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$0.30 / sq ft No job minimum 900+ buildings since 2014 $4M insured

Commercial Carpet Cleaning in Maryland

Xtreme Cleans provides contracted commercial carpet cleaning for offices, apartment communities, retail units and managed properties across 12 Maryland counties. Work is scheduled outside your business hours — evenings, overnight or weekends — and quoted after a walkthrough or from your RFP. Carpet dries in 2 to 4 hours, so a floor cleaned overnight is ready before staff arrive.

Request a walkthrough Call (410) 819-2223
$4MERIE liability cover — certificate on request
900+Buildings cleaned since 2014
GS-37Green Seal certified chemistry
2–4 hrsDry time, not overnight

What does commercial carpet cleaning cost in Maryland?

Commercial carpet cleaning at Xtreme Cleans starts at $0.30 per square foot, with no job minimum. Four factors move the rate: total square footage, traffic level, whether furniture must be moved, and whether the work runs during or outside business hours. Contracted accounts are quoted per square foot; one-time cleans are quoted per visit.

There is no job minimum, and that is worth saying plainly. Most commercial cleaners set a square-footage floor and do not publish it, so a property manager with a single 800 sq ft suite has usually been turned away before the conversation starts. We do not have a floor. A small suite is a job we will quote and take.

$0.30 per square foot is not the cheapest rate in Maryland and it is not meant to be. It buys truck-mounted extraction at 220°F rather than a portable unit, Green Seal GS-37 certified chemistry, a 2 to 4 hour dry time instead of a floor that is damp the next morning, $4M of liability cover, and a company that has cleaned more than 900 buildings since 2014. A cheaper quote is usually a smaller machine and a longer drying time, and on a commercial floor the drying time is the part that costs you.

Three pricing models are available depending on how you buy: per square foot for contracted accounts on a recurring schedule, per visit for one-time or reactive cleans, and per contract where a fixed annual scope covers an agreed number of visits. We quote after a walkthrough so the figure you receive is the figure you pay.

How often should commercial carpet be cleaned?

High-traffic commercial carpet requires professional cleaning every 3 to 6 months. Moderate-traffic offices need cleaning every 6 to 12 months. Entrance areas and corridors need quarterly attention regardless of overall building traffic, because most soil enters within the first 15 feet of a doorway.

Traffic levelTypical propertyProfessional clean
HighRetail floors, lobbies, corridors, schoolsEvery 3–6 months
ModerateOpen-plan offices, apartment common areasEvery 6–12 months
LightPrivate offices, meeting rooms, low-occupancy suitesEvery 12 months
EntrancesAny building, regardless of overall trafficQuarterly

Interim vacuuming does not change these intervals — it extends the life of the fibre between cleans, but it does not remove the bonded soil that grinds the pile down. Carpet that is cleaned on schedule lasts materially longer than carpet that is cleaned when it starts to look dirty, because by the time soil is visible the abrasion has already happened.

Can carpet cleaning be done outside business hours?

Yes. Xtreme Cleans schedules commercial carpet cleaning evenings, overnight and weekends at no premium for contracted accounts. Truck-mounted hot water extraction dries in 2 to 4 hours, so carpet cleaned overnight is ready before staff return the next morning.

Occupied buildings can also be cleaned in phases — floor by floor, wing by wing, or department by department — so no area is out of use during working hours. For apartment communities we work around turnover dates rather than the calendar. Tell us your access constraints at the walkthrough and the schedule is built around them.

What insurance and certifications does a commercial cleaner need?

A commercial cleaner working in your building should carry general liability cover and be able to produce a certificate of insurance naming your property. Xtreme Cleans holds a $4M ERIE liability policy and will issue a certificate of insurance on request before work begins.

On chemistry, our cleaning solutions are Green Seal GS-37 certified — an independent environmental standard covering the product’s toxicity and its impact on indoor air. For a facilities manager that matters for two practical reasons: occupant complaints after a clean are usually a chemistry problem, and GS-37 products support green building and procurement requirements without a separate submission.

We are family-owned, operating in Maryland since 2014, and our technicians are background-checked and trained in-house. If your procurement process needs documentation before a vendor is approved, our capability statement and past performance record covers it, and vendor relations handles onboarding paperwork.

Which Maryland counties does Xtreme Cleans serve for commercial work?

Xtreme Cleans covers 12 Maryland counties plus Baltimore City for commercial carpet cleaning, from our base in Owings Mills. Coverage spans more than 230 towns and cities, and crews travel across county lines for multi-site accounts on a single contract.

Multi-site portfolios are handled on one contract with one point of contact and consistent pricing across locations, rather than a separate arrangement per building.

What types of commercial properties do you clean?

We clean carpet in offices, apartment communities, retail units, medical premises and schools. Each has a different constraint — occupancy hours, turnover dates, trading hours, infection control or term dates — and the schedule is built around that constraint rather than around ours.

Offices and corporate

Open-plan floors, private suites, meeting rooms and corridors. Cleaned in phases or overnight so no desk is out of use during working hours.

Apartment communities

Common areas, corridors, lobbies and unit turnovers. See apartment building cleaning in Maryland for how turnover scheduling works.

Retail

Shop floors and back-of-house, cleaned outside trading hours. We have worked in national retail estates including Starbucks, AT&T, Verizon and Victoria’s Secret locations.

Medical and schools

Waiting areas, consulting rooms, classrooms and halls, using Green Seal GS-37 chemistry and scheduled around clinic or term times.

What we do not do

So nobody is quoted for work we cannot deliver: we do not provide janitorial or day-porter services, window cleaning, pressure washing or soft washing. We are a floor and surface care company — carpet, upholstery and hard-surface floors. If you need a full janitorial contract we are not the right vendor, and we would rather say so now than at a walkthrough. We do also clean tile and grout and upholstery, which can be added to the same contract.

How does hot water extraction work on commercial carpet?

An alkaline pre-spray at pH 9–10 is applied and left to dwell, breaking the bond between bonded soil and the fibre. Truck-mounted equipment then rinses at 220°F and up to 500 PSI with over 150 inches of vacuum lift, followed by an acid rinse at pH 3–5 so no residue is left behind.

The residue point is the one that matters most on a commercial floor. A cleaning method that leaves detergent in the pile leaves a tacky film, and that film attracts soil faster than the carpet did before it was cleaned — which is why some floors look worse six weeks after a clean than they did before. The acid rinse neutralises the pre-spray and the truck-mounted vacuum removes it, so the pile is left clean rather than merely brightened.

Truck-mounted machines also recover far more water than a portable unit, which is the whole reason for the 2 to 4 hour dry time. For a fuller explanation of the method, see how hot water extraction carpet cleaning works.

Starbucks
AT&T
Verizon
Victoria's Secret
Jersey Mike's
DSW

How do you request a commercial quote?

Send the property details and we will arrange a walkthrough, usually within two business days. Commercial work is quoted after a walkthrough, not from an online calculator — square footage alone does not tell us traffic level, fibre type or access constraints.

Request a walkthrough or submit an RFP

The button below opens an email with the details we need already laid out. The more of it you can fill in, the faster the quote comes back.

  1. Property name and address
  2. Approximate carpeted square footage
  3. Number of floors or suites
  4. Traffic level — light, moderate or high
  5. Preferred working hours — business hours, evening, overnight or weekend
  6. Property type — office, apartment, retail, medical or school
  7. Whether you need a certificate of insurance
  8. Target start date
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Certificate of insurance: our $4M ERIE certificate is issued on request — ask in the same email and it comes back with the quote. No deposit is taken for commercial work; the $20 booking deposit applies to residential jobs only.

Commercial carpet cleaning questions

Is there a minimum job size for commercial work?
No. Commercial carpet cleaning is $0.30 per square foot and there is no job minimum. Most commercial cleaners set a square-footage floor and do not publish it, so a single small suite is often refused elsewhere — it is a job we will quote and take.
How quickly can we use the floor again?
Two to four hours. Truck-mounted extraction recovers far more water than a portable machine, so a floor cleaned overnight is ready before staff arrive the following morning.
Can you provide a certificate of insurance?
Yes. We hold a $4M ERIE liability policy and issue a certificate of insurance on request, before work begins. Ask when you send your property details and it comes back with the quote.
Do you charge extra for evening or weekend work?
Not for contracted accounts. Evening, overnight and weekend scheduling is included, because for most commercial buildings it is the only sensible time to clean a floor.
Do you offer janitorial or day-porter services?
No. We are a floor and surface care company — carpet, upholstery and hard-surface floors. We do not provide janitorial, day-porter, window cleaning, pressure washing or soft washing, and we will tell you that before a walkthrough rather than after.
Can one contract cover several buildings?
Yes. Multi-site portfolios are handled on a single contract with one point of contact and consistent pricing across locations, rather than a separate arrangement for each building.
How often should our carpet be cleaned?
High-traffic areas every 3 to 6 months, moderate-traffic offices every 6 to 12 months, and entrances quarterly regardless of overall building traffic, because most soil enters within the first 15 feet of a doorway.
What happens at the walkthrough?
We measure the carpeted area, check fibre type and soil level, identify access and parking constraints, and agree the working hours. The quote follows from that, and the figure you are given is the figure you pay.

Get a commercial quote

Offices, apartment communities, retail and managed property across 12 Maryland counties. $0.30 per square foot, no job minimum, and a walkthrough before anyone quotes you a number.

Request a walkthrough Call (410) 819-2223