Since I will be running this business remotely, how do I ensure my contractor doesn’t steal my clients from me especially the ones who will become recurring clients.

Ran a window cleaning biz before to 500k. Exited years ago. Discovered the GMB subcontracing model recently and started with plumbing, but want something with more control. My profits are also lower than when i ran window cleaning so house cleaning seems like a sold choice. Any experience with the canadian market? Im in Québec so french is a moat we have. I felt its best to try here and Toronto followed by the US.

Hi should we form an LLC ,then get an office and then try to verify our GBP Or should we just try to verify GBP instantly with a random location around the service area on the map. Does instant verification lead to suspension if I have a random address after getting approved?

At this point, I assume you're probably still researching the remote cleaning business model as a whole and looking for some verification around what cleaning company owners are actually earning. You want to understand the possible income before you commit your time and money to building the business. From what I've seen and from speaking to other cleaning business owners, small owner-operated cleaning companies can do anything from around $10,000 per month to $100,000+ per month in revenue. I would say a more normal range to work towards is somewhere around $20,000 to $30,000 per month. If you're operating at around a 25% profit margin, that gives you roughly $5,000 to $7,500 per month in profit at those revenue levels. The important part for me is that this can become recurring and relatively stable income because you're building a base of weekly, bi-weekly and monthly cleaning customers rather than having to remake every sale each month. Once you've done your research, understand the model and have committed to giving it a go, I would start with getting your US LLC registered. If you're a non-US resident, I'd recommend using a relatively generic company name that isn't directly tied to one cleaning company or one location. Think of the LLC as your underlying company. You can then use trading names or Doing Business As (DBA) names for the individual cleaning brands you build underneath it. This gives you flexibility to reuse the company later or operate in different markets. For a non-US resident, getting the EIN from the IRS can take around four to six weeks, so I like getting this process started early rather than waiting until everything else is ready. While you're waiting for the LLC and EIN process, you can start researching exactly where you want to operate. For me, this is one of the most important decisions. I'm generally looking for affluent areas with enough demand for residential cleaning but where the competition isn't ridiculously high. You're looking at household income, population, home ownership, the type of families living there, cleaning-related search volume and the existing competition. There are some really interesting opportunities when you move away from simply looking at the biggest cities and start looking at affluent, growing suburbs. My own market research has shown this pattern across areas such as Holly Springs, Wake Forest, Westfield and Nolensville, where the combination of demographics and competition can be more attractive than some of the obvious large-city markets. I'll share more separately on exactly how I research these markets and the tools I use.