HomeStars and Angi. Your actual quote depends on restrooms, frequency, and scope — which is why we put the checklist in writing.
Straight answers
Commercial cleaning cost FAQs
Is a long-term contract required for commercial cleaning in Atlanta?
Not with every company. Monthly agreements with a notice period are common, and plenty of Atlanta businesses start with a trial month. Be cautious with any quote that’s only cheap if you sign for a year — the discount is buying your exit, not better cleaning.
Does commercial cleaning include restroom supplies?
Sometimes. Some companies include paper and soap in the monthly price, others bill supplies at cost, and some leave ordering to you. It changes the real monthly total by more than people expect, so get it in writing either way.
What’s the difference between janitorial service and commercial cleaning?
Mostly the label. Janitorial usually means the recurring nightly or weekly program — trash, restrooms, floors. Commercial cleaning is the broader term and can include one-time deep cleans, move-in/move-out cleans for leased space, and post-construction cleaning after a build-out. When you get a quote, ignore the label and read the checklist.
How much does it cost to clean a small office in Atlanta?
Small offices usually run on a flat monthly rate, because travel, setup, and supervision cost the same whether the suite is 800 square feet or 2,000. Published 2026 cost guides put a small office (under about 1,000 square feet) at roughly $200 to $500 a month for recurring service, and Angi’s 2026 data shows a single visit for a space that size averaging $70 to $250. If your space is tiny, an hourly arrangement for a weekly visit can come out cheaper than a square-foot formula.
Can you clean offices outside the Perimeter too?
Yes — we clean commercial spaces across Atlanta and surrounding areas, from Buckhead, Midtown, and Sandy Springs to Decatur, Marietta, and East Point. Frequency, building type, and square footage are what set the price, not which side of I-285 you’re on.
How do I get an exact price for my building?
Call Minty Clean ATL at (678) 562-5636 or email hello@mintycleanatl.com with your square footage, restroom count, how many nights a week you want, and when the crew can get in. We’ll walk the space if needed and quote it in writing, checklist included, so you can compare it fairly against anyone else.
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