Quote per room or per sq ft — with add-ons & your minimum job fee
A room over ~300 sq ft (great room, open-plan, basement) bills as 2. Enter total rooms above, then how many of those are oversized. Market $40–$90/room.
Best for big open-plan homes where "rooms" understate the work. Market $0.25–$0.50/sq ft for hot-water extraction.
Soil and carpet-type multipliers apply to the base cleaning only — not to stairs, treatments, or rugs.
Stairs are the most-forgotten line item ($2–$5/step). Pet odor, stains, and area rugs are billed separately — never folded into the base rate.
The minimum is a floor on billable work ($100–$150 typical) — travel always adds on top. Tax is off by default; taxability of cleaning varies by state.
This calculator reconciles the two pricing models that collide on every carpet job — per room and per square foot — so you can quote the same job either way and compare. It factors in soil level, carpet type, stairs, pet-odor treatment, stain spotting, and area rugs, then enforces your minimum job fee so a one-room call never gets quoted below the cost of rolling the truck. You get a firm quote, an itemized breakdown you can copy straight into an invoice, and a cross-check against the other model. Everything is calculated privately in your browser, free.
A per-room job: 3 rooms (1 of them an oversized great room), $55/room, heavy soil, standard carpet, 12 stairs at $4, 1 pet-odor room at $60, 2 stains at $45, no area rugs, $125 minimum, no travel, no tax:
Now a tiny job: 1 room, $55/room, normal soil, nothing else. Base = $55, below the $125 minimum → quote is topped up to $125, with an amber badge. That single guard is the most common margin leak this tool closes.
base (per room) = roomRate × (rooms + oversizedRooms)
base (per sqft) = sqftRate × carpetedArea
adjustedBase = base × soilMult × carpetTypeMult
services = adjustedBase + stairs + petOdor + stains + areaRugs
quoteBeforeTravel= max(services, minimumJobFee)
preTax = quoteBeforeTravel + travelSurcharge
FINAL TOTAL = round(preTax × (1 + taxRate/100))Soil multiplier: Light 0.90, Normal 1.00, Heavy 1.30, Severe 1.60. Carpet type: Standard 1.00, Wool/Berber/High-pile 1.15. An oversized room adds one extra room-equivalent (so it bills as 2). The minimum is a floor on billable work, not an add-on; travel always adds on top.
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Pick one model — per room or per square foot — and don't mix them. Multiply your room rate ($40–$90) by rooms (oversized rooms count as two), or your sq-ft rate ($0.25–$0.50) by carpeted area. Apply a soil multiplier, add stairs, pet odor, stains, and rugs as separate lines, then enforce your minimum job fee. This tool does all of it with an itemized breakdown.
2026 mid-market norms: $40–$90/room and $0.25–$0.50/sq ft (hot-water extraction). Stairs $2–$5/step, pet odor $40–$100/room, stains $40–$150 each, area rugs $2–$8/sq ft. Overwrite the defaults with your own numbers.
A near-universal $100–$150 floor that covers the truck roll, setup, and travel on small calls. If your priced work totals below it, you quote at the minimum. The tool enforces this automatically and badges it when it kicks in.
A standard bedroom or living room is one room. A great room, open-plan area, or basement over ~300 sq ft should count as two — flag it with the oversized field or switch to per-sq-ft. Hallways and closets usually fold into adjacent rooms.
Yes. Heavy soil needs more pre-spray, dwell time, and passes, so a soil multiplier (0.90 light to 1.60 severe) applies to the base. Pet-odor enzyme treatment and stain spotting are separate line items, never bundled into the base rate.
Area rugs cost $2–$8/sq ft — far more than wall-to-wall carpet at $0.25–$0.50 — because they often need specialty or off-site cleaning. The tool keeps them on their own line at their own rate so they aren't undercharged.
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