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But, time and experience
showed that there were many other benefits to choosing this
industry. “In other industries, owners may experience the
busiest day of the year on opening day, and are left
crossing their fingers that the revenue volume will stick.
The expenses for these early days are often the highest,
too.” Sparacio says. In residential cleaning, a great deal
of risk is allayed by building your business a few clients
at a time. This steady start allows the owner to master the
moving parts of the business, one step at a time.
Sparacio also wanted to make
sure he started a business that people would be happy to
work for. “Whether you’re an employee or a business owner,
everyone needs to take a break from work
sometimes. I
can’t imagine owning a business that stays open nights and
weekends. Or worse, holidays.” The core hours of operation
for a residential cleaning business are early mornings until
late afternoons, five days a week. With longer commute times
and more travel required for many professional positions,
many consider regular working hours a huge job perk.
Today,
revenues from residential cleaning services are still
growing at a staggering rate. Gains will be driven by
ongoing increases in the number of households and the number
of business establishments, as well as the increasing
availability and affordability of cleaning services. Changes
in demographics will also support increasing cleaning
service revenues as the number of dual income households
rise and the US population ages. Dual-income families often
do not have the time or inclination to perform cleaning
tasks, and the growing number of baby boomers in the US
generally have the financial wherewithal to use professional
services on a routine basis.
The shift away from “do it
yourself” to “do it for me” will persist, especially in the
residential cleaning market. Whether they’re not good at it,
they don’t have time, or they just plain don’t like it,
residential cleaning customers want someone else to clean
their homes, and there will always be someone there to do
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