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Office Cleaning Supplies List
In offices, cleaning repeats in the same areas every day: desks, the tea kitchen, toilets and floors. Buying the right products in the right packs keeps the workplace clean and makes cleaning costs predictable. This list sets out office cleaning supplies area by area.
Office cleaning supplies by area
Workspaces and meeting rooms
Surface cleaner for desks, cupboards and doors; silicone surface cleaner for shine on furniture and laminate.
Glass cleaner for glass partitions, windows and meeting-room glass. Do not spray directly onto computer or TV screens.
For keyboards: how to clean a keyboard.
Tea kitchen and kitchen
Dishwashing liquid for cups and plates; surface cleaner for worktops and cupboards.
Degreaser for greasy dirt around the hob; do not use it on aluminium, galvanised, painted or non-stick coated surfaces.
Toilets
Liquid hand soap for washbasin dispensers, bathroom & toilet cleaner for toilets and tiles, and bleach as directed on the label.
Floors and atmosphere
Surface cleaner for ceramic and laminate floors, wood surface cleaner for parquet; carpet shampoo in carpeted offices.
Room fragrance for entrances, corridors and meeting rooms.
Office cleaning supplies: daily, weekly and monthly use
- Every day: Surface cleaner for desks and shared surfaces, washing-up liquid in the kitchenette, bathroom and toilet cleaner and liquid hand soap refills in the toilets, bin bag changes, a damp mop for the floor.
- Once a week: Glass cleaner for glass partitions and inside windows, descaler for ceramic washbasins and urinals, warm water and a little washing-up liquid for the inside of the fridge and microwave, deep vacuuming in carpeted areas.
- Once a month: Degreaser for the kitchenette hob and cooker hood, enzyme odour remover for the sink drains, silicone surface cleaner for furniture and laminate surfaces, cleaning of keyboards and telephones.
- Quarterly or seasonally: Carpet and fabric sofa washing with carpet shampoo, the outside of windows, curtain and blind cleaning, care of wooden parquet with a wood surface cleaner.
- Stock: The three products that run out fastest are usually liquid hand soap, surface cleaner and washing-up liquid; these are bought in large packs, the others are kept in small packs according to usage.
Office cleaning equipment and consumables
Besides cleaning products, an office should also have the following equipment and consumables:
- Microfibre cloths (in different colours for desks, kitchen and toilets)
- Mop, wringer bucket or cleaning trolley
- Vacuum cleaner; squeegee for glass partitions
- Liquid soap and paper towel dispensers
- Paper towels, toilet paper and bin bags
- Gloves and labelled empty spray bottles
Supply set for office toilets
- Dispenser refills: Liquid hand soap is filled into the dispensers from a large container; the dispenser is emptied and rinsed before refilling, and new soap is not added on top of old.
- Paper products: Toilet paper, paper towels and paper toilet seat covers; spare rolls are kept in the cupboard so that no dispenser runs empty.
- Chemicals: Bathroom and toilet cleaner for the toilet bowl, urinals and washbasin; descaler for limescale on ceramic washbasins and urinals; glass cleaner for the mirrors; bleach for the inside of the bowl as directed on the label; enzyme odour remover for drain odour and room fragrance for room odour.
- Equipment: A separate toilet brush for each toilet, cloths and gloves in the colour reserved for toilets, a pedal bin and liner; toilet cloths are not used in any other area.
- Frequency: Checking and cleaning once or twice a day depending on the number of staff; descaler once a week, deep cleaning once a month. The order of work is in the how to clean a toilet guide.
Monthly consumption and stock plan
- Record monthly consumption by number of employees for one month; place orders based on this average.
- 5 kg canisters suit small offices with low use; 20–30 kg canisters are more economical for busy offices and business centres.
- Transfer large packs into clean, labelled bottles; store products in the tea kitchen in a cupboard separate from food.
- Follow the label instructions for the amount to use; do not mix products together: can cleaning products be mixed.
- For the order and frequency of office cleaning: how to clean an office.
- For whiteboards in meeting rooms: how to clean a whiteboard.
- For coffee machines in the office kitchen: how to clean a coffee machine.
- For coffee spilled on carpets and sofas: how to remove coffee stains.
- For air purifiers in the office: how to clean an air purifier.
- For the types of cleaning chemicals: what are cleaning chemicals.
- For where and how to buy detergent wholesale: where to buy wholesale detergent.
Product set for offices: which product, which pack size?
- Desks, cabinets and floors: TETİK Surface Cleaner 1–30 kg; for shine on furniture and plastics, TETİK Power Silicone Surface Cleaner 750 ml; for parquet, START Wood Surface Cleaner 5 and 30 kg.
- Glass and glass partitions: START Glass Cleaner Spray 1 L; for refilling bottles, START Glass Cleaner 5 kg.
- Tea kitchen and kitchen: TETİK Dishwashing Liquid 750 g and 5 kg; for stainless surfaces, TETİK Stainless Steel Polish 500 ml.
- Toilets: START Bathroom & Toilet Cleaner 1 and 5 kg; TETİK Liquid Hand Soap 500 g and 5 kg; for foam pump dispensers, START Foam Hand Soap 5 kg.
- Room scent: TETİK Room Fragrance — Special Formula (Red) 500 ml and 5 kg; used with a spray bottle or a scent machine.
- Product codes and case quantities are on the product pages; add the products on this list to the quote form to ask for prices in one go.
Quotes for offices and business centres
You can source all the products on this list from a single manufacturer. For lists for other sectors see our article cleaning products for businesses, and for bulk purchases our wholesale cleaning products page.
