Industrial 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
9873
Active companies
6571
Formed in latest 12 months
1768
Median active-company age
2.4 years
Revenue known
137
Importers
42
Exporters
20
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 9,873 |
| Active companies | 6,571 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 1,768 |
| Importers | 42 |
| Exporters | 20 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 137 known, 6434 unknown (2.1%).
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 | 87 | 105 |
| 2025-12 | 101 | 136 |
| 2026-01 | 164 | 90 |
| 2026-02 | 130 | 100 |
| 2026-03 | 151 | 125 |
| 2026-04 | 168 | 80 |
| 2026-05 | 146 | 85 |
| 2026-06 | 143 | 73 |
| 2026-07 | 152 | 159 |
| 2026-08 | 41 | 53 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 6,571 |
| Dissolved | 3,222 |
| Liquidation | 77 |
| In Administration | 2 |
| Receiver Action | 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 | 635 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 437 |
| West Midlands | 369 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 334 |
| Inner London - West | 314 |
| Greater Manchester | 306 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 253 |
| Essex | 236 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 232 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 225 |
Geography coverage: 6497 known, 74 unknown (98.9%).
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 | 3,076 |
| 1m-15m | 296 |
| 15m-54m | 7 |
| 54m+ | 12 |
Revenue-range coverage: 3391 known, 3180 unknown (51.6%).
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 | 2,078 |
| Small | 1,207 |
| Medium | 3 |
| Large | 23 |
| Holding | 1 |
| Dormant | 468 |
Company-size coverage: 3780 known, 2791 unknown (57.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 813 |
| 1–9 | 2,182 |
| 10–49 | 227 |
| 50–249 | 50 |
| 250+ | 19 |
Employee coverage: 3291 known, 3280 unknown (50.1%).
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 | 1,739 |
| 1–3 years | 1,936 |
| 3–5 years | 836 |
| 5–10 years | 1,237 |
| 10–20 years | 599 |
| 20+ years | 224 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 6571 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 | 6,571 |
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 | 29 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 13 |
| Neither | 6,522 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 20 | £1,754,911,271 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 14 | £2,775,821,071 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 8 | £358,444,073 | 2017-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 5 | £286,264,843 | 2016-07-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 5 | £21,308,931 | 2017-05-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 5 | £30,245,568 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 4 | £338,675,390 | 2016-10-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £120,950,720 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 28 — Inorganic Chemicals | 2 | £5,257,853 | 2022-08-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 29 — Organic Chemicals | 2 | £15,106,595 | 2016-11-01 – 2025-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 14 | £585,912,858 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 8 | £532,235,929 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 5 | £35,800,155 | 2020-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 4 | £7,823,113 | 2017-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 3 | £287,683,551 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 3 | £22,944,983 | 2019-11-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 3 | £467,652 | 2023-08-01 – 2024-10-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 3 | £138,199,009 | 2019-03-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 3 | £164,177,262 | 2023-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 2 | £6,437,372 | 2021-09-01 – 2024-11-01 |
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 | 435 | 6,296 | 275 | 95.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 6,296 | 275 | 95.8% |
| Solo founder | 4,171 | 6,296 | 275 | 95.8% |
| Ecommerce | 3 | 33 | 6,538 | 0.5% |
| Website | 43 | 46 | 6,525 | 0.7% |
| 30 | 46 | 6,525 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|
| Atlas Cleaning Limited | £147,880,502 |
| Atlas Cleaning Datchet Limited | £46,489,455 |
| Grosvenor Cleaning Services Limited | £19,746,879 |
| Pedersen Contracting Services Ltd | £18,746,445 |
| Cleanscapes Limited | £16,416,766 |
| Juniper Ventures Limited | £15,132,355 |
| Ridge Crest Cleaning Limited | £11,695,492 |
| Juniper Pursuits Limited | £9,067,633 |
| A Quality Service Ltd | £4,498,761 |
| Tudor Contract Cleaners Limited | £4,139,530 |
Revenue coverage: 137 known, 6434 unknown (2.1%).
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 |
|---|---|
| Building cleaning | 26,890 |
| Landscaping services | 24,725 |
| Other cleaning services | 21,748 |
| Specialized cleaning | 14,501 |
| Facility support services | 11,332 |
| Window cleaning | 5,321 |
| Pest control | 1,514 |
| Chimney cleaning | 486 |
SIC classification
SIC 81229 — Other building and industrial cleaning activities
Includes
exterior cleaning of buildings of all types, including offices, factories, shops, institutions and other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings, cleaning of industrial machinery, other building and industrial cleaning activities, n.e.c.
Excludes
steam cleaning and blasting and similar activities for building exteriors, see ##43.99