Employee benefits for cleaning and janitorial companies,made easy.
89% of U.S. janitorial companies have fewer than 20 employees.
You want great benefits for your team. You don’t have the time or the resources to get them.
That isn’t on you. For decades, the benefits industry has been built for big companies, and small businesses have been left to figure it out alone. Cakewalk was built for you.
How it works
You run your business. We handle the benefits.
Tell us about your business.
Start with your business name. We fill in what we can find. Connect payroll and your team comes with it.
Hundreds of options. One tailored package.
We compare hundreds of plans for your team. You get one package, priced and ready to adjust.
We get your team covered.
We invite your team. You see who has started. Each person gets help choosing. Everyone is covered.
Benefits admin. Off your plate.
New hires and departures sync from payroll. Each employee gets a benefits wallet. Their questions come to us, not you.
Your benefits team. On the house.
You pay for coverage. Insurance carriers pay us a commission, so we can handle everything from building your package to supporting your team year round, at no cost to you.
Cleaning companies at a glance
Offering benefits to a cleaning team
Mixed full-time and part-time schedules across many client sites. Here’s what shapes a benefits plan for a cleaning or janitorial company.
- of U.S. janitorial companies have fewer than 20 employees
- 89%
- average weekly hours in janitorial services in 2025, just under the 30-hour full-time line
- 29.8
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics: janitorial services, 2025
- openings a year projected for janitors and building cleaners, 2025–2035
- 321,800
Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: janitors and building cleaners
Full time, part time
Most janitors work full time, but part-time work is common. Federal rules treat 30 or more hours a week as full time, and a SHOP marketplace plan has to be offered to full-time employees but not to part-time staff.
Sources: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: janitors and building cleaners; IRS: identifying full-time employees; HealthCare.gov: who qualifies for SHOP
How part-timers count toward 50
To see whether you’re near 50, add part-timers’ monthly hours (up to 120 per person) and divide by 120. Forty full-time employees plus 20 people working 60 hours a month comes to 50.
Source: IRS: employer shared responsibility questions and answers
Turnover
With over 320,000 openings a year for janitors and building cleaners, keeping reliable people is its own savings. Benefits are one of the reasons people stay.
Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook: janitors and building cleaners
Employees and contractors
For a group plan, employees are generally the people you pay on a W-2. Independent contractors buy their own coverage, and hiring them doesn’t make you an employer. Whether someone is a contractor follows the IRS’s common-law test, where offering benefits is itself a factor.
Sources: HealthCare.gov: coverage for the self-employed; IRS: independent contractor or employee
Benefits are your choice under 50
Employers with fewer than 50 full-time employees, counting full-time equivalents, aren’t subject to the federal requirement to offer coverage. Offering benefits is a decision you make for your team, not a mandate.
Source: IRS: applicable large employers
The small business tax credit
The federal credit can cover up to 50% of premiums for employers with fewer than 25 full-time equivalent employees and average wages under $68,200 in 2026, if you pay at least half of employee-only premiums and buy through the SHOP marketplace. Owners and their families don’t count toward the totals. SHOP plans aren’t offered everywhere, so check your state’s guide.
The whole benefits package.
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and income protection. Built around your business and the people who power it.
Start with your team’s needs and your business’s budget. Explore medical coverage online, or work with a benefits advisor to understand your options and choose your next step.
Questions cleaning company owners ask.
Not on a SHOP marketplace plan: it’s only required for full-time employees, 30 or more hours a week, though you can choose to include part-timers.
Tell us about your team.
We’ll follow up to learn about your business and walk you through your options. There’s no cost to work with us.
Prefer to start on your own?