Company History
Carlson Building Maintenance upholds the principles we were founded on over 60 years ago to ensure the best results for our clients.
Humble Beginnings
Carlson Building Maintenance is named after its founder, Don Carlson. In 1959, while working full time at a local grocery store, Don began coming in after hours to clean and care for the floors. Over time, he built a solid reputation as a hard-working grocery professional by day and a meticulous floor-care expert by night. Eventually, Don left his promising career in grocery retail for an opportunity to grow his small floor cleaning business, Carlson Floor Care.
As the years went on, Don Carlson continued to build his floor care business by providing top-quality work at a reasonable price. Don always sought to promote people who cleaned and maintained the corners and edges—the places machines don’t reach.
His response to the competition was to outwork them and endear Carlson Floor Care to each of his clients. His only form of advertising was word of mouth, and as word spread, his business grew. Staying focused on these core values is what has led to Carlson’s successful reputation of “Exceeding Expectations”.
Time for Change
Don always believed firmly in hiring and training the best workers. When the time came for him to retire, he sold the business to one of his understudies and long-time Carlson employee, Nick Giese. He had been trained and drilled repeatedly by Don on the finer points of quality cleaning and floor care and was ready for the challenge of continuing Don’s legacy.
What’s the Difference?
Wonder what we mean when we talk about the Carlson difference?
Carlson Today
Today, Carlson Floor Care is known as Carlson Building Maintenance, as we now cover more than just floors. We provide full-service commercial cleaning programs with a focus on large retail and educational facilities. Just like Don, we continue to invest in good people and rely on high-quality services and value to bring us new opportunities.
This approach has helped us grow from a single location to cleaning hundreds of facilities across the Midwest and nearly twenty million square feet of space every day.
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