What is the Chicago Restroom Compliance Score (CRC)?
The CRC Score is a simple way to rate how closely a commercial restroom aligns with Chicago-grade expectations for cleanliness, frequency, and consistency. It’s designed for real buildings, not theoretical checklists.
The CRC model looks at:
- Type of facility (office, restaurant, medical, retail, gym).
- Daily restroom traffic and fixture counts.
- Full-clean and touch-up frequency.
- High-touch disinfection and odor control practices.
- Deep-clean history and documentation quality.
Use the calculator below to generate a rough CRC Score (0–100) for your current restroom operation.
CRC Score Calculator (Quick Estimator)
This is a simplified, browser-only estimator. It doesn't store data and is meant to give you a directional sense of where you stand today.
Who this Chicago standard is for
This benchmark is written with real buildings in mind, not theory. It’s for:
- Chicago building owners & landlords who want fewer restroom complaints.
- Property & facility managers responsible for daily restroom operations.
- Commercial cleaning companies that want to prove they clean to a Chicago standard.
The goal is simple: give everyone the same language and expectations when they talk about “good enough” vs “Chicago-ready” restroom cleaning.
Why Chicago needs its own restroom standard
Chicago restrooms operate under conditions that generic national checklists rarely cover:
- High-density daily traffic through relatively small restroom footprints.
- Weather-driven debris: salt, slush, rain, and dust tracked indoors.
- Mixed-use buildings combining office, retail, food, and healthcare.
- Tenants and customers with very low tolerance for “almost clean.”
This project treats commercial restroom cleaning as an operational system: predictable, measurable, and designed for Chicago—not a generic template copied from somewhere else.