Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost Australia 2026
Kitchen exhaust cleaning in Australia is priced per clean by how much of the system is cleaned. A small cafe canopy and its filters run $200–$350 per clean; a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and the duct that can be reached $400–$900; and a full system clean that carries on to the exhaust fan and the roof discharge point $900–$2,000. The first question on any quote is which of those three scopes it prices.
Two hourly rates fill in around the scopes. Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour runs $50–$80 per hour, typically $60, for time a per-clean price does not cover, such as a long or heavily caked duct; a weekday exhaust technician for fan repair, servicing and installation runs $85–$120 per hour, typically $100. Fan work is a different trade line from cleaning, and a good quote keeps the two apart.
What this page does not price matters too. WTD found no published Australian price for a filter exchange program, access panel installation or fan belt servicing, so none of them is a row on this page. Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. The bands on this page are national; each city guide below carries the same bands with that city's own year-on-year movement and local notes.
| City | Per clean, standard restaurant | Year on year |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.7% |
| Melbourne | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.5% |
| Brisbane | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.8% |
| Perth | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.1% |
| Adelaide | $400-$900 | ↑ +5.2% |
| Gold Coast | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.8% |
| Canberra | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.6% |
| Hobart | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.6% |
| Darwin | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.6% |
| Newcastle | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.7% |
| Geelong | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.5% |
| Sunshine Coast | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.8% |
| Wollongong | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.7% |
| Townsville | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.8% |
| Byron Bay | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.7% |
| Central Coast | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.7% |
| Cairns | $400-$900 | ↑ +4.8% |
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost by City — Australia
Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Prices in Australia 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates
| Service | Low | Typical | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen exhaust clean, standard restaurant (canopy, filters, plenum, accessible duct) | $400per clean | $450 | $900 |
| Canopy and filter clean, small cafe | $200per clean | $272 | $350 |
| Full exhaust system clean including exhaust fan and roof discharge point | $900per clean | $1,200 | $2,000 |
| Canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour | $50per hour | $60 | $80 |
| Kitchen exhaust technician labour, weekday (fan repair, servicing and installation) | $85per hour | $100 | $120 |
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Worked Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost Scenarios — Australia
Three examples priced from the national rows above. Each line names the row it draws on; the quote you receive prices your own canopy, duct, roof and access.
- Small cafe, one hood. A breakfast cafe with one compact canopy over a flat grill and a press books the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350 ($272 typical) before opening, with any extra degreasing of a caked canopy face charged at $50–$80 per hour.
- Restaurant on a low roof. A restaurant with a six-burner range and fryers under one canopy, venting through a short duct to a single-storey roof, books the standard clean of the canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct at $400–$900 ($450 typical) on the day it is closed.
- Hotel kitchen in a tower. A hotel or apartment-tower restaurant venting through a riser to a fan several floors up pays the full system band of $900–$2,000 ($1,200 typical), booked overnight with the building's lift and roof access, and adds a technician at $85–$120 per hour if the fan needs a bearing or a service.
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Cooking style sets the grease load, and the building sets the duct, the roof and the booking window.
- Cafes and sandwich bars - One small hood over a grill or press, in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350, booked before opening.
- Restaurants, takeaways and pubs - A canopy, plenum and reachable duct in the standard band of $400–$900, towards the top where woks, chargrills, charcoal or fryers load the plenum, and extra time at $50–$80 per hour.
- Hotels, resorts and tower kitchens - Ducts that climb a building to a roof fan, priced as a full system clean at $900–$2,000, with the overnight window and roof access on the quote.
- Food courts and centre tenancies - Tenancy canopies on a centre-run exhaust, priced at $400–$900 for the tenancy's own canopy, plenum and duct, with the centre's riser and fan outside the tenancy's scope.
- Caterers, producers and institutional kitchens - Large canopies on single-storey roofs in the standard band, with fan repair and servicing at the technician rate of $85–$120 per hour.
What Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Jobs Actually Cost in Australia
Most kitchen exhaust work in Australia is cafes, restaurants and takeaways in shopfronts. A cafe with one small hood lands in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350, typically $272. A restaurant or takeaway with a canopy, plenum and short duct lands in the standard band of $400–$900, typically $450, low in the band on a gas range with a short run and towards $900 where a wok line, chargrill or fryers have caked the plenum.
The full system band of $900–$2,000, with $1,200 typical, is where hotel, resort, tower and waterfront kitchens land, because their fans sit on a roof well above the canopy and the clean includes the fan and discharge point. Caterers and food producers usually have bigger canopies on a low roof, so they stay in the standard band and add a technician at $85–$120 per hour when a fan needs more than a degrease.
What Affects Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Australia
Six things decide where a kitchen lands in the bands, and floor area is not the main one.
- Scope - Canopy and filters only at $200–$350, the canopy to the accessible duct at $400–$900, or the full system to the fan and roof at $900–$2,000: the scope written on the quote is the biggest single driver.
- Building height - A kitchen venting through a riser to a roof several floors up needs the full system clean and the building's lift and roof access, which a single-storey shopfront does not.
- Cooking style - Woks, chargrills, charcoal and fryers put more grease into the plenum than a cafe's press, so those kitchens book cleans more often and run into labour at $50–$80 per hour more often.
- Booking window - A clean booked into the hours a kitchen is closed costs less crew time than one squeezed into a short gap between late service and breakfast; ask whether any after-hours loading applies.
- Ways into the duct - A duct without clean-out points cannot be cleaned along its length without access panels, and panels have no published price on this page, so they are quoted separately.
- Fan condition - A worn bearing, a slipping belt or a motor running hot is technician work at $85–$120 per hour on a weekday, quoted apart from the clean, with any parts on their own line.
How to Control Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Australia
The savings in kitchen exhaust cleaning come from booking the scope the kitchen needs, choosing the window, and keeping the canopy clean between visits.
- Ask for the scope by name: a cafe with one small hood may only need the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350, not a standard clean.
- Have kitchen staff wash or swap filters between visits, so the contractor's time at $50–$80 per hour goes into the plenum and duct rather than into caked filters.
- Book the clean for the day or night the kitchen is already closed, and arrange the lift and roof access with the building at the time of booking.
- Get the fan looked at on the cleaning visit, when a technician at $85–$120 per hour is already on the roof, instead of a second call-out later.
What a Compliant Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Quote Includes — Cost in Australia
Before comparing quotes, check each one names the same scope - canopy and filters only, canopy to accessible duct, or the full system to the roof fan - prices any extra time at a stated hourly rate, and lists the work that has no row on this page as its own line with the GST basis stated.
- The scope priced against the rows: a small cafe canopy and filter clean at $200–$350, a standard canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct clean at $400–$900, or a full system clean to the exhaust fan and roof discharge point at $900–$2,000 per clean
- How far along the duct the clean goes, and which bends, risers or sections are left because there is no way in to reach them
- Whether the exhaust fan and roof discharge point are in the price, and how the crew will reach the roof
- The cleaning labour rate for extra time at $50–$80 per hour, typically $60, and when it starts to apply
- The weekday technician rate for fan repair or servicing at $85–$120 per hour, typically $100, kept separate from the cleaning price
- Filter exchange, access panel installation and fan belt work as separate quoted lines - none of them has a published price on this page
- The booking window - after the last service or before opening - and any after-hours loading shown as its own line
- A dated service report with before-and-after photos of the canopy, duct and fan, and the next clean the company recommends
- A single GST basis across every line, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Australia: three scopes, two hourly rates and what is not priced
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Australia comes in three per-clean scopes: $200–$350 for a small cafe canopy and filters (typically $272), $400–$900 for a standard restaurant canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct (typically $450) and $900–$2,000 for a full system including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point (typically $1,200). Two quotes for the same kitchen are only comparable once they name the same scope.
Beside the scopes sit cleaning labour at $50–$80 per hour and a weekday exhaust technician at $85–$120 per hour for fan repair, servicing and installation. Filter exchange programs, access panel installation and fan belt servicing sit outside the table because no Australian price for them was found. Ask for each of those as its own line, and for the booking window and roof access to be written on the quote.
The Australian Building Codes Board's guide to the National Construction Code says the Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions require exhaust hoods to comply with both AS 1668.1 and AS 1668.2. Access Canberra's guidance on odour management in retail food businesses says that, generally, filters need to be cleaned every 5-14 days, that internal ductwork must be cleaned every 12 months, that all internal surfaces of the exhaust ductwork (including the stack, ducts and hood) should be cleaned every six months for gas ovens and every three months for charcoal ovens, and that an approved mechanical ventilation cleaning company should conduct the cleaning and maintenance. In New South Wales, Camden Council's food premises cleaning chart lists cleaning the ventilation filters and wiping down the canopy weekly or more often as required, and cleaning inside exhaust hoods and all extraction ventilation grilles every 4-6 weeks or more often as required, and notes that mechanical ventilation and exhaust hoods may require individual cleaning programs. Three Queensland councils publish exhaust cleaning guides: Fraser Coast Regional Council's guide to mechanical ventilation gives a minimum frequency of filters weekly to fortnightly, the internal and external surfaces of the canopy hood fortnightly and the flue or internal ductwork of the system 6 to 12 monthly, and says some items will require cleaning by specialist service providers (e.g. internal ductwork); Southern Downs Regional Council's fact sheet gives the same minimum guide; and Western Downs Regional Council says all existing food premises are required to comply with AS1668 and that the frequency of cleaning will depend upon the individual units. Two Perth councils publish kitchen exhaust guidance: the City of Cockburn's advisory notice on kitchen exhaust hoods says the internal surfaces of the exhaust ductwork shall be cleaned on at least a six-monthly basis, and that accessible, grease tight cleanouts shall be provided every 3m and near each elbow, angle or duct junction of all horizontal sections of ductwork; the City of Gosnells' guideline says all filters, hoods and ducts must receive regular cleaning and maintenance and be kept in a clean condition at all times. Ask the cleaner to state on the quote which parts of the system are cleaned, and to leave a dated report and photos the business can keep with its records.
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost by kitchen size and system in Australia
Kitchen size moves the price in steps, not a slope, and each step is a part of the system. A small cafe canopy and filters is $200–$350; adding the plenum and reachable duct makes the standard clean at $400–$900; adding the fan and roof discharge point makes the full system clean at $900–$2,000. The last step is mostly roof and riser time, so a compact kitchen in a tall building can price above a big canopy on a low shed.
Inside each band, layout and grease load do the work. A food court tenancy with a short duct into a centre riser sits low; a restaurant with bends in a long horizontal run, or a wok line with a caked plenum, adds time at $50–$80 per hour; and a producer with an ageing fan adds a technician at $85–$120 per hour.
Kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Australia: what the jobs are priced at
Kitchen exhaust cleaning anywhere in the country is priced on a short list of lines; what shifts the number is how far into the system the clean goes, how the roof is reached, how much grease the cooking puts into the plenum and when the kitchen can stop.
- Canopy and filters: $200–$350 per clean for a small cafe canopy and filter clean, with $272 typical.
- Standard restaurant clean: $400–$900 per clean for the canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct, with $450 typical.
- Full system: $900–$2,000 per clean including the exhaust fan and roof discharge point, with $1,200 typical.
- Hourly labour: $50–$80 per hour for canopy and kitchen exhaust cleaning labour; $85–$120 per hour for a weekday technician doing fan repair, servicing and installation.
- Not priced here: Filter exchange programs, access panel installation and fan belt servicing have no published Australian price, so they are quoted as separate lines.