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Builder leads for commercial cleaning companies

Build your own list of builders, fill in missing emails and offer your office and commercial cleaning contracts to them in small, personal batches.

  • Public sources for builders
  • Fields that fit the industry
  • No credits, no rented data
Database in Riftjaw with active contacts, segment, lead file and source

Selling office and commercial cleaning contracts to builders

General builders take on extensions, renovations and repairs, often managing subcontractors for each trade. The owner usually quotes, orders materials and chases payments, so anything that tightens cash flow or reduces admin gets attention.

Commercial cleaning companies grow by winning contracts with offices, shops and other premises in their area. A lead database of local businesses lets you approach them in a planned way and follow up when their current contract may be up for renewal.

Every month you do not reach builders with a clear offer, someone else does. A list you own lets you work the market in a steady rhythm instead of in bursts.

What commercial cleaning companies run into with builders

Finding the right contact at each business in your area takes a lot of searching.

Derive role addresses such as info@ and office@ from their websites without credits.

You cover certain towns and want to target only those.

Give each area you serve its own segment, or record the town as a field and save a filter on it.

Builder lists overlap with every other trade, so it is hard to tell who is a real general builder.

Add a Project types field and tags, then put the records you have checked in their own segment so campaigns only reach the right firms.

You collect builders from several towns in separate files.

Import all of them into one lead file with a Service area field; duplicates across files are flagged before you publish.

A week of prospecting in Riftjaw

Monday: collect

Export a batch of builders from public listings and import it. Duplicates are skipped.

Import in Riftjaw: every column matched to a profile field, with all rows previewed
An import in Riftjaw: every column of the file gets a profile field, and nothing is imported until each one has a choice.

Tuesday: fill in

Derive missing emails with info@, office@, enquiries@ and admin@ and tag the records that look like a fit.

Contacts list in Riftjaw with company, phone, email, segment, campaigns and tags
Contacts in Riftjaw, one row per company with phone, email, segment and campaigns.

Wednesday: reach

Send one mail about your office and commercial cleaning contracts to the new segment, in small batches.

Segments in Riftjaw, each with its own name and number of contacts
Segments such as property managers in London or roofers in the North, each ready to use in a campaign.

Friday: follow up

Opens and clicks show up on each record. Set the ones who answered to Replied or Customer, so the follow-ups of the campaign skip them.

Campaign results in Riftjaw with sent, opened and clicked per contact
Campaign results in Riftjaw: delivered, opened and clicked for every contact.

What to say to builders

Write one mail with placeholders and let the details change per record. These openings tend to work with builders.

  • Lead with getting paid faster and cleaner paperwork, because late payments hurt small builders most.
  • Talk about reliable delivery to site, since a missed delivery can hold up a whole team.
  • Offer help winning better jobs, such as a stronger website with past project photos.
Campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and set the button
The campaign editor in Riftjaw: pick a segment, write the mail and check the preview.

Fields worth recording for builders

Add these as fields in your lead file. Any column in your import can become a field.

FieldWhy it helps
Company nameThe key field. Duplicates are checked on it or on the website.
WebsiteNeeded to derive an email when the export has none.
Project typesExtensions, lofts and full renovations need different suppliers.
Uses subcontractorsTells you whether they need tools to manage other trades.
Typical job sizeHelps you judge whether your offer fits their budget.
Service areaMerchants and hire firms work within a delivery radius.
AccreditationsMembership of a trade body hints at size and professionalism.

Questions people ask

Where planning records are public and list the agent or builder, you can collect them yourself and import them. Riftjaw does not crawl those sites for you, but it handles the file you bring.

Pick a key field such as website or email in your lead file. Riftjaw flags duplicates in the file and against existing records before anything is pushed.

If your file has an email column, that wins. If it only has websites, tick the prefixes you want, such as info@, office@, enquiries@ and admin@, and Riftjaw derives addresses from each domain. Derived addresses are good guesses, not verified, so start with small batches.

Yes. The Free plan runs the whole pipeline on one list with small campaigns, and you do not need a credit card. Move to Pro when you want more lists, segments and bigger campaigns.

Build a database you own

Create your account, import your first list and see it turn into records you can work.

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