Industry guide
Commercial Cleaning contract price increases
A fixed annual percentage or CPI-U, often on the contract anniversary rather than on January 1. The billing systems this work collides with: QuickBooks, Swept, or CleanGuru. NAICS 561720. SIC 7349.
Commercial cleaning is billed as a recurring fee for a defined scope: restrooms, floors, trash, and the nights of the week the crew is on site. The fee is usually set when the building is awarded and then left alone. Labor is the cost that moves. A minimum-wage change or a missed 3% anniversary comes straight out of the margin, because the scope does not get smaller to match the old price.
The recurring invoice in QuickBooks, Swept, or CleanGuru repeats whatever amount was typed into the template. It does not read section 6. The anniversary that is not in January is the one that gets missed, because the increase list, if it exists, is a January list.
Clause guides
- Annual price escalator — a fixed percentage added once each contract year, usually on the anniversary
- CPI adjustment clause — an adjustment tied to a named Consumer Price Index series and two named months
- Auto-renewal price increase — a price change that takes effect because the contract renewed, not because someone sent a separate amendment
- Wage pass-through clause — a right to pass a mandated wage increase through to the customer, on the formula and the notice the clause states
- Price increase notice period — the number of days of written notice required before an increase is allowed to hit an invoice
- Escalation cap and floor — a collar around an index adjustment: a maximum increase, a minimum increase, or both
By state
Each state page carries the 2026 minimum-wage position and the BLS metros, then applies them to a fictional monthly janitorial fee. States without a 2026 wage step say so, instead of inventing one.