Carpet and upholstery cleaning
Fits best: a steady worker who likes quick, satisfying jobs.
Pros
- ✓Repeat yearly customers and easy add-ons
- ✓High margin per job
- ✓No special license to start
Cons
- !Truck-mount upgrade is costly
- !Reviews and steady marketing decide who wins locally
What to expect
- Year 1
Launch in about 30 days. Learn the work, collect reviews and build toward 22 jobs a month by month 12.
- Year 2
Reach steady volume, around 45 jobs a month. Add tile and grout cleaning for the same customers and plan your first hire.
- Year 3
Step from operator to owner. Move into water damage once certified.
A typical path, not a promise. Your Owner Assessment and 3-year playbook set your actual plan.
Sell more to the same customers
Growth path
Move into water damage once certified.
The details
- Vehicle
- Van (truck-mount unit $20K–60K later)
- Repeat customers
- Medium
- Licensing
- Low
- Season
- Year-round
- Runs on
- ProTrak ServiceTrak
Start portable, move to truck-mount; IICRC certification recommended.
*Monthly sales and run rate are illustrative industry benchmarks for one owner-operated crew at steady volume: price per job × typical jobs a month (45), times 12 active months. They are revenue, not profit, and are not projections, promises or EntrepX member results. Basis: published industry sources.