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Carpet Cleaning Cost Calculator

Price a carpet cleaning by the room. Count the rooms, set your per-room rate, bump it for heavy soil or pet spots — get the price, a fair range, and your real profit after solution and fuel.

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You priced the job. Now run it like a business.

That's the hard part done. SideWRK runs the rest from your phone: text the estimate, your customer taps approve, and the money hits — card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle, no merchant account, no three-percent bite. It keeps a line on who still owes you, logs every material and cost so your real profit and your tax write-offs tally themselves, and stands up a free website with reviews that feeds you the next job. A free estimate today, or your whole operation in one app. Built for carpet cleaning and every trade.

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The room rate is fine — the extras are the job

Per-room pricing works because it is fast and the customer gets it. Where carpet cleaners quietly lose money is everything around the rooms: the flight of stairs that took forty-five minutes, the pet spots that needed enzyme and a second pass, the "one quick hallway" nobody mentioned on the phone. Cap what counts as a room, price heavy soil like the slower job it is, and put stairs and pet treatment on the estimate as their own lines.

Questions

How much should I charge per room for carpet cleaning?
Most pros land between $25 and $75 per room, and a typical whole-home job runs about $120–$240 — the national average sits near $180. Your truck, machine, and setup cost the same whether you clean one room or six, so hold a job minimum (usually $100–$150) that makes the one-room call worth the drive.
Should I price carpet cleaning per room or per square foot?
Per room is faster to quote over the phone and easier for the customer to picture, so most residential cleaners lead with it — just cap what counts as a room (around 200–250 sq ft) so a great room does not ride in as one. For big open plans and commercial work, switch to square footage at roughly $0.25–$0.50 per square foot.
What about stairs and pet odor?
Bill them as their own lines. Stairs run $2–$5 per step because they are all hand work. Deodorizing adds $20–$40 per room, and real pet urine treatment — enzyme work, padding, subfloor — runs $40–$300 depending on how deep it goes. Quote those on top of the room rate, not inside it.
Is this calculator free?
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