What Cleanway Maintenance does

Cleanway Maintenance, Inc. is a family-owned commercial cleaning company headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, operating in the Chicago metropolitan area since 1996. The company delivers recurring nightly janitorial services under weekly contractual arrangements across more than 3,000,000 square feet of commercial space, alongside specialized floor maintenance, carpet cleaning, and 24/7 emergency water damage restoration. Customer segmentation spans four primary verticals — healthcare (including Fresenius Medical Care facilities, dialysis centers, dental and optometry offices), retail (automotive dealerships such as Schaumburg Honda, Al Piemonte, Bob Rohrman, and Napleton, plus fitness, restaurant, and mall clients), education (daycare through college), and general office/warehouse — with additional one-time restoration work billed on a professional-services basis.

The underlying operating stack combines industrial cleaning equipment (ride-on auto scrubbers, high-pressure restroom machines, rotary extractors, HEPA vacuums, de-humidification systems, moisture detection instruments, and the Hygen filtered mop-bucket system) with the third-party Cleantelligent client portal, which provides scheduling, request submission, inspection result tracking, and restoration progress visibility. Clean Trust (IICRC) certified technicians deliver the water damage restoration line. A Green Cleaning Program using microfiber, HEPA filtration, and non-toxic biodegradable products is offered as an add-on. Quality control is enforced via regional supervisors performing regular site inspections rather than relying on franchisee-level execution.

Cleanway's commercial model is direct-sales and contract-based: pricing is custom-quoted per facility (no public rate card), billing occurs monthly, and services are delivered by directly employed janitorial staff (not franchisees) under accounts managed by an internal sales team (Director of Accounts, Sales Associate). Marketing is regionally focused on the Chicagoland area through the corporate website, social channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogger), customer testimonials, and a Request-a-Quote form. The company has no disclosed outside funding, no parent organization, no franchise network, and no M&A activity; it operates with 100+ employees as a privately held Illinois corporation.

Name

Cleanway Maintenance

Legal name

Cleanway Maintenance, Inc.

Website

https://cleanway.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cleanway Maintenance is a family-owned commercial cleaning company founded in 1996, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, providing recurring janitorial, healthcare, retail, education, floor-care, and 24/7 water damage restoration services across the Chicago metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720), Janitorial Services (56172), Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services (56174), Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Services (561740), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600)

akta.pro primary industry

General Commercial Janitorial (Recurring Contract Cleaning) (BPABABAA)

Keywords

• Commercial janitorial services
• Healthcare facility cleaning
• Water damage restoration
• Carpet floor maintenance
• Green cleaning programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Janitorial Services: Recurring nightly/weeknightly janitorial services for offices, healthcare facilities, retail establishments, and educational institutions. Weekly contractual basis covering over 3,000,000 sq ft of commercial space.
2. Specialized Cleaning Services: Carpet cleaning, hard floor maintenance, and restoration services. Can be one-time or integrated into ongoing maintenance programs.
3. Water Damage Restoration Services: Emergency 24/7 water removal, dry out, cleanup, and restoration services. Includes mold/mildew sanitation and insurance coordination.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cleanway Maintenance is a family-owned commercial cleaning company serving the Chicago metropolitan area since 1996. It provides recurring nightly janitorial services for offices, healthcare facilities, retail establishments, and educational institutions, plus specialized floor maintenance, carpet cleaning, green cleaning, and 24/7 emergency water damage restoration. Services are delivered by directly hired staff using commercial-grade equipment and supported by regional supervisors and a Cleantelligent client portal.

Product overview

Cleanway Maintenance offers a portfolio of commercial cleaning and restoration services as a unified service offering rather than a software platform. The core service suite includes General Office Cleaning, Healthcare Cleaning, Retail Cleaning, Education Cleaning, Carpet & Hard Floor Cleaning, and Flood & Water Damage Restoration. These services are delivered through the company's own trained staff and equipment, supported by regional supervisors for quality enforcement. The Cleantelligent Client Portal provides the technology layer, enabling clients to track schedules, submit requests, and view inspection results. An optional Green Cleaning Program supplements all service offerings with eco-friendly products and methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Office Cleaning Nightly janitorial services for all business types, from small office suites to large corporate buildings in Chicago, including hard surface floor care, carpet cleaning, window washing, surface disinfection, dusting, trash removal, and restroom deep cleaning.
• Healthcare Cleaning Janitorial cleaning services for medical facilities, dental offices, optometry centers, dialysis centers, and chiropractic/massage therapy facilities, with 15+ years of experience in healthcare surface disinfection.
• Retail Cleaning Services Commercial cleaning for auto dealers, fitness centers, department stores, restaurants, shopping centers/malls, and spas, with specialized expertise in floor maintenance and restroom cleanliness.
• Education Cleaning Services Janitorial services for daycare centers, pre-schools, kindergarten, elementary schools, private and Montessori schools, public schools, colleges, trade schools, and school buses.
• Carpet & Hard Floor Cleaning Commercial carpet cleaning and floor maintenance services covering all floor types including stone, vinyl/VCT, ceramic, tile and grout, wood, laminate, concrete, marble, terrazzo, and upholstery, certified by The Clean Trust.
• Flood & Water Damage Restoration Emergency water damage restoration services including water removal, dry out, cleanup, odor removal, and mold/mildew/bacteria sanitation, with 24/7/365 response time and Clean Trust certified technicians.

Quantifiable outcome

• Carpet maintenance can prolong the need for replacement up to 10 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ServiceMaster Clean: National commercial janitorial and disinfection franchise network offering recurring office, healthcare, and retail cleaning — directly comparable to Cleanway in service mix and target customers, though at significantly larger national scale.
• Jan-Pro of Illinois: Commercial cleaning franchise system serving office, medical, and educational facilities. Competes head-to-head with Cleanway in the Chicago metro across healthcare and education verticals via franchisee-delivered service.
• Coverall North America: Franchise-based commercial cleaning provider offering janitorial and disinfection services to offices, healthcare, and education — same product/market overlap as Cleanway, distributed through a franchise network.
• Stanley Steemer: National commercial and residential carpet and hard-floor cleaning franchise with a regional Chicago presence — directly comparable to Cleanway's Carpet & Hard Floor Cleaning line of business, including restoration-adjacent services.
• ServPro of Chicago: National franchise specializing in water, fire, and mold damage restoration with significant Chicagoland coverage — directly comparable to Cleanway's Flood & Water Damage Restoration service offering, including insurance coordination.

Broad incumbents

• ABM Industries: Large national facility-services platform offering janitorial, parking, and integrated facility maintenance — directly competes for enterprise healthcare and office contracts in the same Chicagoland market, but at materially broader scale.
• ISS A/S: Global facility-services company providing integrated janitorial and cleaning services across commercial, healthcare, and industrial facilities — overlaps with Cleanway's office and healthcare verticals but operates at much larger enterprise scale internationally.

Emerging players

• PuroClean: Franchise-based property damage restoration network focusing on water, fire, and mold remediation — overlaps specifically with Cleanway's water damage restoration offering, but centered on the restoration vertical rather than recurring janitorial.

Regional players

• Cleaning Management Services (CMS): Regional Chicago-area commercial cleaning provider serving offices, medical, and industrial facilities — direct head-to-head competitor in the same Chicagoland geography with similar service mix.
• BMS CAT (Blackmon Mooring & BMS CAT): Commercial restoration company with strong Chicago-area presence in water, fire, and mold damage restoration — competes specifically for emergency restoration work that Cleanway handles, though BMS CAT does not focus on recurring janitorial.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CleanwayM
• Facebookfacebook.com/CleanwayMaintenance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cleanway-maintenance-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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