Office cleaning checklist for commercial buildings

Room by room, what gets cleaned in Minneapolis offices and commercial buildings, and how often each task usually happens.

Office lobby with a freshly scrubbed tile floor reflecting the lights

Lobby and entrances

TaskFrequency
Vacuuming or mopping entry mats and lobby floorsEach visit
Cleaning entry door glassEach visit
Wiping reception countersEach visit
Dusting furniture and ledgesOnce a week

Offices and workstations

TaskFrequency
Emptying trash and recyclingEach visit
Vacuuming carpet, mopping hard floorsEach visit
Dusting cleared desk surfacesOnce a week
Wiping phones and touch pointsOnce a week

Restrooms

TaskFrequency
Disinfecting sinks, toilets and urinals after cleaningEach visit
Restocking paper and soapEach visit
Mopping floorsEach visit
Cleaning partitions and wallsOnce a month

Break rooms and kitchens

TaskFrequency
Wiping counters, tables and sinksEach visit
Cleaning appliance exteriorsEach visit
Cleaning the microwave interiorOnce a week
Wiping cabinet frontsOnce a month

Periodic and floor work

TaskFrequency
Machine scrubbing hard floorsOnce a month
High dusting and ventsOnce a month
Extracting carpetQuarterly to yearly
Stripping and waxing tileYearly or as needed

Using this checklist

  • Mark the rooms that exist in your building and rate how heavily people use them.
  • Hand the same list to each provider you contact, so all of the quotes price identical work.
  • Keep a copy, since it gives you a fair basis for reviewing the work during the first month.

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