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House Cleaning BusinessHow to Start a House Cleaning Business: LLC Setup
Thinking of starting a house cleaning business? “Bonded” sounds like protection, but a janitorial bond pays your client first, and then you repay the bond company. Here's the one line in a starter budget that costs more than all your supplies, and the key Bizee screens, start to finish.
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Why an LLC for this business
The agreement
Put every recurring client on a written agreement. Sign as the business
Your first helper
An LLC with employees needs its own EIN. The IRS asks who controls the job
Insurance first
In one starter budget: insurance $360 a year, all supplies $100
How to start it, in order
- Pick one lane first. Recurring residential suits a solo start; commercial needs more gear, more insurance and often a team.
- Form your LLC and get its EIN, then open a business bank account in the LLC's name.
- Check your state and city for a business license. One guide puts it at $75 to $400 a year.
- Buy general liability insurance first. Add a bond only if your area or a client requires one.
- Put each recurring client on a written agreement: frequency, services, price, cancellation.
- Before your first hire, learn the IRS test: who controls how the job is done. An LLC with employees needs its own EIN.
- Pay a subcontractor $2,000 or more, and you owe them a 1099-NEC.
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