Corey Jackson, owner of ScrubCan, takes a seat outside of his new 10,000-square-foot facility in northwest Fresno. The space is nearly double his previous facility. Photo by Frank Lopez

Nearly ten years ago, Corey Jackson founded a garbage bin cleaning company, operating out of a 600-square-foot office in Fresno’s Downtown Business Hub.

Today, Jackson operates his company, ScrubCan, out of a 10,000-square-foot facility that he owns.

About a year ago, ScrubCan moved from its nearly 6,000-square-foot facility on Ashcroft avenue near Shaw and Brawley avenues, to its new facility just around the corner.

What started as one business, with just one work truck and a hose to clean out garbage bins has grown to a company that employs nearly 50 people, serves more than 500 clients and even has a major contract with the City of Fresno.

The company now has a fleet of three trucks and six cars for its menu of services including solar panel power washing, residential power washing, fleet washing, janitorial services and disinfecting.

Jackson said the company needed more space to keep up with increasing demand for its services, to park their trucks and to save money on rent.

Jackson scoped out land near his previous location and built a 3,500-square-foot office and 6,500-square-foot warehouse.

“We built this for our employees,” Jackson said. “To dignify our dollar, to dignify the workplace and to make this a great place to work and for growth.”

Compared to the other warehouses neighboring ScrubCan’s new location, the office looks more like an engineering firm or other type of professional office.

Jackson made it a point to put a lot of windows on the building to portray company transparency, allowing natural sunlight to save on energy and provide comfort for workers — and to make it look more inviting than an aluminum warehouse building.

Jackson is striving to make his operation as green as possible by installing motion sensor lights, adding all-electric Toyota Priuses to the fleet and planning to use solar power.

Jackson said that getting a three-year contract with the City of Fresno to clean out garbage bins in 2020 helped put ScrubCan on the map. The company has gotten more contracts since then.

“They took a shot on the small guys and that was pivotal,” Jackson said. “It allowed us to stabilize a little bit and allowed us to grow.”

In August 2022, ScrubCan was also contracted by the city to help with its litter removal program. Motorists on local freeways might see a ScrubCan vehicle on the side of the road with an employee picking up litter.

Jackson is always thinking of ways to vertically integrate and expand the business, given that he is already inside homes and businesses. He is considering expanding to junk hauling or doing clean-up for properties after construction is completed.

Recently, Jackson said more businesses have been requesting ScrubCan’s services to make sure their businesses are attractive to the public, as well as safe and clean for employees.