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How much to charge for sofa and upholstery cleaning
Charge about $132 to clean a standard three-seat sofa, more for long sofas and sectionals. Across 16 carpet cleaning companies that publish a sofa price, the middle half charge $100–$155; UpFront Home Services in Katy, Texas, charges $150 for a sofa up to three seats and $250 for a sectional up to five.
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.
Enter number of rooms.
How much to charge for sofa cleaning: published rates
| Job or unit | Published price | What the price covers | Source and date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sofa (St. Clair Shores, MI) | $85 per sofa | Room packages include pre-treatment, deep steam cleaning and deodorizing. | USA Carpet Care: St. Clair Shores, MI prices · Checked |
| Sofa or two chairs (Orlando area, FL) | $89 per sofa | Family owned since 1985; a room over 250 sq ft or a living/dining combination counts as two. | Carpet Rescue Services: Central Florida (Orlando area), FL prices · Checked |
| Sofa, steam cleaning (Deerfield Beach, FL) | $98 per sofa | Full itemized price list for carpet, upholstery, protector and deodorizer. | MaxCare of Florida: Deerfield Beach, FL prices · Checked |
| Couch up to 7 ft, 3 seats (Frankfort, IL) | $105 per couch | Prices for traffic areas in empty rooms; moving furniture costs extra. Page marked “pricing as of 2024”. | Bulldog Carpet Cleaners: Frankfort, IL prices · Checked |
| Sofa up to 8 linear ft (Long Beach, CA) | $129 per sofa | Vacuuming, pre-spotting, cleaning, grooming and light furniture moving included; dye and pet urine stains may cost extra. | EcoClean Dry Carpet Cleaning: Long Beach, CA prices · Checked |
| Three-seat sofa (Lyndhurst, NJ) | from $139 per sofa | Owner-operated in Bergen and Hudson counties; estimates confirmed in writing from customer photos. | Zep Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning: Lyndhurst, NJ prices · Checked |
| Sofa up to 3 seats (Katy, TX) | $150 per sofa | Includes spot pre-treatment, traffic areas, deodorizer and truck-mounted steam cleaning. | UpFront Home Services: Katy, TX prices · Checked |
| Sectional up to 5 seats (Katy, TX) | $250 per sectional | Includes spot pre-treatment, traffic areas, deodorizer and truck-mounted steam cleaning. | UpFront Home Services: Katy, TX prices · Checked |
| Sofa (East Rochester, NY) | $150–$200 per sofa | Priced by square feet and steps, not rooms; stain guard is half the cleaning price; moving beds and dressers costs extra. | Contemporary Carpet Cleaning: East Rochester, NY prices · Checked |
| Standard 3-cushion sofa (Cincinnati, OH) | $175 per sofa | Low-moisture cleaning with vacuuming, pre-spotting, grooming and light furniture moving included. | Cincinnati Dry Carpet Cleaning: Cincinnati, OH prices · Checked |
| Standard sofa (Charleston, SC) | $175 per sofa | Residential flat rates with speed drying included. | CitruSolution of Charleston: Charleston, SC prices · Checked |
What do carpet cleaners charge for a sofa?
The median is $132 across 16 companies. USA Carpet Care near Detroit charges $85, Carpet Rescue Services near Orlando $89 for a sofa or two chairs, and MaxCare in South Florida $98; CitruSolution in Charleston and Cincinnati Dry are highest at $175.
Define the sofa by length or seats, as the companies here do: Bulldog in Frankfort, Illinois, prices a couch up to 7 ft with three seats at $105, and EcoClean Dry in Long Beach a sofa up to 8 linear ft at $129.
How much more for a sectional?
Price it by seats. UpFront Home Services charges $150 for a sofa up to three seats and $250 for a sectional up to five; Zep in Lyndhurst, New Jersey, starts a four-seat sectional at $220 and adds $40 a seat; Bulldog charges $200–$250 for a sectional up to six seats.
Count the cushions on the quote. A sectional with a chaise is more fabric than its seat count suggests.
Should a sofa cost less with a carpet job?
Often, because the trip is already paid for. Indy Carpet Cleaning in Indianapolis charges $159 for three rooms and a hallway and $99 for a sofa, so the two together come to $258 with one trip. On its own, a sofa can fall under a visit minimum: Zep’s sofa starts at $139 against a $140 minimum for any visit.
EcoClean in Downers Grove applies its $150 in-home minimum to carpet, upholstery and floors combined, which makes a sofa an easy add-on to a room or two.
What should a sofa cleaning quote say?
The piece and its size, the fabric if you have checked the cleaning code, whether stains are treated, and any protector. Contemporary Carpet Cleaning prices stain guard at half the cleaning price; say how you charge yours.
Promise treatment, not results, on old stains, and give a drying time so the customer knows when they can sit.
Three worked prices
Each price uses a company’s published upholstery or package prices.
A three-seat couch. Bulldog Carpet Cleaners’ price for a couch up to 7 ft.
Couch cleaning, 3 seats: 1 couch × $105 = $105.
Example total: $105. Rate source: Bulldog Carpet Cleaners: Frankfort, IL prices, checked 2026-10-15.
A five-seat sectional. UpFront Home Services’ sectional price.
Sectional cleaning, up to 5 seats: 1 sectional × $250 = $250.
Example total: $250. Rate source: UpFront Home Services: Katy, TX prices, checked 2026-10-15.
A sofa with three rooms of carpet. Indy Carpet Cleaning’s three-room package and its sofa price on one visit.
Three rooms and hallway: 1 package × $159 = $159.
Sofa: 1 sofa × $99 = $99.
Example total: $258. Rate source: Indy Carpet Cleaning: Indianapolis, IN prices, checked 2026-10-15.
Frequently asked questions
Do I charge per seat or per sofa?
Either works if it is on the price list. The companies here mostly price per sofa by size, with sectionals priced by seats.
Should protector be extra?
Yes, as its own line. Contemporary Carpet Cleaning prices stain guard at half the cleaning price.
What about chairs and loveseats?
Price them below a sofa and list them. Carpet Rescue Services treats two chairs like one sofa at $89.
Sources
- Carpet Rescue Services: Central Florida (Orlando area), FL prices · Checked
- Indy Carpet Cleaning: Indianapolis, IN prices · Checked
- Bulldog Carpet Cleaners: Frankfort, IL prices · Checked
- Cincinnati Dry Carpet Cleaning: Cincinnati, OH prices · Checked
- Contemporary Carpet Cleaning: East Rochester, NY prices · Checked
- USA Carpet Care: St. Clair Shores, MI prices · Checked
- UpFront Home Services: Katy, TX prices · Checked
- MaxCare of Florida: Deerfield Beach, FL prices · Checked
- EcoClean Dry Carpet Cleaning: Long Beach, CA prices · Checked
- Zep Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning: Lyndhurst, NJ prices · Checked
- CitruSolution of Charleston: Charleston, SC prices · Checked
- EcoClean: Downers Grove, IL prices · Checked