2 Home Cleaning Service Success Stories [2025]
Mopping floors, making beds, cleaning other people’s bathrooms, and vacuuming surfaces are not everyone’s cup of tea. However, if you are looking for a quick way to earn money, consider starting your home cleaning business.
Home cleaners earn per hour or chore, and can work for as many hours to maximize their income. Office-going people or parents with kids to look after do not have the time to clean their houses. Others are just messy and lazy and prefer paying a home cleaning services to keep the house in order.
To start a home cleaning business you do not need any particular skills or prior experience. You can advertise online, perform tasks, get referrals and build a steady clientele.
In this list, you'll find real-world home cleaning service success stories and very profitable examples of starting a home cleaning service that makes money.
1. Two Maids & A Mop ($7.2M/year)
After seven years of saving $150K, Ron Holt decided to enter the residential cleaning industry and open Two Maids & A Mop in Pensacola, FL. Recognizing the stagnant nature of the industry and the lack of standout national cleaning brands, Ron saw an opportunity to disrupt the market and provide a much-needed service to homeowners. Today, Two Maids & A Mop operates in 82 markets across the country and generates over $25M in annual revenues.
How much money it makes: $7.2M/year
How many people on the team: 500
A cleaning business founder, inspired by Warren Buffett, shares how he turned a $150K savings into Two Maids & A Mop, generating $25M in annual revenues, with 82 locations and almost 400,000 homes cleaned last year, by outworking and outpassioning others, and creating a customer feedback system that directly controls employee wages.
2. MaidThis Franchise ($1.2M/year)
Neel Parekh started MaidThis as a side hustle while working at a private equity investment firm. After stumbling across a post on Reddit from someone who started a cleaning company, he decided to give it a shot and specialize in Airbnb and residential cleanings. MaidThis has since generated over $10 million in revenue and is now launching MaidThis Franchise, the first cleaning franchise specializing in vacation rental cleanings.
How much money it makes: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $800
How many people on the team: 9
MaidThis®, launched by Neel Parekh in Los Angeles with just one cleaner in 2013, has achieved over $10 million in total revenue by focusing on cleaning Airbnbs and vacation rentals, thanks to its successful remote business model and new-age marketing tactics, and has now launched MaidThis Franchise to expand the business further.
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