Guide · Updated 3 October 2026

How often should an office be cleaned?

A simple schedule for what needs doing daily, weekly and a few times a year, sized to how busy your workplace is.

Daily, or every working day

  • Kitchens and tea points: worktops, sinks, microwave and fridge handles
  • Washrooms cleaned, with soap, paper and hand towels restocked
  • High-touch points: door handles, light switches, lift buttons and shared phones
  • Bins emptied and recycling sorted

Weekly

  • Desks and keyboards wiped (cleared desks only)
  • Vacuuming and hard floor mopping throughout
  • Meeting rooms reset
  • Glass doors and partitions spot cleaned
  • Inside the fridge cleared and wiped

Every few months

  • Carpet steam cleaning
  • Interior windows, frames and blinds
  • High-level dusting: vents, light fittings and the tops of cupboards
  • Upholstered chairs and soft seating
  • A full kitchen deep clean, including appliances

Choosing the right frequency

As a rough guide, offices with fewer than ten people and no customer visits are often fine with two or three cleans a week. Busier offices, studios, clinics and anywhere customers visit usually need a daily clean. Washrooms and kitchens set the pace: if they need attention every day, so does your schedule.

Most Brighton businesses prefer early morning or evening cleans so nobody is disturbed. See office & commercial cleaning or ask us for a free site visit and estimate.

FAQs

Quick answers

Can cleaners work outside office hours?

Yes. Most commercial cleaning in Brighton & Hove happens early in the morning or in the evening, and weekend cleans are available.

Do we need to supply cleaning products?

Not usually. A cleaning company brings its own products and equipment, and can also restock washroom consumables if you ask.

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