Free calculator for window cleaning owners
How many route accounts does a window cleaning business need to break even?
Route accounts are the steady part of the year. Each pays a monthly fee and costs crew time. Break-even is the number of monthly route accounts that covers the van, insurance and office before any one-time jobs.
Break-even point
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route accounts a month to cover every cost
Profit at today's level
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per month, before owner pay
Cushion above break-even
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how many you could lose and still cover costs
The starting numbers are an example for a window cleaning business. Replace them with yours.
The worked example
Each route account brings in $180 a month and costs $70 to serve. That leaves $110 toward fixed costs of $10,000 a month. Divide one by the other and you need 91 route accounts to break even. Every route account past that adds $110 to profit.
Ways to lower break-even in a window cleaning business
- Sell recurring plans to every residential customer.
- Group storefronts by street for more stops per hour.
- Add gutter cleaning and screen repair to the same visit.
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