Warehouse Cleaning Checklist
A cleaning scope for a warehouse or light industrial building: the offices and restrooms every visit, the warehouse floor on its own schedule.
How to use it
- Cross out what you don't need and add anything special to your building.
- Attach it to your janitorial RFP, and give every company the same copy so the proposals price the same work.
- Walk through the building with each company using it, and keep it as the scope in the contract.
The checklist: 24 tasks
Offices
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Empty trash and recycling | Every visit |
| Vacuum and mop | Every visit |
| Dust clear desk surfaces and wipe high-touch points | Every visit |
| Wipe interior glass and dust sills | Weekly |
Restrooms
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Clean and disinfect toilets, urinals, sinks and counters | Every visit |
| Restock toilet paper, paper towels, soap and seat covers | Every visit |
| Clean mirrors, faucets and flush handles | Every visit |
| Empty trash and sanitary bins, replace liners | Every visit |
| Mop the floor with a disinfectant | Every visit |
| Wipe partitions, doors and the walls around fixtures | Weekly |
| Pour water down floor drains so the traps don't dry out and smell | Weekly |
| Deep-clean tile and grout, and dust vents and light fixtures | Monthly |
Locker rooms and break room
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Wipe break room tables, counters, the sink and appliance fronts | Every visit |
| Clean and disinfect locker room benches, showers and sinks | Every visit |
| Empty trash and mop | Every visit |
| Clean the inside of microwaves and wipe locker fronts | Weekly |
Warehouse floor
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Sweep or auto-scrub aisles and traffic lanes | Weekly |
| Empty trash and recycling at workstations | Weekly |
| Scrub around dock doors and forklift charging areas | Monthly |
| Machine-scrub the whole floor | A few times a year |
Shipping and receiving
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Sweep dock plates and the dock area | Weekly |
| Empty trash and pick up debris around dock doors | Weekly |
| Clean dock door windows and wipe the shipping office | Monthly |
High work
| Task | How often |
|---|---|
| Dust lights, beams and ductwork from a lift | Once or twice a year |
Usually not included
Price these separately if you need them:
- Chemical or hazardous spills
- Cleaning inside racking or on product
- Work above about 12 feet without a lift
- Parking lot and yard sweeping
Worth knowing
- Ask whether the crew follows your site safety rules: protective gear, forklift traffic and lockout areas.
- Agree who owns and maintains the floor scrubber. A ride-on scrubber cleans a large floor in a fraction of the time.
What this costs where you are: warehouse and industrial cleaning prices by city, or the 2026 cleaning cost index.
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