Customers judge your business before they walk in the door. In Orlando, where humidity coats every surface in grime and tourists compare every storefront on the block, a dirty sidewalk, stained parking lot, or mildewed entryway quietly sends people to the competitor next door. Commercial pressure washing is curb-appeal maintenance — the same way you service your HVAC, your building's exterior needs regular cleaning to protect your image and your property.
Commercial work is a different discipline from residential. The surfaces are bigger, the stains are tougher, the scheduling has to work around your business hours, and the job often has to meet property-manager or corporate standards. This page covers what commercial pressure washing includes, how we schedule around your operation, and what drives the price.
What We Clean for Businesses
Storefronts come first: entryways, windows frames and sills, awnings, signage areas, and the sidewalk directly in front. This is the zone your customers see up close, and in Orlando it collects gum, food stains, bird droppings, and the general film that humidity leaves on everything. A clean entryway is one of the cheapest upgrades a retail or restaurant business can make.
Parking lots and parking garages are the next tier. Oil spots at every parking stall, tire marks in the drive lanes, trash and leaf buildup along the curbs, and gum ground into the concrete near cart corrals and entrances. Large lots get cleaned with high-flow surface cleaners that cover ground fast; stalls and edges get detailed with wands. Line striping and painted markings get cleaned around carefully — pressure washing does not remove paint, but worn striping looks worse when everything around it is suddenly clean, so we flag that for you.
Sidewalks, walkways, and common areas round out the typical job: the paths between buildings, courtyard areas, stairwells, and loading zones. For restaurants, add the grease zone — the area around the dumpster, the back door, and the grease trap. That needs hot water and degreasers, not just pressure, because cooking grease does not dissolve in cold water.
Restaurants: Grease, Gum, and Health Inspections
Restaurant exteriors are their own specialty. Cooking grease migrates everywhere: the dumpster pad, the back door landing, the sidewalk where staff carry trash, the drive-thru lane. Grease is slippery, it smells, and health inspectors notice it. Cold-water pressure washing just spreads grease around — it needs hot water (180 degrees plus), a strong degreaser, dwell time, and sometimes a second pass.
Gum is the other restaurant constant. Each black dot on the sidewalk is a piece of chewing gum pressed into the concrete, and there can be hundreds of them outside a busy entrance. Gum comes off with heat — hot water softens it so it releases — plus a focused nozzle. It is slow, detailed work, and it is priced that way. Dumpster pads usually get cleaned on a schedule, monthly or quarterly, because a week after cleaning the grease starts building again.
Scheduling Around Your Business
We work when you are not busy. For retail and restaurants, that usually means early morning before opening or overnight after close. Office buildings and medical plazas often prefer weekends. The goal is simple: your customers and staff should never have to step around hoses, wet concrete, or equipment.
Most commercial jobs also need a plan for water and runoff. We bring our own water supply when spigots are not available or pressure is low, and we manage runoff so dirty water does not flow into storm drains or neighboring properties. If your property has specific environmental requirements, tell us up front and we build the plan around them.
Maintenance Plans vs. One-Time Cleans
One-time cleanings make sense before a grand opening, a health inspection, a lease renewal, or a sale. But most commercial properties do better on a schedule. A quarterly storefront and sidewalk wash keeps the property perpetually presentable for less per visit than sporadic deep cleans — because grime never gets the chance to build up to the hard-to-remove stage.
Common schedules in Orlando: storefronts and entryways quarterly, parking lots twice a year, restaurant grease zones monthly or quarterly, and full building washes annually. Scheduled clients get priority booking and consistent pricing. If you manage multiple properties, we can route them on the same cycle so every location stays on standard.
What Affects Commercial Pricing
Commercial pricing is driven by square footage, soil level, and scheduling constraints. A small storefront sidewalk is a different job from a 200-space parking lot. Heavy grease, years of buildup, or gum-covered concrete takes longer than routine maintenance cleaning. Overnight or weekend work can cost more than weekday daytime work, since it falls outside normal hours.
Access and water supply matter too. If we can pull up close with the rig and connect to your spigots, the job moves fast. Properties where equipment has to be staged far from the work area, or where we need to bring all our own water, take longer. As a rough range, small storefront jobs often fall in the low-to-mid hundreds of dollars, while large parking lots and multi-building properties run into the thousands. Every commercial job gets a free on-site quote — the variables are too specific to price blind. For help evaluating any pressure washing company, see our "guide to choosing a pressure washing company".
Our Commercial Process
"Request a free quote" and tell us about your property — the type of business, what needs cleaning, and your scheduling constraints. For most commercial jobs we do a quick on-site walk-through to measure, assess the staining, and confirm access and water. You get a written quote with the scope, the schedule, and the price.
On the job day, we arrive at the agreed time, stage equipment out of the way, and work section by section so parts of your property stay usable. Safety cones and wet-floor signage go up wherever pedestrians might walk. When the work is done, we walk the property with you or your manager, review the result, and confirm the next scheduled visit if you are on a plan. Invoices are straightforward — the quoted price, no surprises.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you clean without disrupting my business?
Yes — that is the whole point of commercial scheduling. We work early mornings, overnights, or weekends, whichever keeps your customers and staff clear of the work area. Tell us your hours when you request a quote and we will propose the least disruptive window.
Do you clean parking garages?
Yes. Garages get oil spots, tire marks, trash buildup, and dust on every level. We work level by level, usually starting at the top, and coordinate with you on which areas need to stay open. Ventilation matters in enclosed garages, so we plan the work accordingly.
How do you handle gum on sidewalks?
With hot water and a focused nozzle — heat softens each piece so it releases from the concrete. It is detailed, time-consuming work, which is why heavy gum buildup is priced separately from general sidewalk washing. Regular maintenance keeps it from building up to that level.
Can you remove oil stains from my parking lot?
Fresh and moderate oil spots respond well to degreaser and hot water. Old, deep-set stains in high-traffic lots can be faded significantly but may not disappear entirely — the same honest limitation as "residential driveway oil stains". We assess the staining during the walk-through and set expectations before quoting.
Do you offer recurring service plans?
Yes. Most of our commercial clients are on quarterly or monthly schedules — storefronts, sidewalks, and restaurant grease zones especially. Scheduled clients get priority booking and locked-in pricing, and the property never gets bad enough to need an expensive deep clean.
What about graffiti on my building?
We handle that too — see our "graffiti removal" page. Quick response matters with graffiti: fresh paint comes off far easier than paint that has cured for weeks, so call it in as soon as you see it.