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What does a blind cleaning operation actually bring in?
$15,400 a month. One person, thirty-five mini blinds a day, twenty-two working days.
Run your own numbers before you believe ours.
That figure is not a best case and it is not a promise. It is one person working a normal month at the rates in the calculator below: the same calculator we have put in front of buyers for years. Change the blind type, change the volume, and watch what happens.
How that number is built:
35 mini blinds × $20 each × 22 days
Verticals, pleated shades and specialty blinds carry higher rates, so the same day's work pays differently depending on what comes through the door.
Your blinds. Your volume. Your number.
Pick the blind type and slide the daily volume to whatever you think is honest for you. The rates are the industry averages operators actually charge, and the math updates as you move it.
Monthly assumes 22 working days; yearly assumes 264. Revenue, not take-home. Repair income not included.
The calculator cannot measure the part that actually decides this. After thirty-seven years, we can.
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Dream
Knowing what you actually want this to become, not just that you want out.
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Desire
Wanting it enough to make the second call after the first one goes nowhere.
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Dedication
Showing up on the Tuesday when nothing is booked and finding the work.
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Determination
Getting through the first ruined blind, the flat tire, the customer who argues.
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Direction
Knowing which move comes next. This is the one we can hand you.
Four of those five are yours. The fifth one is the entire reason this company exists. Tell us whether you are looking to subsidize your income or build a million-dollar blind cleaning operation, and we will tell you honestly what it takes to get there.
The calculator is hypothetical. These are not.
Every figure below comes from a written account by someone who bought equipment, took the training, and went and got the work. Their letters are on file, word for word.
$10,000
In the first two weeks of one operator's commercial push, anchored by an Ingram Micro account.
$6,000
One government contractor account, Pearson Government Solutions, serviced by an operator running the business part-time.
350
Blinds in a single building: one operator's city hospital account. Commercial buildings are where the volume lives.
Results reflect individual operators in their own markets, not a promise of what you will earn. Ask us and we will show you the letters.
The calculator ignores repair money. Here is what it looks like.
One out of every six blinds that comes through your door needs a repair, and repairs are billed on top of cleaning. These are the industry-average rates operators charge — a restring takes minutes once you have been trained, and none of it is in the number at the top of this page.
Mini blinds
Restring
- $30 — 2 to 3 strings
- $35 — 4 to 5 strings
- $5 — after 5th string
Re-ladder
- $30 — 2 to 3 ladders
- $5 — after 3rd ladder
Other services
- $30 — replace cord lock or tilt control
- $25 — shorten
- $30 — cut width
Pleated & honeycomb
Restring
- $30 — 2 to 3 strings
- $35 — 4 to 5 strings
- $5 — after 5th string
Replace cord locks
- $30 — white
- $35 — color
Other services
- $.50 — end caps
- $1.00 — reducers
- $.50 — tassels
Venetians
Restring
- $30 — 2 to 3 strings
- $35 — 4 to 5 strings
- $5 — after 5th string
Re-ladder
- $30 — 2 to 3 ladders
- $40 — 4 to 5 ladders
- $5 — after 3rd ladder
Other services
- $30 — replace cord lock or tilt control
Verticals
Restring
- $30 — 5 foot or less
- $40 — 6 foot or more
Cut down vertical vanes
- $1.00 — PVC
- $1.25 — cloth inserted
Replace vane chains
- $30 — 7 foot or less
- $40 — 8 foot or more
Replace vane clips
- $.75