A janitorial service in Peoria is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to East Peoria — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide janitorial services playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Peoria file. Confidential sale. No upfront listing fee.
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Peoria market
Selling a janitorial service in Peoria
A janitorial service in Peoria is priced on adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings after a buyer compares this book to East Peoria — not on a statewide rumor multiple. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. The statewide janitorial services playbook is on the industry hub; this page is the Peoria file.
Peoria is the Illinois River industrial-and-medical city: Caterpillar’s historic home, OSF and other hospital campuses, and a genuine MSA that is not Chicago and not a farm town.
CAT-adjacent and medical-campus vendors need customer-concentration analysis before anyone argues a multiple. I-74 is the buyer road from the Quad Cities and Bloomington. East Peoria and Tazewell businesses often enter the same conversation — say so if the book already crosses the river.
Peoria has about 111,388 residents in Peoria County, inside the Peoria area. Nearby markets buyers already compare this book to include East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, Washington. That comparison changes who shows up: a buyer who will drive from East Peoria is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Planning facts
Typical multiple
2x–3.5x SDE
Typical timeline
3–8 months
SBA eligible
Often — confirm
County
Peoria County
Population
111,388
Metro
Peoria
Nearby comps
East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, Washington
Closing clock
Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago
Springfield, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur, and nearby county seats sell to operators who already know the trade area. State-vendor and campus calendars matter on some books.
File CBS-1 on time. Do not paste a Naperville multiple onto a Sangamon or McLean file.
Peoria demand for janitorial services is the customer list and the license path — not the Census population figure. About 111,388 residents is context for who already lives in the trade area. It is not a sale price.
Janitorial Service in Peoria
What a Peoria buyer will underwrite on this janitorial service
Home-service density in Peoria helps the route — and it is why a public asking price on a recognizable janitorial service van is a leak. Municipal permit desks here are not the same as East Peoria, Pekin, Morton. Winter no-heat or storm response time is local. The statewide license rules live on the janitorial services hub; this page is who pulls the next Peoria permit.
Janitorial Services statewide typically plan around 2x–3.5x SDE and a 3–8 months process when books and the lease are ready. That is a planning range, not a price for this Peoria shop. Buyers here usually argue commercial contract value, contract tenure, equipment, staff stability.
Closing clock for this Peoria file: Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. License path: No statewide janitorial license. The industry hub teaches the statewide rule. This URL is the Peoria application of it.
In a major Illinois city like Peoria, owner-operators, commercial cleaning companies are the names that usually appear on the NDA list. A buyer who will drive from East Peoria is not the same buyer who will fly in from a coastal platform.
Buyer pool
Who buys a janitorial service in Peoria
Medical, industrial-service, and owner-operator buyers. OSF and Caterpillar orbits create strategic interest in some verticals and concentration risk in others.
Illustration: a night-janitorial company in DuPage servicing six office buildings and two schools on written contracts, a staying night supervisor, and a seller who still bids every manager relationship. Not a closed sale and not a residential maid route.
A janitorial service whose customers already sit in East Peoria, Pekin, Morton, Washington is a larger business than one that stops at the Peoria city limit. Tell the truth about the route. Buyers will map it.
SDE recast
How a buyer will read the books on this Peoria janitorial service
Janitorial recasts on commercial contract contribution after a market-rate night supervisor. Add back owner hours, then isolate any building that is month-to-month with a property manager who loves the seller, and any prevailing-wage or school-bid year that will rebid. Consumables billed through are not profit. A 2x–3.5x SDE band is for assigned contracts, not a stack of handshake closets.
Illustration only — not a quote for any Peoria shop. A janitorial service whose tax return shows $102,000 of net profit is not worth $102,000 × a rumor multiple.
Add back the owner’s $75,000 W-2 and payroll tax, $18,000 of discretionary benefits, $1,500 of accepted one-time cost, and $7,500 of personal expenses that a buyer will not run. Then subtract $14,000 of replacement labor if the owner still diagnoses, sells, or closes the books.
Adjusted seller’s discretionary earnings are $190,000. At the planning range 2.0x–3.5x, enterprise value is $380,000 to $665,000. Mid-range 2.75x is $522,500 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. A Peoria buyer will argue the multiple after they ride with the staff and read the lease.
At 2.75 times $190,000 of seller’s discretionary earnings, enterprise value is $522,500 before debt, working capital, holdback, and tax. That is the planning conversation. It is not a listing-site guess.
SDE line items
Reported net profit (tax return, not the marketing P&L)
+ Interest expense
+ Income taxes (not payroll, sales, or property tax)
+ Depreciation and amortization
+ Owner W-2, bonuses, and payroll taxes on the owner
+ Discretionary owner benefits that a buyer will not keep (auto, personal travel, family on payroll with no role)
+ Accepted one-time or non-recurring expenses
− Market-rate replacement labor for owner work that will not transfer
= Seller’s Discretionary Earnings (SDE)
Illustration recast for a Peoria janitorial service — not a quote
Net profit
$102,000
Owner W-2
$75,000
Benefits
$18,000
One-time
$1,500
Personal
$7,500
Replacement labor (subtract)
−$14,000
Recast SDE
$190,000
Planning EV at 2.75x
$522,500
Recast Seller’s Discretionary Earnings, then apply a planning multiple for janitorial services.
Replacement labor is subtracted. This is a planning tool, not an appraisal.
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Planning enterprise value—
Before debt, working-capital peg, holdback, and tax. Educational only.
Enter your annual Seller's Discretionary Earnings (SDE) — your net profit plus owner's salary and any personal expenses run through the business — to estimate a range.
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This is an estimate for planning purposes only. Actual value depends on lease terms, asset quality, customer concentration, and current market conditions. Request a professional valuation for a precise number.
Peoria County uses state CBS-1 and City of Peoria licenses. Caterpillar-adjacent and medical-campus vendors need customer-concentration analysis.
No statewide janitorial license. School, municipal, and hospital contracts bring background checks, badging, and sometimes union or prevailing-wage rules. Bonding and janitorial-service agreements often prohibit assignment without customer consent. A buyer who cannot badge into the building on night one does not have that revenue.
Labor and lease
What has to keep working on Monday after close in Peoria
For a janitorial service in Peoria, the first labor question is: Written contracts with assignment paths and term left.
Illinois River and I-74. Skilled trades and clinical labor are tight. East Peoria and Tazewell businesses are often the same buyer conversation.
Legacy OEM plus a large medical economy. adjust the customer list before you adjust the multiple.
Diligence
What a serious janitorial service buyer will open
Levers that move the multiple in this vertical: Written contracts with assignment paths and term left; A night supervisor who stays; Diversified buildings, not one property manager; Owned scrubbers versus rented iron; Margin after consumables and prevailing-wage reality.
Have these ready before anyone hears the name of the Peoria business: Contract list: term, cancellation, pricing, and assignment clauses; Property-manager or district concentration; Night-supervisor and crew tenure; union or prevailing-wage exposure; Equipment (auto-scrubbers, buffers) ownership and condition; Consumable pass-through versus true service margin; Badge, background, and any prevailing-wage audit file.
Buyer tool
SBA payment sketch for a Peoria janitorial service buyer
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Sale steps
How to prepare a Peoria janitorial service for sale
Recast this Peoria janitorial service. Start with the tax return. Add owner pay. Subtract replacement labor if the seller still does the work a Peoria buyer must hire. Do not treat a spike year as the new normal.
Name who can operate on Monday. List every credential that lets this janitorial service pull a permit or see a patient in Peoria, and whether that person stays. Personal licenses do not transfer with the assets.
Tell the truth about the Peoria trade area. Map customers against neighboring towns. Buyers will. A book that already covers those towns is larger than a book that stops at the Peoria limit.
Open the lease and the labor file. Remaining term and assignment in Peoria County. Whether the crew can run without the seller living eight minutes away.
Calendar the notices that apply here. Illinois CBS-1 (10 business days). No Chicago 45-day city notice unless the business also operates in Chicago. Start them at letter of intent, not the week of funding.
Read the statewide playbook, then talk. The Illinois janitorial services hub is the statute and recast teaching. This page is the Peoria file. Confidential consult — no upfront listing fee.
Answers for owners and buyers in Peoria County, including local closing steps.
Buyers start with seller’s discretionary earnings, then apply a planning range around 2.5x–4x SDE. That is a statewide starting point, not an appraisal. The lease, licenses, and how much of the book depends on the owner move the number more than a rumor multiple.
Most prepared Main Street sales take about six to twelve months. Clean books and an assignable lease help. License transfers and landlord consent are what add weeks.
No statewide janitorial license. Municipal business licenses and building-access badging still matter. Night-crew immigration and background businesses are a diligence item, not a footnote.
Read the assignment clause. Many commercial accounts can cancel on sale. A book that is three at-will buildings is riskier than written multi-year contracts.
Yes. Buyers sign a non-disclosure agreement before they see the name. Your staff should not learn the sale from a listing photo. Key people may hear near a signed letter of intent.
Most Peoria asset sales file Illinois Form CBS-1 at least 10 business days before closing. Peoria County does not use Chicago’s 45-day city notice unless the business also operates there. Municipal licenses and the lease still need their own calendar.
The first serious call in Peoria is usually an owner-operator or a neighboring shop, not a coastal fund. Peoria County buyers already know the trade area. Seller financing and a clean lease matter more than a headline multiple.
No. The planning multiple for janitorial services is a statewide starting point, not a Peoria appraisal. Buyers in Peoria County still adjust seller’s discretionary earnings, then argue the lease, licenses, labor, and owner dependency.
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