TLC Cleaning & Janitorial Supply Co., Inc.

Phyllis Gamble started with one bucket, a vacuum, and a typewriter at her dining room table in 1985. That origin story is still on the company's About page, and four decades on, TLC Janitorial works out of 50 Industrial Road in Wrentham. What it does now is commercial. Its own site describes cleaning and janitorial supply for healthcare and veterinary clinics, daycares, schools, corporate offices, property managers, financial firms and technology companies across Massachusetts and Rhode Island — the crew and the supply closet from one vendor. The company says it has been at this since 1986, calls itself family-run, and states in its footer that it is a "Woman Owned Business & SOMBWA Certified." Those are its own words; nothing here confirms them against a certifying registry. The one outside voice is old and warm rather than evaluative. In October 2018 the nonprofit Cleaning For A Reason announced a partnership with TLC Janitorial — described there as a residential and commercial cleaning company — to clean the homes of women undergoing cancer treatment free of charge. That 2018 description is the thing to hold onto, because it doesn't match how the company presents itself today. If you want your house cleaned, ask first whether residential jobs are still on the menu; everything the company publishes now points at facilities, not homes. No customer accounts turned up on any review platform, so there is no rating here to lean on. TLC is a plausible call for a medical office, school or property manager in Massachusetts or Rhode Island that wants cleaning and supplies handled together. For a homeowner, start with that one question about residential work — and if the woman-owned certification matters to your procurement, ask to see the SOMBWA certificate itself.