Finance
Finance is where you’ll find help on understanding the financial concepts and ratios that really illuminate how well your residential cleaning business is growing.
What 2008 and COVID Taught Cleaning Businesses
Two very different recessions hit the cleaning industry differently. Here’s what the FRED data showed, what Castle Keepers learned, and which lessons should be SOP by now.
Price Increase Letter to Clients: Cleaning Business Template
A ready-to-use price increase letter for cleaning clients, plus how much to raise your rates, how much notice to give and what owners learned after raising theirs.
How AI-driven Layoffs Affect Your Home Cleaning Business
The AI-driven white-collar layoff wave is creating three real pressures on residential cleaning businesses — and one brief window to act on.
The Three Stakeholders Every Cleaning Owner Balances
Employees, customers, and the business itself: cleaning companies only thrive when all three win together. Here’s the framework — and why rising costs make it urgent now.
Inflation Is Lower. Prices Aren’t. What That Means for Your Cleaning Business
Why cleaning businesses that skip price adjustments are quietly losing ground, and how to fix it before it’s too late.
PE Consolidation in Cleaning: What Owners Need to Know
Private Equity Is Moving Into Home Services — Here's What That Means for Your Cleaning Business Private equity isn't new to home services. The pace of consolidation is accelerating, though — and the data behind it tells cleaning business owners […]
K-Shaped Economy: What It Means for Cleaning Companies
A K-shaped economy means your customers — and your staff — aren’t all experiencing the same economy. Here’s how to read it, and what to do about it inside your business.
Protecting Your Cleaning Business from a Recession
You don’t need to predict a recession to prepare for one. Here’s what the current economy means for your cleaning business — and why you should act now, either way.
“What Industry Are You In?” — How Home Cleaning Owners Should Answer That Dropdown
Picking an industry label for your home cleaning business affects licensing, taxes, and insurance. Here’s what each category means and how to choose right.
Your Voice Needed to Restore Work Opportunity Tax Credit
ISSA needs your help to re-instate the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) for cleaning businesses.
