OUR STORY
Midwest Maintenance began in 1965 in South Omaha with a simple belief: if you take care of your people, they’ll take care of your customers.
Sixty years later, that belief still runs the company. It just covers a lot more ground.
Where it Started
Paul and Alice Gutierrez founded Midwest Maintenance out of a garage, taking on cleaning work for local Omaha businesses one account at a time. The company grew the way most good businesses do: by doing the job right, coming back the next night, and earning the next referral. What they built wasn’t just a cleaning company. It was a place where people could start on a crew and grow into leadership, an idea that became the company’s motto: promoting people.
1965
Growing with Our Clients
Jamie Gutierrez, second-generation leader of Midwest Maintenance, became Owner and CEO in 1997 and has grown the company into a regional leader serving clients across six states and expanding nationally. As Omaha grew, so did Midwest Maintenance, from office buildings to arenas, government facilities, and airports. In 1998, it became Nebraska’s largest minority-owned business, and it is nationally certified as both a minority- and woman-owned enterprise. Jamie’s philosophy is simple: “Promoting people.” It means creating opportunities, developing leaders, and building an environment where people can thrive, and it’s the foundation of every partnership Midwest builds.
1998
Where We are Today
Today Midwest Maintenance cleans more than 12 million square feet a year for 60+ accounts across six states, from single office suites to million-square-foot venues. Our headquarters is still in South Omaha, a few miles from where it all started, and the company is still family-owned.
2026
