Contractors search this because a facility manager who wants to buy restroom stock usually offers a simple trade: they take paper, soap, and liners, you drop the supplies line. That sounds fair if every dollar of that line were restroom stock. It is not.
Restroom stock is only a share of the supplies line. On a typical office bid, paper, soap, liners, and seat covers are about 65% of the monthly per-square-foot supplies number. Chemicals, floor finish, and glass cleaner stay yours. Labor, the van, and the auto-scrubber do not move.
Dropping the whole line is the they-buy-everything price. Overhead and margin sit on that line too. Taking “the supplies off” today’s bid is the labor-only number, not the restroom-handoff number.
If they run out, you still fill. An emergency restock plus leftover cases is less efficient than stocking the closet yourself. On the default 8,000 sq ft office — $17 wage, 28% burden, $0.005 / sq ft supplies, 15% overhead, 20% target margin, $35 emergency fill — you-supply is $1,720.00. They-buy-restroom-stock is $1,682.62. Dropping the whole line is $1,662.50. If you still emergency-fill, the price that holds 20% is $1,732.94 — $12.94 a month above you-supplying.
| Who buys restroom stock | Supplies you still pay | Price that holds 20% | vs you-supply |
|---|---|---|---|
| You supply paper, soap, liners | $40.00 | $1,720.00 | — |
| They buy restroom stock | $14.00 | $1,682.62 | −$37.38 |
| They buy everything | $0.00 | $1,662.50 | −$57.50 |
| They buy restroom stock, you still fill | $14.00 + $35.00 | $1,732.94 | +$12.94 |
Open the janitorial bid calculator, keep your own wage, burden, and supplies rate, and set the restroom-stock share plus the emergency fill. It shows the handoff price that still holds your margin, the margin left if you drop the whole line, and a reply you can paste. Nothing is uploaded.
This page is arithmetic, not advice. It does not tell you to accept or refuse a handoff. Confirm what they will actually stock, who buys when they run out, and your own supply invoices before you send a number.
No. Restroom stock is only a share of a monthly supplies line. Chemicals, floor finish, and glass stay yours. Dropping the whole line from today's price is the they-buy-everything number, not the restroom-handoff number.
Yes, if you still emergency-fill when they run out. A restock trip plus leftover cases is less efficient than stocking the closet yourself, so the monthly price that holds your margin can land above the you-supply bid.