Your crews have the keys. This is what reassures the client.
A janitorial service bond covers theft by your employees at a client premises. It is the bond commercial contracts ask for by name, and BF Bond can usually issue one the same business day.
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What is a janitorial service bond?
A janitorial service bond, also called a business service bond or third-party fidelity bond, protects your customers against theft of their property by your employees while working on their premises. If one of your cleaners takes a laptop, a watch, or petty cash from a client office, the client is reimbursed under the bond.
Notice who is protected: the client, not you. That is precisely why it wins work. Property managers and facilities directors are handing keys and alarm codes to a crew that will be in the building unsupervised at night, and the bond is the concrete answer to the question of what happens if that trust is misplaced. Many commercial cleaning contracts and RFPs will not let you bid without one.
One condition catches people out. Most third-party fidelity bonds pay only where the theft is established, which in practice usually means a conviction of the employee responsible or comparable proof. It is not a general coverage for items a client cannot find. Understanding that before you sign a contract promising coverage is what keeps a claim from becoming an argument.
- Covers theft of client property by your employees
- Protects your customer, which is what makes it a selling point
- Commonly required by commercial cleaning contracts and RFPs
- Typically requires proof of the theft, often a conviction, to pay
Janitorial bonds at a glance
Usually written per employee or as a blanket limit across your crew, commonly from ten thousand dollars upward
One of the least expensive bonds we write. Many small cleaning firms pay a low flat annual amount
Annual, renewed for as long as you carry the contracts requiring it
Commercial clients, property managers, and facilities contracts, rather than a government licensing body
Business service bond, third-party fidelity bond, employee dishonesty bond for service firms
Service businesses we bond
Any business whose employees work unsupervised inside a client home or premises benefits from this bond.
Commercial Cleaning
Janitorial contractors servicing offices, medical buildings, schools, and retail space, usually after hours and unsupervised.
Residential Cleaning
House cleaning and maid services working inside client homes, where the bond is often the deciding factor for a new customer.
Maintenance & Trades
Handyman, maintenance, landscaping, and pest control firms whose staff have access to occupied premises.
In-Home Services
Home care aides, pet sitters, and other in-home service providers entering client residences on a routine basis.
Bonded in four steps
Apply online
Complete our guided application in about five minutes. Have your employee count handy.
Set the limit
Tell us what your contract requires, or we will recommend a limit based on the value of property your crews are around.
Approve your quote
A firm annual premium with no obligation, usually the same business day. Pay online when ready.
Certificate in hand
You get documentation you can send straight to the client or attach to your bid package.
Janitorial bond FAQs
Bidding a contract that requires bonding?
Five minutes to apply, and you will have documentation to attach to the bid.
