Building cleaning
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
42300
Active companies
26976
Formed in latest 12 months
7399
Median active-company age
2.3 years
Revenue known
534
Importers
66
Exporters
16
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 42,300 |
| Active companies | 26,976 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 7,399 |
| Importers | 66 |
| Exporters | 16 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 534 known, 26442 unknown (2.0%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 473 | 452 |
| 2025-12 | 485 | 538 |
| 2026-01 | 709 | 354 |
| 2026-02 | 552 | 470 |
| 2026-03 | 695 | 514 |
| 2026-04 | 614 | 377 |
| 2026-05 | 597 | 417 |
| 2026-06 | 600 | 353 |
| 2026-07 | 636 | 662 |
| 2026-08 | 373 | 399 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 25,219 |
| Dissolved | 15,035 |
| Dormant | 1,757 |
| Liquidation | 278 |
| In Administration | 8 |
| Insolvency Proceedings | 1 |
| Receiver Action | 1 |
| Voluntary Arrangement | 1 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - East | 2,808 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 2,022 |
| West Midlands | 1,418 |
| Inner London - West | 1,382 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 1,339 |
| Greater Manchester | 1,283 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 1,118 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 1,006 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 990 |
| Outer London - South | 916 |
Geography coverage: 26693 known, 283 unknown (99.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 12,462 |
| 1m-15m | 1,242 |
| 15m-54m | 45 |
| 54m+ | 27 |
Revenue-range coverage: 13776 known, 13200 unknown (51.1%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 8,477 |
| Small | 4,893 |
| Medium | 18 |
| Large | 65 |
| Holding | 14 |
| Dormant | 1,757 |
Company-size coverage: 15224 known, 11752 unknown (56.4%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 3,288 |
| 1–9 | 8,456 |
| 10–49 | 1,237 |
| 50–249 | 346 |
| 250+ | 89 |
Employee coverage: 13416 known, 13560 unknown (49.7%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 7,234 |
| 1–3 years | 8,065 |
| 3–5 years | 3,354 |
| 5–10 years | 5,084 |
| 10–20 years | 2,336 |
| 20+ years | 903 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 26976 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 26,976 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 57 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 9 |
| Neither | 26,903 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 21 | £2,521,372,853 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 19 | £1,449,123,397 | 2017-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 9 | £608,562,527 | 2017-03-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 8 | £430,311,881 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 8 | £37,558,154 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 7 | £180,302,300 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 7 | £77,008,559 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 7 | £312,914,646 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 22 — Drinks, Alcohol, and Vinegar | 5 | £285,837,493 | 2024-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 62 — Clothing and accessories, not knitted or crocheted | 5 | £228,597,950 | 2020-05-01 – 2024-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 8 | £528,830,830 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £320,620,788 | 2016-01-01 – 2025-08-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 6 | £48,753,369 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 6 | £11,304,460 | 2021-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 5 | £42,308,694 | 2021-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 34 — Soaps, cleaning products, and waxes | 4 | £107,778,136 | 2017-12-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £152,763,232 | 2018-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 3 | £33,323,023 | 2022-08-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £44,014,189 | 2016-12-01 – 2025-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £3,993,910 | 2021-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 1,661 | 25,844 | 1,132 | 95.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 25,844 | 1,132 | 95.8% |
| Solo founder | 17,627 | 25,844 | 1,132 | 95.8% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 61 | 26,915 | 0.2% |
| Website | 78 | 82 | 26,894 | 0.3% |
| 57 | 82 | 26,894 | 0.3% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Amey Community Limited | £434,363,000 |
| Atlas Fm Limited | £133,893,237 |
| Atlas Facilities Management Limited | £53,777,210 |
| Kingdom Cleaning Limited | £49,947,689 |
| Bulloughs Cleaning Services Limited | £45,127,234 |
| Antac Support Services Ltd | £42,639,301 |
| Belfor Uk Limited | £37,576,342 |
| Andron Contract Services Limited | £37,179,751 |
| Mdm Cleaning Zone Ltd | £36,013,957 |
| Birkin Cleaning Services Limited | £29,078,481 |
Revenue coverage: 534 known, 26442 unknown (2.0%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Landscaping services | 24,760 |
| Other cleaning services | 21,745 |
| Specialized cleaning | 14,548 |
| Facility support services | 11,384 |
| Industrial cleaning | 6,594 |
| Window cleaning | 5,332 |
| Pest control | 1,510 |
| Chimney cleaning | 486 |
SIC classification
SIC 81210 — General cleaning of buildings
Includes
general (non-specialised) cleaning activities of all types of buildings, such as:, offices, houses or apartments, factories, shops, institutions, general (non-specialised) cleaning of other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings.
Excludes
specialised cleaning activities, such as window cleaning, chimney cleaning, cleaning of fireplaces, stoves, furnaces, incinerators, boilers, ventilation ducts, exhaust units, see ##81.22