About Extreme Carpet Cleaning. Baltimore's Carpet & Flooring Experts Since 1998.
Shawn Mullikin started this company in Cockeysville in 1998, and it’s still family owned. No corporate structure. No franchise rules. No call center picking up when you dial the number, just a local crew that’s spent over 25 years installing and cleaning carpets, rugs, tile, and upholstery across Baltimore and Baltimore County. Every installation carries a lifetime warranty. Every job carries our 150% money-back guarantee. We’ve done row homes in Towson and full commercial buildouts in Hunt Valley, and honestly, we still show up the same way we did on that very first job.
Our Story
How Extreme Carpet Cleaning Got Started
Shawn didn’t wake up one morning and decide to start a carpet cleaning company out of thin air. He’d spent years working for other companies around Baltimore first, and the longer he stayed, the more he noticed things he didn’t like.
Rushed jobs. Equipment that had seen better days. Customers who got treated like the next stop on a route instead of people who’d let a crew into their home. At some point he just got tired of it and thought, this doesn’t have to be how it works. So he put a plan together, figured out the equipment he actually needed, the kind of guys he wanted on his crew, found the right investor to back it. 1998 rolled around, and Extreme Carpet Cleaning opened.
The name wasn’t a throwaway decision either. Shawn wanted it to mean something the second someone heard it. Not decent. Not fine. Extreme. That’s still what it means to the team today, whether they’re cleaning one bedroom or wrapping up an entire office building.
Growth came mostly through word of mouth, the old-fashioned way. Somebody had a good experience, mentioned it to a neighbor, the neighbor called. That’s still where a lot of our new clients come from.
At this point we cover more than 25 communities across Baltimore and Baltimore County, from Baltimore City and Towson out to Cockeysville, Hunt Valley, Sparks Glencoe, Phoenix, Hereford, Monkton, Parkville, Glyndon, and Hampstead. But the way we actually show up to a job hasn’t really changed since those early years.
Founded by
Shawn Mullikin
Why Choose Us
What Makes Working With Us Different
A lot of carpet cleaning companies say the same things about themselves. We’d rather just let the work speak. Here’s what you’re actually getting when you book with us.
Locally Owned & Operated
Family owned right here in Maryland since 1998
25+ Years Experience
Over two decades of professional carpet cleaning expertise
IICRC Certified Technicians
Technicians who take real pride in their work
Truck Mounted Equipment
Latest hot water extraction technology for deeper cleans
Pet Stain Specialists
Enzyme powered treatments that eliminate odors permanently
Fast Drying Times
Most carpets are ready to use the same day
Uniformed Technicians
Friendly, professional staff who respect your home
150% Guarantee
If you're not thrilled, we pay you 150% back
Our Promise
The 150% Money Back Guarantee
You’ve got options for carpet cleaning and flooring in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Most companies around here will offer you some version of a satisfaction guarantee. Ours just goes a lot further than most.
If you’re not happy with the work, you get 150% of what you paid back. No arguing about it, no hoops to jump through. We stand behind it completely, and every installation we do comes with a lifetime warranty on top.
Shawn built the guarantee into the business from day one because he figured it was the only real way to earn trust. Not by asking people to take his word for it, but by putting his own money where his mouth was.
25-plus years later, that’s still a promise we keep.
Our Journey
25+ Years of Serving Cockeysville Families
Our Values
The Way We Think About This Work
At Extreme Carpet Cleaning, we don’t just clean, we restore, and we install too. Our certified technicians run powerful hot water extraction paired with eco-friendly solutions that pull out deep dirt, allergens, pet odors, and stains most folks figured were permanent, on every carpet cleaning job we run across Baltimore.
Integrity First
We won't tell you that you need six services when two will do the job. If your carpet can be saved with a proper cleaning instead of a full replacement, that's what we'll tell you. We quote it straight, we don't tack things on without asking first, and if we find something unexpected once we're in there, you hear about it before we touch anything. That's really the whole policy.
Excellence Always
The name Extreme didn't get picked because it sounded catchy. Shawn picked it because he wanted every job done to a standard people would actually notice walking back into the room. That hasn't changed as the team's grown. One bedroom or an entire office floor, same level of care either way.
Community Focused
Most of this team either grew up around here or's lived here for years, Cockeysville, Hunt Valley, Towson, Sparks, Hereford, and now a lot more of Baltimore itself. We're not just passing through these neighborhoods for a job and leaving. Some of our clients have been calling us for 15, 20 years now. That kind of history keeps us honest in a way some big national outfit answering a call center line just isn't built to be.
