40 Cleaning Services Industry Statistics (2026)
Cleaning services include residential housekeeping, commercial janitorial work and specialized sanitation. These 40 figures cover market estimates, workforce counts, prices and scheduling questions. The sources use different definitions and periods; market forecasts, survey responses and named business cases are distinguished from measured industry-wide outcomes.
Collection updated: October 2026
40 Cleaning Services Industry Statistics (2026) reveal key trends in scheduling and appointment management. This collection contains 40 data points. Check each source's population, reporting period and methodology before applying a figure to your business; forecasts and vendor case studies are not general industry results.
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Cleaning Services Market Size & Growth
Grand View Research estimates the global cleaning-services market at $470.8 billion in 2026, compared with $442.1 billion in 2025. This is the publisher's modeled market estimate covering residential, commercial, institutional and government cleaning services, not an audited industry revenue total.
Fortune Business Insights projects the U.S. cleaning-services market at $142.27 billion in 2026. This is a publisher forecast for residential and commercial cleaning services, not an audited revenue total or a directly comparable estimate to another publisher's global market model.
Fortune Business Insights Cleaning Services Market, September 2026
Fortune Business Insights forecasts a 7.50% compound annual growth rate for the global cleaning-services market from 2026 to 2034. This is a modeled forecast, not an observed annual growth rate.
Fortune Business Insights Cleaning Services Market, September 2026
The Census Bureau reports 1,072,010 U.S. nonemployer individual proprietorships in janitorial services in 2023. This excludes employer businesses and other nonemployer legal forms; it is not a current total of all cleaning businesses.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Nonemployer Statistics; July 2025 article
BLS estimates 2,432,600 U.S. jobs for janitors and cleaners, excluding maids and housekeeping cleaners, in 2025 (SOC 37-2011). This occupation spans multiple industries; it is not the total workforce of cleaning-service businesses.
US employer janitorial-service establishments with fewer than 20 employees in Census 2023 County Business Patterns: 59,378 of 67,799 locations (NAICS 561720). Derived establishment-size share, not firms or all cleaning businesses; excludes nonemployers and separate carpet/upholstery and other cleaning categories.
US Census Bureau 2023 County Business Patterns, national establishment-size table
Marketdata estimates U.S. residential maid-services revenue at $17.2 billion in 2025 in its April 2026 report announcement published by ISSA. This is a research estimate for residential maid services, not all cleaning services or an audited government total.
Grand View Research's March 2024 report forecasts 4.8% compound annual growth for US contract cleaning services from 2024 to 2030. The model includes residential, industrial and commercial end uses; this is a publisher forecast, not observed growth or a commercial-only rate.
Grand View Research US Contract Cleaning Services Market, March 2024
Cleaning Industry Labor & Workforce
US janitor and building-cleaner employment, 2025.
US janitor and building-cleaner median wage, May 2025.
The U.S. median hourly wage for maids and housekeeping cleaners was $17.07 in 2025, according to BLS wage data displayed by O*NET for SOC 37-2012. This is an employee wage, not a cleaning-service customer rate or a self-employed business owner's earnings.
US janitor and building-cleaner employment growth projection, 2025-35; not all cleaning occupations.
Building-service-contractor respondents naming recruitment of qualified cleaning staff as a pressing labor challenge in CMM's 2026 survey; retaining staff was a separate 44% response. Email survey, June 23-August 5, 2026; sample count and weighting undisclosed. Self-reported priorities, not a combined hiring-and-retention rate for all cleaning firms.
CMM 2026 Building Service Contractor Benchmarking Survey, September 3, 2026
Women's share of US employed maids/housekeeping cleaners / janitors/building cleaners in BLS's 2025 CPS occupational estimates. Across industries, not cleaning-company employees alone. The 2025 estimates average 11 months, excluding October because of the federal shutdown, and are not strictly comparable with other annual averages.
US BLS Current Population Survey, 2025 Table 11, occupational sex composition
CMM's 2026 BSC Benchmarking Survey reports an approximate average annual employee-turnover estimate using response-band midpoints, based on 105 answers. Email fieldwork June 23-August 5, 2026 among building service contractors. Self-reported company estimates, not audited separations divided by industry headcount; recruitment and nonresponse may affect results. This respondent average does not establish an industry-wide rate or ranking against other service sectors.
Cleaning & Maintenance Management, 2026 BSC Benchmarking Survey, page 19
Annual increase in median gross hourly pay for UK full-time employee jobs in cleaning activities(SIC81.2), ONS ASHE2025 provisional Table16.5a: median £13.98 for the April2025 reference pay period. ASHE samples1% of PAYE jobs and weights results; excludes self-employed and absence-affected pay. Changes are not adjusted for workforce composition. This measures median pay growth, not the share of businesses raising wages10% or a labor-shortage causal effect.
Office for National Statistics, ASHE2025 provisional Table16.5a, Full-Time cleaning activities row
Residential Cleaning Trends
Marketdata's April 2026 report announcement estimates that about 16% of U.S. households, approximately 22 million, use a maid or residential cleaning service. The public announcement does not disclose the underlying household-survey field dates or usage frequency.
HomeAdvisor's June 2026 cost guide estimates a one-time residential deep cleaning at about $300 on average, with a typical $200-$400 range. Actual quotes depend on home size, cleaning detail, local labor rates and extras.
Weekly house-cleaning cost per visit in Angi's September 29, 2026 guide. Publisher pricing range, not a $120 average for every recurring clean. Weekly-specific sample count and collection period undisclosed; the guide's overall project count does not identify the sample underlying this range.
Angi professional house-cleaning cost guide, September 29, 2026, Frequency of Cleaning
Earth Love Cleaning reports serving 125+ recurring residential clients in a Jobber customer interview. The snapshot date and client roster are undisclosed. This named-company count does not establish a national recurring-booking share or weekly/biweekly frequency.
Jobber customer interview: Earth Love Cleaning, publication date undisclosed
Respondents selecting time saved versus DIY as a factor in hiring a professional carpet cleaner in ServiceMonster's June 2025 US online survey of 1,000 homeowners and renters, including nonusers. Global Surveyz Research recruited participants through an emailed research-panel invitation; weighting and item bases are undisclosed. Multiple responses were allowed; this is not a primary-priority ranking or a measure of all residential maid-service customers.
ServiceMonster, 2025 State of Professional Carpet Cleaning Survey Report, July 2025
Respondents selecting Google search when asked how they found the most recent carpet-cleaning company in ServiceMonster's June 2025 US online survey of 1,000 homeowners and renters, including nonusers. Global Surveyz Research recruited participants through an emailed research-panel invitation; weighting and item bases are undisclosed. Multiple responses were allowed; this is not a primary-priority ranking or a measure of all residential maid-service customers.
ServiceMonster, 2025 State of Professional Carpet Cleaning Survey Report, July 2025
Respondents preferring automated scheduling for carpet-cleaning appointments; 44% preferred personal booking and 36% were flexible in ServiceMonster's June 2025 US online survey of 1,000 homeowners and renters, including nonusers. Global Surveyz Research recruited participants through an emailed research-panel invitation; weighting and item bases are undisclosed. This measures preferences, not actual app-based booking use or all residential cleaning customers.
ServiceMonster, 2025 State of Professional Carpet Cleaning Survey Report, July 2025
Respondents selecting professional-grade results versus DIY as a factor in choosing a carpet-cleaning company in ServiceMonster's June 2025 US online survey of 1,000 homeowners and renters, including nonusers. Global Surveyz Research recruited participants through an emailed research-panel invitation; weighting and item bases are undisclosed. Multiple responses were allowed; this is not a primary-priority ranking or a measure of all residential maid-service customers.
ServiceMonster, 2025 State of Professional Carpet Cleaning Survey Report, July 2025
Commercial Cleaning Market
IBISWorld estimates the US janitorial-services market at $112.4 billion in 2026 (NAICS 56172), as published in its public market-size FAQ. The definition includes cleaning building interiors, transportation-equipment interiors and windows, with both commercial contracts and house-cleaning services. This publisher market estimate is not commercial-only revenue or an audited government total. Detailed model inputs and uncertainty intervals are not disclosed in the public summary.
IBISWorld, Janitorial Services in the US market-size FAQ, 2026
Estimated share of large office buildings in Miami-Dade and Broward counties outsourcing cleaning, reported in SEIU 32BJ and UCLA CNK's November 2019 report from a November 2018 survey of buildings above 100,000 square feet. Historical regional estimate, not current nationwide office-building prevalence. The outsourcing item denominator and sampling method are not disclosed; the separate wage estimate cites 72 buildings.
SEIU 32BJ and UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, Sweeping in Change, November 2019
Responding building service contractors expecting disinfection of surfaces and touch-points to increase moving forward in 2022 in the Contracting Profits/BSCAI market study. Fieldwork February 24-March 10, 2022; 242 participants recruited by email from publisher subscribers and the association database. Item base and weighting are undisclosed. Historical respondent expectations, not measured customer changes since 2020 or the percentage growth in service demand. The narrative describes past changes, but this card follows the forward-looking chart question.
Contracting Profits and BSCAI, 2022 BSC Market Study, methodology and page 6 chart
Angi's May 2026 commercial-cleaning cost guide gives a $0.10-$0.20 per-square-foot estimate, with total per-visit costs depending on facility size, service frequency and scope. This is a guide estimate, not a universal rate or an annual contract price.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's executed ABM janitorial agreement for its Jacksonville and Tallahassee offices began July 1, 2022 with a three-year base term and three optional one-year renewals. Citizens could terminate without cause on 30 days' notice and ABM on 90 days' notice. A historical named contract example, not evidence that 61% of commercial cleaning contracts are annual or multi-year, or that all renewal options were exercised.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation executed ABM agreement 22-21-0019-00, sections1.8,2 and12.2
Responding building service contractors expecting overall cleaning frequencies to increase moving forward in 2022 in the Contracting Profits/BSCAI market study. Fieldwork February 24-March 10, 2022; 242 participants recruited by email from publisher subscribers and the association database. Item base and weighting are undisclosed. Historical respondent expectations, not measured customer changes since 2020 or the percentage growth in service demand. The narrative describes past changes, but this card follows the forward-looking chart question.
Contracting Profits and BSCAI, 2022 BSC Market Study, methodology and page 6 chart
Respondents reporting that their 2026 operating budget increased compared with the prior year in CMM's In-House/Facility Management Benchmarking Survey. Email fieldwork ran February 3-25, 2026 among in-house service providers; results are self-reported and rounded. Response count, item denominator and weighting are undisclosed. A reported budget comparison across facility types, not a nationwide forecast or the share planning to increase cleaning budgets.
Cleaning & Maintenance Management, 2026 In-House/Facility Management Survey, pages 1, 2 and 9
Grand View Research forecasts global contract-cleaning services revenue of $555.4 billion by2030, with6.4% CAGR for2025-2030. The model includes residential, industrial and commercial end uses; this is not a commercial-only forecast or an audited future outcome. Its49.7% commercial share applies to2024 and must not be applied to the2030 total. Public summary does not disclose forecast uncertainty intervals or full model inputs.
Grand View Research, Contract Cleaning Services Market2025-2030, current publisher summary
Technology Adoption in Cleaning Services
Respondents reporting software use for scheduling in Aspire's 2024 commercial-cleaning research announcement, published October 17, 2023. Thrive Analytics surveyed more than 1,000 US commercial cleaning contractors; the announcement defines eligible contractors as businesses with more than $1 million in sales. Field dates, recruitment, item base and weighting are undisclosed there. Historical respondent usage, not current adoption across all cleaning businesses or a combined scheduling-and-dispatch measure.
Aspire original 2024 Commercial Cleaning research announcement, October 17, 2023
Weighted average rating for extent of technology use to manage customer contact information (CRM) in the 2017 ISSA/BSCAI contractor survey. The scale runs from 1 (no extent) to 5 (very large extent). Member-only email fieldwork ran March 23-May 5, 2017, yielding 64 qualified responses and a 4% response rate. Item base and population weighting are undisclosed. This historical ordinal rating is not a CRM adoption percentage or a representative estimate for all cleaning companies.
Fewer scheduling conflicts reported by developer WELOIN for Nordjouren's cleaning-service booking platform. The case describes replacing manual confirmations with calendars, dashboards, notifications and payment confirmations. The headline and serialized results data agree on 70%; no baseline conflict counts, measurement dates, calculation method or independent validation are disclosed. One vendor-reported project, not a cleaning-industry average or an isolated effect of digital booking.
WELOIN, Nordjouren cleaning-service booking platform case study
Building-service-contractor respondents reporting adoption of autonomous cleaning equipment in CMM's 2026 survey. Email survey, June 23-August 5, 2026; sample count and weighting undisclosed. Reported respondent adoption, not a representative estimate for all commercial cleaning firms or an equipment-market revenue share.
CMM 2026 Building Service Contractor Benchmarking Survey, September 3, 2026
Online bookings reported by Marianna's Cleaning Co. in matching four-month periods one year apart in Jobber's customer case about Google Local Services Ads online booking. The Los Alamitos, California residential cleaner reported 62 versus 35 bookings. Calendar years, exact dates, advertising spend and other changes are undisclosed. One selected vendor customer and an uncontrolled comparison; not the share of cleaning businesses gaining clients faster or proof that booking software caused growth.
Reported using GPS-tracking software in Aspire/Thrive Analytics' online survey of 1,022 US commercial cleaning companies, fielded September 19-October 8, 2024. The 2025 report covers firms described as having $1M-$49M annual revenue; recruitment, weighting and this item's response base are undisclosed. A historical sample result, not a current share of all cleaning companies or proof of GPS tracking for every field worker.
Aspire / Thrive Analytics, 2025 Commercial Cleaning Insights, pp.7 and9
Grand View Research's April 2025 report forecasts the global cleaning-robot market at $21.01 billion by 2030. It covers equipment for residential, commercial and industrial use, including floor, pool, window and lawn cleaning; it does not measure cleaning-company adoption.
Grand View Research Cleaning Robot Market, April 2025 forecast
Jobber reports average year-over-year revenue growth of 11% on a two-year annualized basis from 2021 to 2023 for its Cleaning segment, which includes residential and commercial cleaning, carpet cleaning, junk removal and similar services. Revenue analysis uses a cohort of businesses on Jobber since January 2020, excluding newer users. Cohort size and geographic breakdown are undisclosed. Historical revenue growth among existing software users, not growth caused by adopting software or a representative estimate for all cleaning companies.
Jobber Home Service Economic Report, 2023 Review and 2024 Outlook, pages 12 and 19
What the Data Tells Us
Grand View Research estimates the global cleaning-services market at $470.8 billion in 2026. Separately, Fortune Business Insights projects the U.S. cleaning-services market at $142.27 billion in 2026; the two publishers use different market models.
BLS estimates 2,432,600 janitor and cleaner jobs in 2025, excluding maids and housekeeping cleaners and spanning multiple industries. CMM's 2026 contractor survey yields an approximate 26.2% turnover mean from response-band midpoints for 105 answers, not an audited industry turnover rate.
Marketdata estimates that about 16% of U.S. households use maid or residential cleaning services in its April 2026 announcement. A Jobber customer interview reports 125+ recurring residential clients at Earth Love Cleaning; its snapshot date and booking frequencies are undisclosed, so this is a named case rather than national prevalence.
The 2022 Contracting Profits/BSCAI survey reports 52% expecting increased surface/touch-point disinfection and 40% expecting increased overall cleaning frequencies. These are historical contractor expectations, not measured demand growth. CMM's 2026 in-house survey separately reports 29% with an operating-budget increase versus the prior year.
Aspire's 2024 report announcement records scheduling-software use among 55% of surveyed U.S. commercial contractors with over $1 million in sales. Jobber separately reports 11% two-year annualized Cleaning-segment revenue growth for 2021-2023 among existing users; this does not establish an adoption effect.
CMM's 2026 building-service-contractor survey found 75% identifying qualified-staff recruitment as a pressing labor challenge; 44% identified retention separately. Sample count is undisclosed, so these are respondent findings rather than all-industry prevalence.
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