Electrical Distributor Reports Labor Payback in 11 Months With a Floor Scrubber

Keeping 400,000 square feet of floor clean

Dust, debris and the occasional spill collect along aisles, staging lanes and loading areas. Across a 400,000 sq ft facility, a cleaning crew faces a large floor on a steady schedule, with little slack for hours spent in the wrong place.

Labor sits at the center of the problem. Nilfisk, a floor care manufacturer, says labour can account for up to 85% of cleaning costs in warehousing, as of November 2026. That is a general industry view, not a figure from this facility, but it explains why distributors look hard at the crew hours their floors consume.

One Scrubber 75 Takes the Floor

The distributor put a Scrubber 75 to work across the full 400,000 sq ft facility. The robot supplier's machine took over the floor scrubbing, and the cleaning crew was moved to detail work that still needs a person.

Deployments of this kind usually follow a planned sequence: site assessment and floor mapping, a cleaning schedule set around operating hours, staff training on the machine, then a go live period with support. Getting those steps right early is what keeps one unit from becoming a source of disruption on the floor.

• Site assessment and floor mapping
• Cleaning schedule set around operating hours
• Staff trained on the machine and on detail work
• Go live support and ongoing service

Labor Payback Reported Inside 11 Months

The distributor reported labor savings that reached ROI in 11 months. That is a single reported outcome from one facility. It is not a benchmark for the industry, and payback will move with floor size, shift pattern and local labor costs.

What changed on the floor was who did the work. Scrubbing moved to the robot, and the crew moved to detail work. Any buyer weighing this result should build a private estimate from their staffing, floor area and shift coverage before deciding.

What this means for a floor scrubber lease

This study describes another operator's deployment. Service Robot Co. did not run it. What it shows is how a floor scrubber earns its place when it is matched to a large facility and given a clear role, which is the match our team works through before any unit reaches the floor.

Service Robot Co. is a full service, vendor neutral robot integrator for US businesses. We select the right robots across manufacturers, then finance, deploy, integrate, train and service every unit through a nationwide US engineer network, so one partner and one number cover the whole life of the machine. Units are leased on a three year term, with one fixed robot lease payment quoted after a site assessment and maintenance included.

Start with one leased unit on the area that hurts most, then expand once the site data supports it. A lease quote that follows the site assessment reflects the real floor, the real shifts and the real scope.