Typical DMV price ranges for commercial floor care, what jobs actually cost, what moves the number, and how to read a quote. Market ranges, not estimates.
Typical price range: $0.15 to $8. Computed from DMV rate tables, never an AI guess. Size, access, and finish level move the number.
Strip and wax, VCT, per sq ft typically runs $0.35 to $0.90/sq ft. Almost always priced per square foot, and cheaper per foot as area grows, mobilisation is a fixed cost spread over the job. These are market ranges for DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia, not quotes.
Total area, per-foot rates drop steeply above about 5,000 sq ft. After-hours or weekend work, which most occupied offices require. How many coats of finish, and how degraded the existing floor is. Furniture moving and reinstatement. Medical and dental space, where disinfecting protocol adds time.
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