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Commercial Cleaning Company Owners: A Phone-First Contact Guide

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LeadQuasar's Commercial Cleaning Service category has 1,821 contacts in 23 states. 1,754 of them (96%) have a phone number and 1,618 (89%) carry a person's name, but only 193 (11%) have an email. This is a phone list of janitorial and commercial cleaning companies, and it is concentrated in a set of mid-sized metros rather than the biggest coastal cities.

Who sells to cleaning companies

This guide is for vendors whose customer is the cleaning company itself. The common ones:

  • Janitorial supply distributors: chemicals, paper, liners, microfibre
  • Equipment dealers: auto scrubbers, burnishers, carpet extractors, backpack vacuums
  • Business insurance and bonding, which commercial clients often require
  • Scheduling, inspection and time-tracking software for crews spread across sites
  • Uniform and PPE suppliers
  • Staffing and recruiting help, since crew turnover is a constant problem
  • Bookkeeping, payroll and financing for equipment or growth

Commercial cleaning companies range from an owner with a van and two part-time crews to regional contractors with contracts across dozens of buildings. At the small end, the owner buys everything. At the larger end, an operations manager or area supervisor may choose supplies, while the owner still signs insurance and software.

A city-by-city list

The state totals hide how tightly the records cluster in one or two cities.

State Contacts With phone Main city
California 305 287 Sacramento (117), Fresno (112)
Arizona 303 290 Tucson (156), Gilbert (93)
Ohio 227 219 Akron (116), Toledo (81)
Georgia 170 170 Atlanta (164)
Kentucky 148 147 Louisville (135)
New Mexico 146 140 Albuquerque (131)

Oklahoma (113, mostly Oklahoma City at 101), Florida (93), Nevada (89) and New York (69) follow. Atlanta holds 164 of Georgia's 170 records, and Louisville 135 of Kentucky's 148. If you have a sales rep or a supply route in one of those cities, the list is effectively a local territory.

Coverage is 23 states, so this is not a national directory. Treat it as a focused list for the metros above.

Why this is a phone list

Across the category only 193 records have an email. The best email coverage in the top states is Arizona (34), California (24) and New York (21). Everywhere else you will be calling.

That suits the industry. Cleaning company owners are used to phone sales. They quote jobs by phone, take client calls all day and often answer their own line. What you need is timing.

  • Crews work nights, owners work days. Commercial cleaning happens after the tenants leave. The owner is usually doing estimates, walk-throughs and paperwork during the day, and early to mid-morning is the likeliest time to catch them at a desk.
  • Avoid first thing on Monday. That is when call-outs and no-shows from the weekend get sorted.
  • Lead with a concrete saving. "We deliver to Tucson twice a week and can match your liner price" beats a catalogue. Owners in this business watch margin per building closely.

89% of records include a person's name, so ask for them by name. If the person who answers is a manager, ask who decides on supplies or insurance. For email follow-up, get the address on the call. Our guide to finding business email addresses covers other ways to find one when you have a name and a website.

How to work the commercial cleaning service list

  1. Browse commercial cleaning service leads and filter to your state or city. Search and filtering are free.
  2. Check each record's quality score and tier before you unlock. The category has 189 CONNECTED records, 1,569 STANDARD and 63 LEAN. Start with CONNECTED if you want the most complete ones.
  3. Look up the website where there is one. 49% of records have a site, and it tells you whether they clean offices, medical buildings, schools, retail or industrial space, each of which buys different chemicals and equipment.
  4. Call in the morning, log what you learn, and collect emails as you go.

A free account unlocks 50 contacts a day with no card, which is about a day of calls. To load a whole state into a dialer, go unlimited for $3.99/month and export to CSV. Follow any state rules on business calling that apply where you dial.

Frequently asked questions

How many commercial cleaning companies does LeadQuasar have?

1,821 contacts in 23 states. 1,754 have a phone number and 193 have an email.

Which cities have the most commercial cleaning contacts?

Atlanta (164), Tucson (156), Louisville (135), Albuquerque (131), Sacramento (117), Akron (116) and Fresno (112).

Can I email commercial cleaning company owners?

For a small part of the list. Only 11% of records have an email, so plan a phone-first campaign and collect emails on the call.

Do the records include a contact name?

Most do. 89% of records carry a person's name. The data does not break down job titles for this category, so confirm on the call that you are speaking to the owner or the person who buys.


Browse commercial cleaning service leads by state and city, then create a free account to unlock 50 contacts a day with no card.