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Commercial cleaning contracts

UK public sector · 290 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
290
Last 12 months
Median contract
£703k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£457m
274 of 286 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
249
Suppliers
146

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most commercial cleaning contracts took 22% of them (63 of 290).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 20% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £703k, is 3.6 times the median across cleaning & facilities contracts (£198k).
  • London had the most contracts: 66, or 23% of the total.

Who buys commercial cleaning

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office8 contracts
  2. 2Educo5 contracts
  3. 3Ormiston Academies Trust5 contracts
  4. 4Met Office5 contracts
  5. 5UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)3 contracts
  6. 6University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation3 contracts
  7. 7North Northamptonshire Council3 contracts
  8. 8BiP Solutions2 contracts
  9. 9HARRIS FEDERATION2 contracts
  10. 10Colchester City Council2 contracts

Top commercial cleaning contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Atlas FM18 contracts
  2. 2Churchill16 contracts
  3. 3CleanTEC Services Ltd15 contracts
  4. 4Birkin Cleaning Services8 contracts
  5. 5Purgo Supply Services Limited7 contracts
  6. 6RCCN LTD7 contracts
  7. 7Sansum Solutions Group7 contracts
  8. 8KGB Cleaning South West6 contracts
  9. 9Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd6 contracts
  10. 10Direct Cleaning Services SW6 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

47Q4 2025*79Q1 2026101Q2 202663Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 272 · Wales 9 · Scotland 8 · Northern Ireland 1

London66South East40East of England34South West32West Midlands25North West17East Midlands16Yorkshire and The Humber14North East11Wales9Scotland8Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated17

What is included

Scheduled daily and periodic cleaning of non-clinical buildings by a contractor who supplies the cleaning staff, supervision and usually materials, under a term contract with a cleaning specification.

  • Daily, weekly and monthly routine cleaning of offices, schools, colleges, universities and council buildings
  • Holiday and periodic deep cleans delivered inside the same term contract
  • Cleaning of embassies and other overseas government premises
  • Cleaning of police, fire and ambulance stations, courts, depots and stores
  • Cleaning of museums, galleries, visitor centres, country parks, leisure centres and shopping centre common areas
  • Routine cleaning of student halls of residence
  • Cleaning of NHS administrative offices and non-clinical space
  • Cleaning consumables supplied within the contract
  • TUPE transfer of existing cleaning staff

What is not included

  • Communal areas of housing blocks, sheltered schemes and estates (see Communal area cleaning for housing)
  • Deep, periodic or ad-hoc cleans bought on their own (see Periodic, deep and ad-hoc cleaning)
  • Standalone public toilet cleaning (see Public toilet cleaning)
  • Wards, theatres and clinical areas to healthcare cleanliness standards (see Clinical and healthcare cleaning)
  • Laboratories and cleanrooms (see Cleanroom and laboratory cleaning)
  • Housekeeping of residences and staff accommodation (see Housekeeping services)
  • Caretakers who also clean (see Caretaking and site management)
  • Window cleaning bought on its own (see Window cleaning)
  • Stations and interchanges (see Station and interchange cleaning)
  • Cleaning bundled with reception, porterage or other soft services (see Multi-service soft FM contract)
  • Cleaning bundled with building maintenance (see Total and integrated facilities management)
  • Agency cleaners directed by the buyer (see Recruitment & HR)
  • Cleaning management software (see CMMS software)

Often bought by the same buyers