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77.4% of Residential Cleaning Businesses Report Higher Sales

Results of Survey with Residential Cleaning Business Owners

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As indicated in the above chart, 43.4% of the survey respondents reported that their sales were substantially higher during the first 8 months of 2010 versus the same period in 2009.

Another 34% reported that sales during this period were higher than last year.

13.2% said sales were about the same from January through August in 2010 compared to 2009 (although one of the owners who rated their business in this category did say that their revenues were $20,000 higher year-to-date but considered this increase too small to categorize any higher).

Only 9.5% reported a sales volume lower than during the same period of 2009. Based on similar surveys conducted in years past, this number seems consistant over the years and does not appear to reflect a change during the current economy.

Here are some comments made by survey participants:

Mississippi: "Our cleaning business has grown significantly this year as opposed to last year. Cleaning homes in Mississippi has been a lucrative business to be a part of. The need for a clean home environment is top on our clients' lists."

Florida: "We are 100% over last year."

Ontario, Canada: "We've grown 50% from 2009 and at $50,000 per month average sales now, we are fully on track to make our fiscal 2010 sales plan with only 2 months to go."

Colorado: "To me, it's substantial. It has increased 55% from last years sales."

Rhode Island: "Our sales revenue has more than doubled compared to this time last year. I believe this can be contributed to moving the company from a home-based business to leased office space. Our employees now take their job more seriously and we have greatly reduced employee turnover and increased service quality because of it. We have grown from 6 employees to 16+ and projected revenue this year will be well over $420K up from about $200K last year."

Illinois: "Our business has achieved 468% growth over the first 8 months of 2009."

Minnesota: "I've recently had a huge influx of business to the point where I've had to hire 2 people."

Ohio: "Growing at 30% this year."

Colorado: "Our business has grown 13/% compared to same months last year."

And although this owner was not in operation in 2009, he did report the following:

Arkansas: "Although we were not in business in 2009, and began operations in February 2010, we are experiencing significant growth month over month. We are averaging 15 new repetitive customers per month, net of cancellations."

 

 

 

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