How to Start an Air Duct Cleaning Business

Wondering of jumpstarting your own dry vents business? Do you know what the dos and don’ts to start this process are? Just sit calmly and go through this content till the end. I am sure it would worth your time.

Will this really work out?

Did you know that dirty ducts can get contaminated with large deposits of dust or fungus that dramatically increase dust level contaminates the air quality in house or business? Did you know that clogged dryer vents affect performance and increased drying time, causing roughly three thousand fires each year?

Heating, dryer vents, ventilation, and air conditioning systems can come contaminated with everyday use. This can cause severe health impacts and may put your loved ones in jeopardy. As a result, the demand for air duct and dryer vents cleaning services has increased over the years. Every household and commercial building needs to clean its dryer vents and air ducts regularly. You can start your career as an entrepreneur with this business concept.

As a career, the cleaning service of dryer vents and air duct is a high profitable business. With consistent cash flow, this business is one of the best options to choose as a part-time or a full-time career move. Let’s get charge of your future and start your financial freedom journey with this new trending business.

Starting the business

Before we look into the business plans, let’s explore out some facts about air duct cleaning-

• Both private residences and commercial places require getting the air duct cleaning service regularly.
• The clothing drying time drastically increases if a dryer vent doesn’t get cleaned for 1-2 times yearly.
• The necessity of cleaning the dryer vents insurance companies has increased due to the severe risk of fire hazard.
• Residential HVAC cleaning has been a $4 billion+ industry for over 15 years.
• Within 2016-2026, The US Department of Labor Statistics is working on expanding the air duct cleaning industry growth at 15%.
• This business is overwhelmingly local, small business, which makes a place for new owners to break into the market.

So are you ready to live life on your terms and startup a generous profitable business? After researching over the present market situation, we bring to you three types of business models-

Model-1

According to this model, the business owner is the company’s sole technician and conducts all on-site work. For example, Mr. X runs an air duct cleaning service business but chooses to do the on-site project. Unsurprisingly, he enjoys a much longer margin of profit, including the technician cost. Through confrontational use of advertising and marketing materials, hard work, and quality service resulting in repeat business and commitment, he becomes successful beyond his target.

Model-2

In this model, the business owner hires one or more technicians for his company. But, on-site projects, both owner and employee conduct the job. For example, Mr. M, the owner of a dryer vent and air duct cleaning company, hires a technician for doing on-site works. He supervises his technician during his work each day.

Model-3

And, at this model, we would see that the business owner is only playing the role of investor and manager. And the hired technicians are conducting all the necessary works on-site projects. For example, take Mr. M, who gradually realized that usually, on any given day, the workflow tends to be one air duct and two dryer vents cleaning. It takes almost two hours for cleaning air ducts and 30-45 minutes for each dryer vent. He can raise the number of per day jobs by employing more technicians. So, he chooses to hire more efficient technicians and supervise and gives effort into guiding them.

However, no matter which model you prefer, you may earn up to $15,000 every month.

What would you need?

Starting a cleaning service of a residential air duct would cost you approximately $5,600. On the other hand, it would cost up to $10,000 to start a commercial level service. And a leading figure of this cost is for air duct cleaning equipment, including a vacuum collecting system, an air compressor, agitation and cleaning tools, wet or dry vacuum equipped with HEPA filtration and duct accessing tools. Additionally, as a business owner, you have to arrange for coil cleaner, sanitizer, personal safety pieces of equipment or PSE, and other necessary tools like hand tools and ladder.

How to expand the profit level?

Always remember that service diversification is a significant trend in the present situation. Our experience says that half of your customers will re-hire you to clean their ducts on offers. It is wise to provide value-added service to your regular customers. This will also help you to generate new customers. Through this technique, your annual sales will increase to $150,000 or even more. If you don’t do this, your competitors will.

Being your boss comes with an added value as you set your time-table. Though this type of career gives you a stress-free life, you need to devote extra time to raise your profit level month over month. This is the winning formula for establishing a long-lasting air duct cleaning business.