Window Cleaning Video Statistics

Key takeaways

1. Channels that say they run a window cleaning business posted 26.6% of YouTube’s 398 most-viewed window cleaning videos but drew 12.6% of their views; brands, tool makers and gadget product-link channels drew 30.8% (our read, Nov 2026). (Mark Studios) See details
2. Videos of 60 seconds or less drew 78.4% of the views, and 82 of the 200 most-viewed ‘window cleaning business’ videos are about starting a business or earnings. (Mark Studios) See details
3. U.S. janitorial services employers earned $1.3 billion ($1,303,752 thousand) from cleaning window exteriors in 2022, 1.8% of the industry’s receipts (2022 Economic Census). (U.S. Census Bureau) See details
4. Seven window cleaning franchisors had 652 U.S. outlets in their latest disclosure documents, and Florida had 11.8% of them (our count). (Mark Studios) See details
5. OSHA bars rope descent above 300 feet in most cases and requires anchorages certified for 5,000 pounds; it estimated its 2016 fall protection rule would prevent 29 fatalities a year across all industries. (OSHA) See details
6. The “$2.9bn industry” figure is IBISWorld’s paid estimate, not a government count, and the “769% return on window cleaning” comes from a 2003 Money magazine table built on a 2000 survey of real estate agents’ opinions. (IBISWorld, Money) See details

Who makes the most-viewed window cleaning videos on YouTube?

Channels that say they run a window cleaning business or work as window cleaners drew 12.6% of the views of the most-viewed 'window cleaning', 'window washing' and 'window cleaning business' videos on YouTube on November 7, 2026, while posting 26.6% of the videos (our count). We read YouTube's own view-sorted search results, the top 200 for each of the three searches, through the YouTube Data API, with no country filter. The three lists held 398 unique videos from 262 channels, with 1,009.9 million lifetime views (our count). We sorted every channel by hand from its own title, description and video text. A window cleaning business here is any channel whose own text says or shows that its owner cleans windows for paying customers, sells window cleaning jobs or works as a window cleaner, anywhere in the world; exterior cleaning firms that list window cleaning count too. Forty channels qualified, and we did not check any of them against a business or licence register.

Dropping business channels with little text beyond a name and titles leaves 35 channels with 12.3% of the views (our count). A few channels carry the trade's share: SteveO The Window Cleaner, Blake Bertagnolli and Excuse the Mess Cleaning held 56.1% of all window-business views (our count). The most-viewed business video, SteveO's 9-second clip of a new Moerman squeegee handle, had 21,327,315 views. The median business video had 102,184 views, and the median business channel had 6,255 subscribers, against 260,000 for media and entertainment channels (our count).

Gadget sellers drew more views than window cleaners. 30.4% of all views went to 25 gadget and product-link channels that show magnetic window cleaners, brushes and window robots and link to a shop (our count). One of them, MaviGadget, drew 16.0% of every view in the sample with six shorts of a double-sided magnetic cleaner. Professional tool makers and supply sellers such as Unger, Moerman and Window Cleaning Resource posted 11 videos and drew 0.3% of the views. TV networks, TV news and TV shows posted 10 videos, and 6 videos are songs, such as George Formby's 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' (our count). The 10 most-viewed channels drew 63.7% of all views; only two of them are window cleaning businesses.

The single most-viewed video, a 22-second public-access TV short about the 'Window Washing World Championships', had 114,282,413 views (our count). The 10 most-viewed videos drew 56.5% of all views. The median video had 248,799.5 lifetime views. View counts are lifetime totals and include views from ads.

8 window cleaning business channels also sell coaching, lessons or guides (34 videos), and 4 are also tool sales reps, brand ambassadors or affiliates (our count).

What does each window cleaning search return?

In YouTube's 200 most-viewed 'window cleaning' results on November 7, 2026, window cleaning businesses drew 14.3% of the views and brands and gadget channels 38.3% (our count). In the 200 most-viewed 'window washing' results, businesses drew 12.6% and media and entertainment channels 21.7%. Only the 'window cleaning business' search puts the trade first: there, businesses drew 34.8% of the views and coaching and side-hustle creators 29.6% (our count). The first two searches overlap heavily: 137 of the 398 videos appeared in both lists.

How many 'window cleaning business' videos are about starting a business or promise income?

82 of the 200 most-viewed 'window cleaning business' videos on YouTube on November 7, 2026 have titles about starting a business or about earnings, and they drew 31.4% of that list's views (our count, titles read by hand). 46 are about starting a business, such as 'How To Start A Window Cleaning Business'. 38 put a money figure for earnings, a job's price or a business's revenue in the title, such as '$1000 Per Day' or '$250/Hr'; we counted these figures and did not check them. 11 promise a start-up cost in the title, from '$0' to under $300.

Across all three searches, 38 titles carry a money figure, and they drew 1.7% of the views (our count). 16 titles are about selling window or gutter cleaning door to door, such as 'The Window Cleaning Pitch That Made Me $147,529 Last Month'. 12 titles are about pricing, quoting or bidding jobs, and they drew 0.1% of the views.

How many U.S. and Florida window cleaning businesses appear in YouTube's top results?

16 of the 40 window cleaning business channels in YouTube's most-viewed results on November 7, 2026 are placed in the United States by their own text or by their country setting; 12 name a U.S. place or phone area code in their own text (our count). These U.S. businesses drew 6.8% of all views. 15 business channels are placed outside the U.S., in Canada, the UK, Australia, France and Germany, and 9 more state no place. Channels whose country setting is United States posted 46.2% of all the videos and drew 76.5% of the views, but most of those views went to gadget, media and car-glass channels.

1 window cleaning business ties itself to Florida: KD Window Cleaning, whose owner has cleaned windows 'up and down the beautiful Treasure Coast of Florida since 2004'. It names no county. No channel in the sample names Palm Beach, Broward or Martin County, and 2 channels of any kind tie themselves to Florida; the other is a car-detailing marketing coach in Miami (our count).

Do window cleaning franchises appear in YouTube's top results?

Only 1 window cleaning franchise system has a channel among the most-viewed videos on November 7, 2026: Fish Window Cleaning's own, whose 2 videos had 1,001,060 views (our count). No Window Genie, Men In Kilts, Window Hero or Squeegee Squad channel appears. 4 videos name a window cleaning franchise or a home-services marketplace anywhere in their title, description or tags.

How long and how new are the most-viewed window cleaning videos?

Videos of 60 seconds or less were 48.0% of the most-viewed window cleaning videos on YouTube on November 7, 2026 and drew 78.4% of the views (our count). Videos of 3 minutes or less were 61.8% of the videos and drew 88.2% of the views. The median video of 60 seconds or less had 304,546 views. Videos longer than 10 minutes were 20.9% of the sample and drew 4.4% of the views; the median video ran 71 seconds. Window cleaning businesses post longer videos than gadget sellers: 40.6% of business videos ran 60 seconds or less, against 69.6% for brand and gadget channels. 51.3% of the sample was published in 2024 or later, 67 videos in 2026.

What do the most-viewed window cleaning titles show?

32 titles among the most-viewed window cleaning videos on November 7, 2026 name a magnetic or double-sided cleaner, a brush, a tool or an Amazon find, and they drew 30.3% of the views (our count, titles read by hand). 42 titles offer a hack, trick, secret or homemade cleaner such as vinegar, Dawn or newspaper. 40 are about squeegee technique, streaks or cleaning 'like a pro', and 15 are about water-fed or other poles and pure water, 12 of them from window cleaning businesses.

18 titles are about high-rise, skyscraper or rope-access window cleaning, and they drew 2.6% of the views. Only 4 of them come from window cleaners themselves, rope-access workers in Australia and Canada and a New York firm; the rest come from TV, news and viral-clip channels. 18 titles are about window-cleaning robots or drones. 13 are about commercial, storefront or hotel cleaning work. 7 are about a confrontation with a window cleaner, such as a homeowner ordering one off her porch. 4 are about competitions or speed records, and they drew 11.8% of the views.

21 titles say 'satisfying', 'ASMR', 'relaxing' or 'therapy'. Before-and-after titles are almost absent: only 1 title is a before-and-after ('DIRTY to SPARKLING'), and 4 videos use the phrase anywhere in their text (our count).

None of the 398 videos carried YouTube's altered or synthetic content flag in the API on November 7, 2026; one channel says its fictional product stories are 'brought to life with AI'. 1 video was marked made for kids.

Which federal job code covers window washers?

Janitors and cleaners, SOC 37-2011. The 2018 Standard Occupational Classification Manual lists “Window Washer” as an illustrative example of that occupation, whose duties include “washing walls and glass” (BLS SOC Manual). The SOC direct match title file maps both “Window Washer” and “Window Cleaner” to the same code. The catch-all code SOC 37-2019, building cleaning workers, all other, is defined only as “All building cleaning workers not listed separately” and names no window work (BLS SOC Manual). No federal survey counts window washers on their own, so every occupation figure below is labelled context: 37-2011 is mostly indoor custodial work.

How many janitors and cleaners, the occupation that includes window washers, are there?

U.S. employers reported 2,209,760 wage-and-salary jobs for janitors and cleaners (SOC 37-2011) in May 2025, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of employers (BLS OEWS). The median annual wage was $36,840 (BLS OEWS). OEWS leaves out the self-employed. BLS’s Employment Projections, which add them, put the occupation at 2,432.6 thousand jobs in 2025 (BLS Employment Projections), estimate that 4.8% of these workers were self-employed (BLS Employment Projections) and project an average of 321.8 thousand openings a year over 2025-35, mostly to replace workers who leave (BLS Employment Projections).

The residual code 37-2019 is far smaller: 17,210 wage-and-salary jobs in May 2025 (BLS OEWS), with a median annual wage of $44,040 (BLS OEWS). With the self-employed added, BLS counted 18.6 thousand jobs in 2025 (BLS Employment Projections), 6.2% of them self-employed (BLS Employment Projections). Florida employers reported 870 jobs in 37-2019 (BLS OEWS). BLS publishes no 37-2019 estimate for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach or Port St. Lucie metro areas.

What do janitors and cleaners earn in Florida and South Florida?

Less than the national median. Florida employers reported 131,900 janitor and cleaner jobs (SOC 37-2011) in May 2025 (BLS OEWS) at a median annual wage of $34,490 (BLS OEWS), per BLS OEWS.

How many people work in the industry group that holds window cleaning companies?

Employers in NAICS 5617, services to buildings and dwellings, had an estimated 2,310,020 wage-and-salary jobs in May 2025, per BLS OEWS (BLS OEWS). 829,300 of them were janitors and cleaners (BLS OEWS). OEWS publishes no staffing figures for the 6-digit janitorial services industry (561720) where Census files window cleaning, and the group also holds landscaping, pest control and carpet cleaning.

Which industry code holds window cleaning businesses?

NAICS 561720, janitorial services. The 2022 North American Industry Classification System defines it as establishments “primarily engaged in cleaning building interiors, interiors of transportation equipment (e.g., aircraft, rail cars, ships), and/or windows” (NAICS 2022 Manual), and the manual’s index sends “Window cleaning services” to 561720 (NAICS 2022 Manual). Office janitors and house cleaners share the code, so every count below is shared context, not a count of window cleaners.

How much do U.S. businesses earn from cleaning windows?

About $1.3 billion a year from window exteriors, at employer firms. In the 2022 Economic Census, janitorial services employer establishments reported $1,303,752 thousand in receipts from the product line “Cleaning services for window exteriors” (Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census). That was 1.8% of the industry’s receipts (Census Bureau), and 8,859 establishments reported some of it (Census Bureau). The industry as a whole took in $72,611,377 thousand (Census Bureau). Across all of sector 56, which also counts landscapers and other building-service firms that wash windows, the line came to $1,440,580 thousand (Census Bureau).

In 2017 the same line was $1,340,675 thousand, 2.7% of industry receipts, from 8,752 establishments (Census Bureau, 2017 Economic Census). By our calculation it fell 2.8% in current dollars by 2022 (our calculation). These figures leave out owner-operators with no employees, interior window washing billed inside janitorial or maid contracts, and window work billed by other industries. Census published no state rows or class-of-customer split for this line.

How many janitorial and window cleaning establishments are there?

BLS’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), built from unemployment-insurance records, counted an annual average of 83,041 private establishments in NAICS 561720 in 2025 (BLS QCEW), up from 74,049 in 2019 (BLS QCEW), a rise of 12.1% by our calculation (our calculation). Jobs went the other way: 1,069,828 in 2025 (BLS QCEW) against 1,095,975 in 2019 (BLS QCEW). Average annual pay was $34,443 in 2025 (BLS QCEW).

Census’s County Business Patterns counted 67,799 janitorial services establishments with paid employees in 2023 (Census Bureau CBP); 41,548 of them had fewer than 5 employees (Census Bureau CBP).

How many janitorial and window cleaning businesses have no employees?

Far more than have staff. Census’s Nonemployer Statistics counted 1,173,265 janitorial services businesses with no paid employees in 2024 (Census Bureau NES), mostly sole proprietors filing taxes, with receipts of $25,205,719 thousand (Census Bureau NES). In 2023 there were 1,095,927 (Census Bureau NES): 16.2 for every employer establishment that year, by our calculation (our calculation). Many are part-time house cleaners; Census does not split out window cleaners.

How many are in Florida and in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties?

Florida had an annual average of 8,596 private janitorial services establishments in 2025 (BLS QCEW), up 12.6% from 7,632 in 2019 (BLS QCEW) by our calculation (our calculation). They employed 73,796 workers (BLS QCEW) at average annual pay of $32,607 (BLS QCEW). County Business Patterns counted 6,675 Florida employer establishments in 2023 (Census Bureau CBP), and Nonemployer Statistics counted 187,520 Florida businesses with no employees in 2024 (Census Bureau NES).

QCEW and County Business Patterns count employer establishments from different records (state unemployment-insurance files and the Census Business Register), so their totals differ.

What does OSHA require for rope descent window cleaning?

OSHA's general industry rule at 29 CFR 1910.27, in force since 2017, caps rope descent systems (RDS) at 300 feet above grade unless the employer shows no other access is feasible or that the other means are more hazardous (29 CFR 1910.27). The rule covers every employer using an RDS on a building in federal OSHA states, which include Florida.

Before anyone descends, the building owner must tell the employer in writing that each anchorage has been identified, tested, certified and maintained to hold at least 5,000 pounds in any direction for each employee attached (29 CFR 1910.27(b)(1)). That statement must rest on an annual inspection by a qualified person and a certification at least every 10 years (29 CFR 1910.27). Owners and employers had to meet the anchorage duty no later than November 20, 2017 (29 CFR 1910.27).

The same paragraph sets the working rules. Seat boards must hold a live load of 300 pounds (29 CFR 1910.27). Descents longer than 130 feet need stabilization at the work location (29 CFR 1910.27). Tools, squeegees and buckets must be tied off with a tool lanyard so they cannot fall (29 CFR 1910.27). No one may descend in storms or gusty or excessive wind (29 CFR 1910.27); the rule sets no wind speed.

At what height does OSHA require fall protection for window cleaners?

At 4 feet. Under 29 CFR 1910.28, an employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge 4 feet or more above a lower level must be protected by guardrails, a safety net or a personal fall protection system (29 CFR 1910.28). Each employee on a rope descent system 4 feet or more above a lower level must also wear a personal fall arrest system on a separate line (29 CFR 1910.28(b)(12)). Fixed ladders that extend more than 24 feet above a lower level, such as roof access ladders, need a fall arrest system, ladder safety system, cage or well (29 CFR 1910.28). On low-slope roofs, where RDS rigging is set up, the tiers are set by distance from the edge, with 15 feet as the outer boundary (29 CFR 1910.28(b)(13)).

The harness itself has limits in 29 CFR 1910.140. A personal fall arrest system must hold the arresting force to 1,800 pounds (29 CFR 1910.140), stop the worker within 3.5 feet (29 CFR 1910.140) and be rigged so the worker cannot free fall more than 6 feet (29 CFR 1910.140).

What are OSHA's rules for window cleaner belts and window anchors?

OSHA keeps a separate set of rules for window cleaners who stand on sills tied to anchors in the window frame. Each window anchor must hold at least 6,000 pounds (29 CFR 1910.140(e)), and must sit in the side frames or mullions between 42 inches and 51 inches above the sill (29 CFR 1910.140). A sill or ledge must be at least 4 inches wide and slope no more than 15 degrees before anyone works on it (29 CFR 1910.140). Window cleaners' positioning systems must survive a 6-foot drop test with a 250-pound weight (29 CFR 1910.140).

For ladder work on storefronts and homes, 29 CFR 1910.23 requires portable ladders used to reach a roof or landing to extend 3 feet above it (29 CFR 1910.23), and bars use of a stepladder's cap and top step as steps (29 CFR 1910.23).

What did OSHA's 2016 fall protection rule estimate it would prevent?

OSHA estimated that its walking-working surfaces rule, published in the Federal Register on November 18, 2016, would prevent 29 fatalities and 5,842 lost-workday injuries a year across U.S. general industry (OSHA). Most of the rule took effect January 17, 2017 (OSHA). In the Federal Register, OSHA said full compliance would prevent 29 deaths from falls to a lower level and 5,842 lost-workday injuries from such falls each year (81 FR 82494). These are OSHA projections, not counted deaths. Based on Census Statistics of U.S. Businesses for 2007, OSHA counted 6.9 million general industry establishments with 112.3 million employees affected (81 FR 82494), not window cleaners alone. It put annualized compliance costs at $305.0 million against $615 million in monetized benefits (81 FR 82494).

The rule's economic analysis is the only federal count of window-cleaned buildings we found. OSHA estimated about 750,000 buildings have their windows cleaned each year, and that 65 percent of them, 487,500 buildings, would need new annual anchorage inspections and decennial certifications (81 FR 82494). It assumed at least 35 percent of buildings nationwide already certified anchors (81 FR 82494). The owner of Chicago's largest window cleaning company testified that 60 to 70 percent of Chicago building owners provide anchor certification (81 FR 82494), one company's view. OSHA priced the roof anchorage inspections at $14.1 million a year (81 FR 82494).

For the height cap, OSHA counted about 1,960 U.S. buildings 300 feet or taller in the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat database, roughly 600 of them in New York City (81 FR 82494). After removing New York City, California and Minnesota, it estimated the 300-foot limit would affect 1,300 buildings (81 FR 82494). A commenter in the record said the limit would touch only six percent of office buildings in the 19 largest U.S. markets (81 FR 82494). Corporate Cleaning Services, a Chicago window washing company, told OSHA that suspended scaffolds could add up to 30 percent to job time compared with RDS (81 FR 82494).

How many window cleaners died using rope descent systems, according to OSHA's record?

OSHA analysed 36 incidents from 1995 to 2001 in which a fall from a rope descent system killed one or more people, and said all 21 caused by mishandling or malfunction of the system or lifelines would have been prevented by its final rule (81 FR 82494). That is 58% of the incidents it analysed (our calculation).

The International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) testified, from a 1996 survey of its members, that about 800 systems made 1,584,000 descents in 1996, with one RDS death that year (81 FR 82494), or about 1,980 descents per system (our calculation). IWCA also testified to 19 fatalities among RDS users in the six years before OSHA's 1991 RDS memorandum and 11 in the six years after (81 FR 82494), a drop of 42% (our calculation; IWCA called it almost 50 percent). A window cleaning company, Sparkling Clean, told OSHA there had been 65 incidents and 31 fatalities among RDS users in the window cleaning industry since 1995 (81 FR 82494). IWCA's chair of the I-14.1 committee said OSHA had used the IWCA standard as a guide in over 100 citations against window cleaning contractors over about 10 years (81 FR 82494). These are association and company figures in a rulemaking record, not BLS counts; IWCA's own website did not load for us.

How do California's window cleaning safety orders differ from OSHA's?

California is stricter on height. Cal/OSHA's Title 8 section 3286 bars controlled descent apparatus, its term for rope descent, where suspension exceeds 130 feet unless the Division accepts it in writing, and limits manual boatswain's chairs to 75 feet (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 8, s. 3286). The federal cap is 300 feet.

Title 8 Article 5 also has rules with no federal match. Ladders may not be used for a window that needs a fully extended extension ladder over 40 feet, and a ladder over 18 feet working length needs a second person holding its foot (s. 3287). Extension tools over 6 feet long may not be used to clean windows from a position above grade (s. 3289). Window jacks or portable sills are prohibited (s. 3290). Window cleaners' belts and harnesses must be inspected by the employer at least twice each year (s. 3284). A window whose clear opening exceeds 18 inches in its lesser dimension counts as a fall-through hazard that needs safety anchors (s. 3282), and every building 3 stories or 36 feet or more in height must have roof tie-backs (s. 3291).

Which other states have their own window cleaning rules?

OSHA's own analysis says New York state law does not allow the use of rope descent systems for window cleaning in New York City (81 FR 82494), and that Minnesota limits RDS descents to 300 feet. We could not read New York's Labor Law text directly because nysenate.gov returned a bot challenge. There are 22 OSHA-approved State Plans that cover private-sector workers, and Florida is not one of them (OSHA State Plans), so window cleaning companies in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin counties work under the federal rules above.

What does it cost to have a house's windows cleaned?

Angi put the 2026 U.S. average for a home window cleaning visit at $221 (Angi), within a range of $150 to $302 per visit (Angi). Angi sells homeowner leads to window cleaners, and unlike its other cost guides this one gives no project count: Angi says the page was created using automation technology and then edited (Angi). Thumbtack, another lead marketplace, gave a 2026 national range of $184-$387 (Thumbtack), with most people paying around $266 "according to Thumbtack data", and no sample size (Thumbtack). Fixr, which also sells contractor leads, put the national average between $190 and $460 (Fixr) and said most homeowners spend $310 for a house with 22 double-hung windows and screens, a modelled job rather than a count of jobs (Fixr).

The only figures built from a stated count come from Housecall Pro, which sells field-service software to window cleaners. Across 1,650,446 price-book entries its customers listed in the 12 months to September 2026 (Housecall Pro), interior-and-exterior whole-property cleaning was listed at $115-$395 (Housecall Pro), median $228 (Housecall Pro), and exterior-only cleaning at $96-$285 (Housecall Pro), median $180 (Housecall Pro). These are prices pros list, not prices paid. The inside of the glass adds $48 to the median, about 26.7% (Mark Studios calculation from Housecall Pro's medians). In Housecall Pro's Southeast climate region, interior-and-exterior work listed at $132-$445 (Housecall Pro).

How do the published window cleaning prices compare across sellers?

Four sellers' typical U.S. home window cleaning figures for 2025 and 2026 span $221 to $310 (Mark Studios calculation from Angi, Housecall Pro, Thumbtack and Fixr). They measure different things, and two of them share numbers: Housecall Pro's window-count bands, starting at $99-$194 for one to five windows (Housecall Pro), match Thumbtack's table digit for digit (Thumbtack).

HomeGuide says most window cleaning companies charge a minimum job fee (HomeGuide), and that height drives price: windows above the second floor cost more because they need extra equipment and safety measures (HomeGuide). Fixr says a high-rise crew must be two people for safety, which doubles the hourly cost to $170 (Fixr). Housecall Pro's third-party estimate for windows above three stories or with special access is $15-$40 per window (Housecall Pro).

What does storefront and commercial window cleaning cost?

HomeGuide put commercial window cleaning at $0.50 to $2.50 per square foot, or $6 to $20 per window, for storefront or building windows in 2026 (HomeGuide). It says high-rise buildings need boom lifts or rope access, which raises costs, and that commercial clients often sign annual contracts. Housecall Pro prints the same per-square-foot and per-window ranges and labels them third-party estimates, so they are one figure repeated, not two measurements.

How many U.S. buildings are tall enough for rope or lift work?

EIA's 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, the latest with this table, counted 5,918 thousand U.S. commercial buildings over 1,000 square feet (EIA). Of those, 142 thousand had four to nine floors (EIA) and 16 thousand had ten or more (EIA), or 0.27% of all commercial buildings (Mark Studios calculation). Those tall buildings are few but large: they held 6,000 million square feet of floorspace (EIA), 6.2% of the national total (Mark Studios calculation). Offices are the biggest group, with 9 thousand office buildings of ten or more floors (EIA). CBECS leaves out apartment towers, so the count of buildings that need rope-descent or swing-stage window cleaning is higher.

How often do homeowners have their windows cleaned, and how long does it take?

HomeGuide says most homes benefit from professional window cleaning twice a year, in spring and fall, with coastal and dusty homes needing it quarterly (HomeGuide). That is a seller's recommendation, not a measured frequency; no government survey counts how often U.S. households hire window cleaners. HomeGuide says a crew finishes a standard house in 2 to 4 hours (HomeGuide). Gutter cleaning, a common add-on for window cleaners, listed at $150-$299 in Housecall Pro price books (Housecall Pro).

How much of a building's energy goes through its windows?

The U.S. Department of Energy says windows are responsible for about 10% of energy use in U.S. buildings (DOE) and influence end uses that make up 40% of building energy use (DOE). DOE does not name the year or dataset behind those shares, and they describe heat loss and gain, not cleaning. Nextdoor's May 2026 survey of its U.S. members found 31% had noticed sticking doors or windows in the past year (Nextdoor).

How many window washers die at work each year?

BLS does not publish a window-washer count. Its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), a full count that includes the self-employed, recorded 74 deaths in 2024 among building cleaning and pest control workers, the occupation group that holds window washers along with janitors, maids and exterminators (BLS CFOI). The group had 61 deaths in 2020, 80 in 2021, 74 in 2022 and 67 in 2023.

By employer industry, CFOI counted 23 fatal work injuries in NAICS 56172, janitorial services, the code that holds window cleaning firms, in 2024; BLS did not publish a falls count for it (BLS CFOI table A-1).

How many building service workers die in falls?

Falls, slips and trips killed 80 workers in NAICS 5617, services to buildings and dwellings, in 2024 (BLS CFOI table A-1), out of 295 fatal work injuries in the group (BLS CFOI table A-1). That is 27.1% by our calculation (our calculation). In 2023 falls killed 67 workers in the group (BLS CFOI table A-1). Landscaping accounts for most of NAICS 5617’s deaths, so these are not window-cleaning figures.

Across all U.S. work, fatal falls, slips and trips fell 4.6% to 844 in 2024 (BLS CFOI), and 10.8% of them were falls from a height of more than 30 feet (BLS CFOI).

How often are janitorial services workers hurt on the job?

A little more often than the average private worker. Private employers in NAICS 56172, janitorial services, reported 2.5 recordable injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024, per BLS’s Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) (BLS SOII), and 1.2 cases that kept a worker away from work (BLS SOII). All private industry reported 2.3 recordable cases and 0.8 days-away cases per 100 full-time workers (BLS SOII). SOII samples employers’ OSHA logs, leaves out the self-employed and is known to undercount.

How many window cleaning franchise outlets are there?

Seven window cleaning franchisors had 652 U.S. outlets between them in their latest franchise disclosure documents on Minnesota's CARDS database (our calculation; end of 2025, or end of 2024 for Shack Shine). Fish Window Cleaning, the largest, had 276 outlets at the end of 2025 (Fish Window Cleaning FDD 2026). Window Genie, a Neighborly brand, had 103 (Window Genie FDD 2026), Squeegee Squad 84 (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026), Shine 75 (Shine FDD 2026), Window Hero 64 (Window Hero FDD 2026) and Shack Shine 23 at the end of 2024 (Shack Shine FDD 2025). Men In Kilts had 47 outlets, 27 of them in the U.S. and 20 in Canada (Men In Kilts FDD 2026).

Window cleaning is the lead service at all seven, with gutter cleaning, pressure washing, house washing or holiday lighting beside it in Item 1. An outlet is usually a territory, and some owners run several; Shine counts protected areas. Franchisors count their own outlets and sell franchises, so these are seller-reported figures that state franchise law requires them to file. Wallaby Windows, which also appears in a CARDS search for "window", sells window replacement, not cleaning, and is left out.

Outlet columns are franchised and company-owned outlets from Item 20 unless a year is shown; Florida figures are franchised outlets from Item 20 Table 3. Investment is the franchisor's own estimate from the cover page or Item 7: Fish's range is for its small package, Shine's for one protected area of 75,000 to 125,000 households, and Shack Shine's for two or three subterritories. Shack Shine's 5% is local digital marketing spending it may require, not a fund fee.

How many window cleaning franchise outlets are in Florida?

Florida had 77 of the seven brands' 652 U.S. outlets, 11.8% (our calculation from the latest Minnesota filings). Fish Window Cleaning had the most, 28 at the end of 2025, up from 26 at the start of 2023 (Fish Window Cleaning FDD 2026). Squeegee Squad's Florida count rose from 7 at the start of 2023 to 13 (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026), Shine's from 5 to 10 (Shine FDD 2026), and Window Genie had 11 (Window Genie FDD 2026).

Other brands shrank in the state. Window Hero ended 2025 with 7 Florida outlets, down from 9 a year earlier after 3 terminations (Window Hero FDD 2026). Shack Shine went from 9 to 7 in 2024 (Shack Shine FDD 2025), and Men In Kilts from 4 at the end of 2023 to 1 (Men In Kilts FDD 2026). The top-grossing franchised Squeegee Squad business in 2025 was in Florida, with $2,141,612.12 in gross revenue over a territory of 3,068,487 people (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026).

Are window cleaning franchises growing?

The younger brands grew fast from 2023 to 2025 while the older ones held flat or shrank. Window Hero went from 18 outlets at the start of 2023 to 64 at the end of 2025, +255.6%, though 10 of its outlets were terminated in 2025 (our calculation from its FDD). Squeegee Squad grew +64.7% and Shine +50.0% over the same three years (our calculation). Squeegee Squad's franchised businesses also reported systemwide gross revenue up 25.4% from 2024 to 2025, a figure that includes new outlets (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026). Men In Kilts grew from 8 outlets at the end of 2020 (Men In Kilts FDD 2021) to 27 U.S. outlets at the end of 2025.

Fish Window Cleaning went from 264 outlets at the start of 2023 to 276 at the end of 2025, +4.5% (our calculation). Window Genie went from 113 outlets to 103 between the start of 2023 and the end of 2025, -8.8%, and Shack Shine from 35 at the end of 2022 to 23 at the end of 2024, -34.3% (our calculation); Shack Shine's Item 19 says 9 U.S. franchises closed in 2024.

What does a window cleaning franchise cost to open?

The median low-end estimate across the seven disclosure documents is $136,064 (our calculation). The low ends run from $69,525 (Squeegee Squad) to $206,244 (Window Hero), and the high ends reach $363,744 (Window Hero). Each franchisor writes its own estimate, which includes the franchise fee, equipment, vehicle and early working capital.

What do window cleaning franchisees report in sales?

Item 19 figures are what franchisees reported to the franchisor, usually through its software, and each brand measures something different. The top half of 254 Fish Window Cleaning outlets open all of 2025 averaged $799,767 in revenue and 337 new customers; the bottom half averaged $261,912 (Fish Window Cleaning FDD 2026). The 22 U.S. Shack Shine franchisees open all of 2024 averaged $538,867 in gross revenue, with an average job of $664 (Shack Shine FDD 2025). The 11 U.S. Men In Kilts franchises averaged $209,277 in gross consumer sales in 2025, with a median of $190,777 (Men In Kilts FDD 2026).

The top half of reporting Window Hero franchisees, 10 locations, averaged $838,978 in accepted contracts in 2025, and the bottom half $185,990 (Window Hero FDD 2026). Window Genie's 101 reporting businesses averaged $549 per job in 2025 (Window Genie FDD 2026).

How much of the brand fund goes to social media and content?

Social media took 10% of Fish Window Cleaning's brand building fund in 2025, the larger of the two brands that report a social media line. Fish also spent 38% on internet advertising (Fish Window Cleaning FDD 2026). In 2025 Squeegee Squad's marketing fund spent 3.81% on social media advertising, against 33.93% on its website and search engine optimization and 30.56% on its national call center (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026). The Men In Kilts brand fund spent 5.1% on content creation and 1.1% on digital marketing, against 66.2% on administrative expenses (Men In Kilts FDD 2026).

Two funds report production as one line, which can include video. Window Genie's fund put 41% of 2025 spending into production and 55% into digital and other media, and its Item 11 lists "film and television commercials, video, digital ads" among fund uses (Window Genie FDD 2026). Shine spent 66% of its national advertising fees on production and 23% on media placement (Shine FDD 2026). Local spending comes on top: Squeegee Squad franchisees must spend at least $6,000 on grand opening advertising and 5% of gross revenues on local advertising (Squeegee Squad FDD 2026).

How often do public companies mention window cleaning in annual reports?

Less and less often: 1,056 Form 10-K filings over the filing years 2001-2025 contained the phrase "window cleaning" or "window washing", from 106 in 2001 to 13 in 2025, a change of -87.7% (our count of EDGAR full-text search). "Window cleaning" appeared in 687 of those filings and "window washing" in 537 (our count). Most hits are lease exhibits and landlords' lists of building services, not window cleaning businesses; none of the franchisors above files a 10-K. These are counts of filings, not of companies; year is the filing year.

The one repeat filer with roots in the trade is ABM Industries, whose 10-K matched in 24 of the 25 years (our count). ABM began in 1909 as a window washing company in San Francisco with one employee (ABM 10-K 2025). It now employs about 113,000 people, and its janitorial service line brought in $5,233.1 million of its $8,745.9 million revenue in fiscal 2025; the filing does not break out window cleaning (ABM 10-K 2025).

Where do home service businesses, including window cleaners, get their leads?

Referrals produced 59% of lead volume in Jobber's survey of 1,050 U.S. home service business owners, fielded through Conjointly in December 2025 with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 points (Jobber). Among the high performers, Facebook was a lead channel at 32%, Google at 20% and Google Local Services Ads at 19% (Jobber). Jobber sells field-service software and does not break out window cleaning; its nearest group is cleaning. Cleaning businesses were the fastest to answer: 26% replied to leads within an hour, against 11% of HVAC firms (Jobber). Jobber's report says over 70% of customers expect a same-day response (Jobber).

Nextdoor's May 2026 survey of its U.S. members points the same way. 90% said recommendations from neighbors influence how they choose home service providers (Nextdoor), and cost was the top factor in choosing a pro at 64% (Nextdoor). Nextdoor sells local ads and did not publish the sample size. Housecall Pro says 41% of jobs booked online through its platform, across all trades, come in after hours (Housecall Pro).

Can window cleaning businesses run Google Local Services Ads?

Yes. Google's U.S. list of Local Services Ads categories, read on November 7, 2026, includes Window cleaning services as its own category, next to window repair services (Google). The list has no gutter cleaning or pressure washing category, so exterior cleaning firms that buy these ads tend to do so as window cleaners. Jobber's survey found Local Services Ads used as a lead channel by 19% of high-performing home service firms across trades.

What do homeowners say they want from a quote?

In Housecall Pro's 2025 survey of more than 1,000 U.S. homeowners, 97% said clear, upfront pricing influences their decision to hire a pro (Housecall Pro), and 80% wanted to know what "good, better, best" options were available before deciding (Housecall Pro). 72% said they would pay 10% more for a pro with a better customer service reputation (Housecall Pro). Housecall Pro sells software to the pros and did not publish exact n, field dates or question wording. On the business side, Jobber found only 16% of home service pros offered tiered options (Jobber), and cleaning pros were the least likely trade to raise prices, with 55% reporting an increase (Jobber).

What is the International Window Cleaning Association?

The International Window Cleaning Association traces itself to 1989, when a group of window cleaners met in Lubbock, Texas (IWCA). It publishes the I-14 window cleaning safety standard and runs rope descent system training. In March 2020 it became, by its own account, only the second association to sign an OSHA Ambassador agreement (IWCA), and it offers four regional safety training sessions a year (IWCA). Its public pages give no member count.

What do the popular window cleaning numbers really say?

Four numbers that window cleaning pages repeat come from narrower sources than the repeats suggest: an industry size that mixes a research seller's U.S. service estimate with worldwide machine sales and U.S. glass cleaner sales; a "769% return" on clean windows that is a 2000 poll of real estate agents about lightening and brightening a home; death counts that are news reports of OSHA searches or an association's own tally; and a video vendor's client tests. Each claim below gives the claim as repeated, where it came from, what the original measured, and what to use instead. Earlier editions were read in Internet Archive captures.

"Window cleaning is a $X billion industry"

The claim as repeated. Jobber, which sells field-service software to window cleaners, writes that U.S. window cleaning revenue was expected to reach $2.9 billion in 2024 and $3.2 billion by 2029 (Jobber), that more than 35,344 businesses offer the service (Jobber) and that the trade employs 89,765 people (Jobber). Beside these it puts a global market of 3.5 billion dollars by 2028 (Jobber). Window Genie, a Neighborly franchisor, says the trade employs over 100,000 U.S. workers and that the global market "hovers around an estimated $2 billion" (Window Genie), growing 13% from 2020 to 2028 (Window Genie). Fish Window Cleaning, another franchisor, writes that "the window cleaning market size in the U.S." was over $808 million in 2025 (Fish Window Cleaning). Oh So Spotless, a cleaning company, counts roughly 43,900 businesses (Oh So Spotless) inside a building exterior cleaning industry of 15.6 billion dollars (Oh So Spotless), with no source named for either.

Where it came from. The U.S. revenue figure comes from IBISWorld, a research seller whose January 2024 summary says window washing revenue would grow 2.3% a year "to reach $2.9 billion in 2024" (IBISWorld) and "$3.2 billion in 2029" (IBISWorld). IBISWorld still prints $2.9bn for 2026 (IBISWorld) and 35,344 businesses for 2024 (IBISWorld). Captures of the page from 2023 and January 2024 print no figures. The other numbers measure things that are not window cleaning services. Window Genie's growth link goes to Research Nester, which sells a report on building window cleaning machines, a market it sizes at over USD 2.07 billion worldwide in 2024 (Research Nester). Fish's link goes to Cognitive Market Research's glass cleaner report, whose United States row is $808.29 million for 2025: bottles of glass cleaner, not cleaning work (Cognitive Market Research).

What the original measured. IBISWorld's figure is a paid model of revenue for an industry it defines itself, "operators in this industry clean the exterior windows of buildings". It files that industry under code "OD6458", which it calls a NAICS code (IBISWorld), though the NAICS manual has no such code: Census files window cleaning in NAICS 561720, Janitorial services. Jobber's employee count has no source, and none of these publishers says how it counted businesses.

What to use instead. The 2022 Economic Census counted the product line itself: employer firms in NAICS 561720 took in $1.3 billion for cleaning the outsides of windows in 2022, and the page's industry section gives the full count and the 2017 figure. It leaves out businesses with no employees. If a market estimate is needed, give IBISWorld's $2.9bn as a paid estimate with its year. Never use machine or glass cleaner sales in its place.

"Clean windows return 768% when you sell a home"

The claim as repeated. Window Genie writes that, according to Money magazine, "the average return on window cleaning is 769%" (Window Genie). The Window Boyz, an Australian window cleaner, says agents in a 2003 Money survey put the return at 768% (The Window Boyz), and a 2025 Australian press release calls it a return of "up to 768%" (Top4). InspectionSupport, which sells marketing to home inspectors, gives the same 768% (InspectionSupport). The earliest window-cleaner repeat we found is a 2006 newspaper column by Jim Harshaw of Albemarle Window Cleaning, which cites "the June 2003 issue of Money magazine" (The Hook, 2015 capture).

Where it came from. Money magazine's June 1, 2003 "Home Economics" section printed a table of presale improvements. Its top line was "Lighten and brighten home, wash windows", with a typical cost of $86 to $110 (Money, 2007 capture) and a return of 769% (Money, 2007 capture). Cleaning and de-cluttering came second at 594 percent (Money, 2007 capture). The source line is "HomeGain.com's May 2000 survey of about 2,000 agents in 46 states" (Money, 2007 capture). HomeGain was a website that referred home sellers to agents. We found no capture of HomeGain's own 2000 release.

What the original measured. Agents' guesses of how much a set of brightening jobs, of which washing windows was one, would add to a sale price, polled in 2000. Nothing was measured at a sale. Over time 769 became 768, 2000 became 2003, "lighten and brighten" dropped out, and the agents' guess became "the average return on window cleaning". Two other home-value numbers have even less behind them. Ease Your Panes, a Denver window cleaner, said in a December 2025 press release that clean windows can raise values "by up to 10 percent", without naming the research (Ease Your Panes). Men In Kilts, a franchisor, cites a "2020 study" that curb appeal can add 14 percent to a sale price; the link has no target (Men In Kilts).

What to use instead. The peer-reviewed curb-appeal study published in 2020 is the closest measured figure. Johnson, Tidwell and Villupuram scored Google Street View photos of houses and found that a house's own curb appeal and its neighbor's "together may account for up to 7%" of its sale price (The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics). That is an upper limit for the whole view from the street, not window cleaning. No source we found puts a dollar value on washing windows alone.

"Window cleaning is one of the most dangerous jobs"

The claim as repeated. Wikipedia says that "in 1932 in New York, an average of one out of every two hundred window cleaners were killed per year" (Wikipedia), and The Vintage News repeats it as one out of every two hundred window washers (The Vintage News). News reports give counts from OSHA records. Boston 25 News, carried by FOX 4 in October 2023, said OSHA reported 28 incidents in five years (FOX 4), and Facilitiesnet said 11 of them were fatal (Facilitiesnet). Oresky & Associates, a New York injury law firm, writes that OSHA data show seven window washers died nationwide from January 2022 to December 2023 (Oresky & Associates). HealthDay cites an OSHA analysis of 88 accidents over 15 years, 62 of them fatal, without naming the years (HealthDay). Unger, which sells water-fed poles, quotes 300 deaths a year from ladder falls in the U.S., a figure for every ladder user, not window cleaners (Unger).

Where it came from. The 1932 rate is cited to a 2013 New Yorker article that this agent could not read: newyorker.com blocks it in robots.txt. We found no 1932 source. The association counts come from the International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA). Its safety director Stefan Bright said in May 2014 that his research had found "about 7 - 9 fatalities" a year before the IWCA's first safety guidelines (Robinson Solutions reprint), and that IWCA counted a 30 percent fall in fatalities over ten years (Robinson Solutions reprint). Squeegee Squad, a franchisor, reports a 2014 IWCA figure of one high-rise death a year over four years, out of some 1.5 million yearly "exposures", each worker on a building counting as one (Squeegee Squad). IWCA's own pages sit behind a Cloudflare challenge and were not read.

What the original measured. The OSHA-based counts are searches of OSHA inspection or fatality reports by keyword, with no search terms given; they count only deaths OSHA investigated. IWCA's numbers are the association's own tally, and the 1.5 million exposures is an estimate of worker-shifts on high-rise buildings, not a count of workers. None of these is a rate for all window cleaners.

What to use instead. BLS does not count window cleaners on their own. The page's safety section gives the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) count for building cleaning workers, the occupation group that includes window washers, and the deaths from falls. Use that count with its group and year, and the OSHA rules section for what the law requires at height.

"Video lifts conversions 80%"

The claim as repeated. Treehouse Marketing, an agency that sells marketing to home-service contractors, writes that according to "Eyewide Digital", video on landing pages "can increase conversion by up to a whopping 80%" (Treehouse Marketing). Beverly Boy Productions, which sells video production to window washing companies, gives a different 80%: online engagement "by about 80%", credited to Wyzowl (Beverly Boy Productions). ServGrow, a website seller, says a Pew Research survey found 80% of window cleaning businesses with a website said it helped them grow (ServGrow). We found no such Pew survey.

Where it came from. The landing-page trail starts with EyeView, which made and tested videos for its clients. A blog post of December 4, 2008 said visitors to eToro's site who viewed EyeView's video were 20% more likely to download the product. That compared viewers with non-viewers, who chose for themselves whether to watch (EyeView, 2009 capture). The first 80% figure we found is in a post of February 10, 2009: viewers of EyeView's videos for UMOO were 80% more likely to become depositing users, the same kind of comparison (EyeView). In November 2009 a TutorVista manager said the first test on one landing page "boosted conversion by over 80 percent" (EyeView). EyeView's case study gave that one A/B test, with the video autoplaying for first-time visitors, as an 86 percent increase (EyeView).

How it changed. EyeView's 2010 white paper said that "in some cases" the boost was over 80% (EyeView white paper). It reported the eToro split test, earlier told as 20%, as almost 32 percent (EyeView white paper). By August 2010 Unbounce, a landing-page software seller, wrote that "a study by eyeviewdigital.com shows that using video on landing pages can increase conversion by 80%" (Unbounce, 2010 capture). That dropped "in some cases" and the single-client scope. Contractor marketing pages later dropped or misspelled EyeView's name.

What to use instead. Unbounce's own August 2021 look at about 35,000 customer landing pages in each of three periods from late 2020 to early 2021 (Unbounce) found that video had a minimal or negative effect on landing page conversion, whatever the page's goal (Unbounce). Its industries did not include window cleaning. A window cleaning business that wants a number for its own site needs its own test: the same page with and without the video, shown to visitors at random.

Every popular claim our research pages trace, 789 in all, is on one page: popular video statistics, fact-checked.

How we built this page

We started from the questions people search for about window cleaning video statistics and looked for the organization that actually produced each answer. Every figure on this page sits in an evidence ledger with its source, the exact table or paragraph it came from, the measurement period, the population measured, and the date we checked it. This edition holds 350 figures from 51 publishers.

On November 7, 2026, each sourced figure on this page was re-fetched with the fetch cache cleared and matched against the recorded wording: BLS occupation wage estimates (through the BLS data API), the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Employment Projections and fatal and nonfatal injury tables (through Internet Archive copies where bls.gov refuses automated requests); Census County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics and the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census (through the Census data API), and the SOC and NAICS manuals; OSHA rules on eCFR and osha.gov, OSHA’s 2016 final rule in the Federal Register, and California’s Title 8 safety orders; franchise disclosure documents from Minnesota’s CARDS database and EDGAR full-text search; Angi’s, Thumbtack’s, HomeGuide’s, Fixr’s, Housecall Pro’s and Jobber’s own pages; Google’s and Nextdoor’s own pages; DOE and EIA building data; and the pages behind each popular claim. Our franchise counts come from Item 20 of each disclosure document, our 10-K counts from EDGAR full-text search, and our YouTube figures from the YouTube Data API. We left out the CTBUH Skyscraper Center and The New Yorker (robots rules that bar AI agents), the International Window Cleaning Association’s live site and the New York Senate site (they refuse automated requests; IWCA is cited through Internet Archive copies), and Fortune Business Insights (refuses automated requests).

We only cite the producer: government agencies, regulators, company filings and official posts, and the survey owner's own report. We do not cite statistics roundups, Statista-style aggregators, or salary sites without a public method. We did not bypass paywalls or sign-up forms; where a full report was gated, we used only the figures its publisher states publicly.

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Limitations

• Window cleaning has no industry or job code of its own. Census files window cleaning businesses in NAICS 561720 (janitorial services) with office and building cleaners, and BLS files window washers under janitors and cleaners (SOC 37-2011). Every industry and worker figure here is shared context, except the Economic Census product line for cleaning window exteriors.
• Our YouTube read follows YouTube’s ranking. The 398 videos are what YouTube’s search returned for ‘window cleaning’, ‘window washing’ and ‘window cleaning business’ (the top 200 results of each, sorted by views, with no country filter) on November 7, 2026. It is not a census of window cleaning video, view counts are lifetime snapshots, and we sorted 262 channels by hand from their public text.
• Prices are sellers’ figures. Angi, Thumbtack, HomeGuide and Fixr sell leads or jobs, and Housecall Pro and Jobber sell software to cleaners. Their averages do not agree and none is a survey of all jobs.
• Franchise figures cover franchises only. Most window cleaners are independent, and Item 19 figures are what franchisees reported to their franchisor, unaudited, each measured its own way.
• No federal count of window washer deaths exists. BLS publishes deaths for building cleaning and pest control workers and for the services-to-buildings industry group; the window cleaner death counts in news reports and association remarks come from searches of OSHA records or the association’s own tally.

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47. Nextdoor Holdings (platform owner), From weekend DIY to local pros: how neighbors are maintaining their homes (insights from Nextdoor) (2026-05). Accessed 2026-11-07.
48. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2024 (news release PDF) (2025-12). Accessed 2026-11-07.
49. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table A-1. Fatal occupational injuries by industry and event or exposure, all United States, 2024 (2025-12). Accessed 2026-11-07.
50. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table A-1. Fatal occupational injuries by industry and event or exposure, all United States, 2023 (2024-12). Accessed 2026-11-07.
51. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Table 1. Incidence rates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by industry and case types, 2024 (2025-11). Accessed 2026-11-07.
52. Fish Window Cleaning Services, Inc. (franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Fish Window Cleaning Services, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document, Marked FDD 2026 (issued March 23, 2026), Minnesota CARDS file 3993 (document 35654-202603-07) (2026-04-02). Accessed 2026-11-07.
53. Window Genie SPV LLC (Window Genie, a Neighborly brand; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Window Genie SPV LLC (Window Genie) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2026, Minnesota CARDS file 9586 (document 36173-202604-02) (2026-04-23). Accessed 2026-11-07.
54. Jack & Joe's Franchising, Inc. (Squeegee Squad; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Jack & Joe's Franchising, Inc. (Squeegee Squad) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2026, Minnesota CARDS file 10263 (document 36696-202605-03) (2026-05-22). Accessed 2026-11-07.
55. Shine Development LLC (Shine, an Empower Brands company; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Shine Development LLC (Shine Window Care and Holiday Lighting) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2026, Minnesota CARDS file 11612 (document 36482-202605-06) (2026-05-01). Accessed 2026-11-07.
56. LP Franchising, LLC (Window Hero; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), LP Franchising, LLC (Window Hero) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2026, Minnesota CARDS file 10243 (document 36555-202605-04) (2026-05-06). Accessed 2026-11-07.
57. Shack Shine Home Services LLC (Shack Shine, an O2E Brands company; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Shack Shine Home Services LLC (Shack Shine) 2025 renewal application package with Clean FDD, Minnesota CARDS file 10282 (document 34651-202508-03) (2025-08-21). Accessed 2026-11-07.
58. Men In Kilts US, LLC (Men In Kilts, an Empower Brands company; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Men In Kilts US, LLC (Men In Kilts) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2026, Minnesota CARDS file 9852 (document 35932-202604-09) (2026-04-10). Accessed 2026-11-07.
59. Men In Kilts US, LLC (Men In Kilts; franchise disclosure document filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce), Men In Kilts US, LLC (Men In Kilts) Franchise Disclosure Document, Clean FDD 2021, Minnesota CARDS file 9852 (document 18928-202106-03) (2021-06-24). Accessed 2026-11-07.
60. ABM Industries Incorporated (SEC Form 10-K), ABM Industries Incorporated Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2025 (2025-12-19). Accessed 2026-11-07.
61. Jobber (software seller), 2026 Home Service Trends Report (2026). Accessed 2026-11-07.
62. Google (platform owner), Local Services Ads: business categories and eligibility (Google Local Services Ads Help) (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
63. International Window Cleaning Association (association), International Window Cleaning Association (IWCA) home page (undated (capture 2026-03-28)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
64. Jobber (field-service software seller; repeater), Window Cleaning Industry Statistics (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
65. Window Genie (Neighborly window cleaning franchisor; repeater), Window Cleaning Industry Statistics (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
66. Fish Window Cleaning (window cleaning franchisor; repeater), Window Washing Industry (franchise blog) (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
67. Oh So Spotless (cleaning company; repeater), Window Cleaning Facts and Statistics (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
68. IBISWorld (market research seller; proprietary model estimate), Window Washing in the US - Market Size, Industry Analysis, Trends and Forecasts (2024-01). Accessed 2026-11-07.
69. Research Nester (market research seller; paid report), Building Window Cleaning Systems Market Size & Share, Forecast Report 2037 (2024-12-24). Accessed 2026-11-07.
70. Cognitive Market Research (market research seller; paid report), North America Glass Cleaner Market Analysis 2026 (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
71. Window Genie (Neighborly window cleaning franchisor; repeater), The 3 Real Reasons to Have Clean Windows (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
72. The Window Boyz (window cleaning company; repeater), The Window Boyz blog (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
73. Top4 (Australian business directory; press release), More Than a View: Calculating the True ROI of Professional Window Cleaning (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
74. InspectionSupport (home-inspector marketing seller; repeater), How Well-Maintained Windows and Walls Can Add Value to Your Property (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
75. The Hook (Charlottesville weekly), column by Jim Harshaw of Albemarle Window Cleaning, Gimme Shelter- Sparkle plenty: Clean windows = quick sale (2006-11-02). Accessed 2026-11-07.
76. Money magazine (Time Inc.), reporting HomeGain.com's agent survey, Home Economics (Money, June 1, 2003) (2003-06-01). Accessed 2026-11-07.
77. Ease Your Panes (window cleaning company; press release via PressAdvantage), Ease Your Panes Window Cleaning Reports Clean Windows Can Increase Home Values by 10 Percent (2025-12-05). Accessed 2026-11-07.
78. Men In Kilts (window cleaning franchisor; repeater), 5 Benefits of Cleaning Your Windows (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
79. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics (Johnson, Tidwell and Villupuram), Valuing Curb Appeal (2019-09-06). Accessed 2026-11-07.
80. Wikipedia (repeater), Window cleaner (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
81. The Vintage News (history site; repeater), The fearless window cleaners of the Empire State Building (2016-12-28). Accessed 2026-11-07.
82. FOX 4 (reporting Boston 25 News), Window washer falls to death outside Boston skyscraper (2023-10-24). Accessed 2026-11-07.
83. Facilitiesnet (facilities trade press; repeater), Window Washer Dies in Fall from Boston High-Rise (2023-10). Accessed 2026-11-07.
84. Oresky & Associates (personal-injury law firm; repeater), How Dangerous Are High-Rise Window Cleaning Accidents in NYC (2025-04-16). Accessed 2026-11-07.
85. HealthDay (health news publisher; repeater), Window Washers (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
86. Unger (window cleaning equipment seller; repeater), Unger Professional Cleaning Blog (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
87. Robinson Solutions blog, reprinting Stefan Bright (IWCA) remarks of May 2014, Rope access window cleaning news (2014-05). Accessed 2026-11-07.
88. Squeegee Squad (window cleaning franchisor; repeater of IWCA), How Dangerous is High Rise Window Cleaning? (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
89. Treehouse Marketing (home-service contractor marketing agency; repeater), 3 Reasons to Include Video in Your 2020 Contractor Marketing Efforts (2020). Accessed 2026-11-07.
90. Beverly Boy Productions (video production seller; repeater), Video Production for Window Washing in the US (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
91. ServGrow (website and software seller; repeater), Best Window Cleaning Websites (undated (read 2026-11-07)). Accessed 2026-11-07.
92. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), EyeView - The new "Conversion" game (2008-12-04). Accessed 2026-11-07.
93. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), UMOO - a prime beef example of EyeView's success (2009-02-10). Accessed 2026-11-07.
94. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Another video conversion success story (2009-11-10). Accessed 2026-11-07.
95. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Case study: TutorVista (2009). Accessed 2026-11-07.
96. EyeView Digital (video production and testing vendor; sold the videos it tested), Making Video Accountable (EyeView white paper) (2010). Accessed 2026-11-07.
97. Unbounce (landing-page software seller), The benefits of using video on landing pages (2010-08). Accessed 2026-11-07.
98. Unbounce (landing-page software seller; analysis of its own customers' pages), Video on landing pages means more conversions, right? Wrong. Here's why (2021-08-26). Accessed 2026-11-07.

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We re-verify every figure quarterly and when a major source publishes a new edition. The next scheduled review is February 2027. Corrections go to contact@markstudios.com.

• Nov 7, 2026: First published with 350 figures from 51 publishers, each checked against its original source.
• Nov 7, 2026: Fish Window Cleaning now cites its 2026 disclosure document, which Minnesota holds only as a marked copy: 276 outlets at the end of 2025 (was 270 at the end of 2024), a small-package investment of $111,900 to $129,900, a top-half Item 19 average of $799,767 and 10% of its brand fund on social media. The seven brands now total 652 outlets, 11.8% of them in Florida.