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How much to charge for carpet cleaning per room

Charge about $51 a room with a three-room package near $159 and a visit minimum near $155. That is the middle of what small carpet cleaning companies publish; HomeGuide puts a three-room booking at $65–$75 a room and measured carpet at $0.25–$0.50 a square foot.

Calculate a price

Starting point: $48.00 per room. Standard room up to 150 sq ft (Chicago): $48.00 per room. Published rate, rounded to cents. Room up to 150 sq ft; $110 visit minimum. EK Carpet Cleaning: Chicago price list, checked 2026-10-15.

Extras, travel and minimum

Set a room-size limit when pricing per room. Include stain treatment, furniture moving and stairs only where the quote explicitly says so.

Job price before tax—

Enter number of rooms.

Carpet cleaning price list: published rates

Job or unitPublished priceWhat the price coversSource and date
Measured carpet, per sq ft (US guide)$0.25–$0.50 per square footBasic cleaning; stain/odor treatments may be extra.HomeGuide: carpet cleaning prices · Checked
Per room in a three-room booking (US guide)$65–$75 per roomPer-room price in the three-room tier, not a single-room visit.HomeGuide: carpet cleaning prices · Checked
Standard room up to 150 sq ft (Chicago)$48 per roomRoom up to 150 sq ft; $110 visit minimum.EK Carpet Cleaning: Chicago price list · Checked
Large room up to 250 sq ft (Chicago)$68 per roomRoom up to 250 sq ft; $110 visit minimum.EK Carpet Cleaning: Chicago price list · Checked
Staircase up to 14 steps (Chicago)$45 per flightLandings and additional steps priced separately.EK Carpet Cleaning: Chicago price list · Checked
Three-room package (Dallas–Fort Worth)$169 per bookingBasic cleaning for three rooms, priced as one package.My Carpet Master: Dallas–Fort Worth price list · Checked
Four-room package (Dallas–Fort Worth)$200 per bookingBasic cleaning for four rooms; premium service and extra treatments are separate.My Carpet Master: Dallas–Fort Worth price list · Checked

Should you charge per room or per square foot?

Per room, with the room defined in square feet. Most companies price rooms and packages because customers count rooms, not square feet: KC Clean Carpets near Kansas City defines a room as up to 200 sq ft and charges $0.25 a square foot beyond that, and Indy Carpet Cleaning counts an area as up to 300 sq ft.

Square-foot pricing suits big open spaces and commercial carpet. Contemporary Carpet Cleaning near Rochester, New York, prices by area and steps rather than rooms, starting at 420 sq ft for its three-area price.

How should you price packages and extra rooms?

Make the first rooms carry the trip and every extra room cheaper. The three-room package median is $159; Carpet Rescue Services near Orlando adds rooms at $25 each, Hilbrands in Temecula at $30, and Certified Chem-Dry in Salt Lake City drops from $49 to $39 after the first room.

A package price also sets expectations. “Three rooms and a hallway, $159” is easier to say yes to than “$51 a room plus $26 for the hall.”

What minimum should you set?

Near $155, the median among companies that publish one. Klean Dry in Rio Rancho sets $89.95, KC Clean Carpets $135, Alpine in Spokane Valley $149 and Aclean Steamers in Raleigh $200. Cincinnati Dry ties its $175 minimum to the first 400 sq ft.

A one-room job should land on the minimum, not on the room price: the truck, the hoses and the drive cost the same.

What should stairs, hallways and add-ons cost?

Stairs run a median $60 a flight or $4 a step, hallways $26, pet stain and odor treatment $35 per room or area and protector $35. UpFront Home Services in Katy charges $50 for stairs and $35 per room for protector; Bulldog Carpet Cleaners near Chicago $50 for up to 15 stairs.

List add-ons on the quote as their own lines. Pet treatment in particular varies with how bad the spots are; price it after you see them.

How do you set your own carpet cleaning rate?

Work out what an hour of your truck and crew costs, including fuel, chemicals and wear on the machine, then time a typical three-room job from arrival to drive-away. Divide the cost of that time by one minus your margin; that is your three-room price.

Then check it against the published range. If you land under $135, you are cheaper than about three quarters of these companies.

Three worked prices

Each price uses a company’s published room, package or add-on prices.

Three rooms and a hallway. Indy Carpet Cleaning’s three-room package with a free hallway, rooms up to 300 sq ft.

Three rooms and hallway: 1 package × $159 = $159.

Example total: $159. Rate source: Indy Carpet Cleaning: Indianapolis, IN prices, checked 2026-10-15.

Two rooms, stairs and pet treatment. UpFront Home Services’ room, stairs and pet treatment prices.

Standard rooms: 2 rooms × $50 = $100.

Stairs: 1 flight × $50 = $50.

Pet treatment, one room: 1 room × $35 = $35.

Example total: $185. Rate source: UpFront Home Services: Katy, TX prices, checked 2026-10-15.

One small room at the minimum. One KC Clean Carpets room against its $135 service minimum.

Standard room: 1 room × $45 = $45.

Apply the $135 minimum instead of $45. Example total: $135. Rate source: KC Clean Carpets: Raytown, MO prices, checked 2026-10-15.

Frequently asked questions

How big is a room?

Say it in square feet. Aclean Steamers uses 150, KC Clean Carpets 200, All Star 250 and Alpine 300; larger rooms count as two at most companies.

Should I charge to move furniture?

Decide and say so. Hilbrands includes moving furniture, while Bulldog prices empty rooms and charges extra to move it.

How much for a sofa with the carpet?

Companies here charge a median $132 for a three-seat sofa; USA Carpet Care near Detroit charges $85 and Cincinnati Dry $175.

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