Most people think of cleaning as a local, low tech trade. The data tells a different story. Cleaning is one of the largest employment sectors on earth, it is bought and sold through billions in public and private contracts every year, and almost nobody has ever mapped it properly.
We have. This is a look under the bonnet at the live dataset behind CQD New Gen, the numbers we track, where they come from, and why they matter to anyone buying, selling, or investing in cleaning services anywhere in the world.
The numbers, live right now
Everything below is pulled live from our own platform, not a slide deck. You can see it for yourself on our public State of the Global Cleaning Industry report.
- 957 live cleaning contracts tracked across 55 countries. These are real tenders and opportunities, refreshed continuously.
- 234,461 pay data points across 17 countries, giving a real hourly rate picture from India to Canada.
- 172 of 221 countries covered in our workforce and supplier map, with 20 fully mapped end to end.
- £1.09bn of expiring contract value tracked. Every expiring contract is an incumbent about to be challenged, and a buyer about to go back to market.
- 543 sector opportunities and 619 luxury opportunities on top, covering everything from healthcare and education to yachts, mansions, and private aviation.
No single trade body, no government department, and no competitor holds this picture in one place. That is the point.
Why real time matters
A cleaning contract is worth the most in the weeks before it expires. That is the moment the buyer is deciding whether to renew the incumbent or open the doors to a challenger. Miss that window and you wait years for the next one.
Static reports are stale the day they publish. Our data moves. When a contract enters its renewal window, when a rate shifts in a given country, when a new tender lands, the platform reflects it. That is the difference between a report and an intelligence layer.
What the pay data reveals
Cleaning pay varies enormously by country, and the gap is wider than most operators assume. Our rate index shows real hourly figures in local currency across 17 countries, from Canada at C$30.08 an hour to markets a fraction of that. For a business planning to expand, price a bid, or benchmark wages, that is the difference between winning work and quietly losing money on it.
Where the data comes from
We ingest lawfully from open sources worldwide. Public tender portals, official statistics, supplier registries, and licensed feeds across the UK, EU, US, the Gulf, Asia Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Every source carries a licence classification and a confidence score. We never fabricate a figure. If a source blips, we drop it rather than guess.
That discipline is why the numbers on the report page are numbers we can stand behind in a boardroom.
Who this is for
- Cleaning businesses who want to see which contracts are coming up for renewal, in which countries, at what value, before their competitors do.
- Buyers and facilities teams who want a real market rate before they sign.
- Analysts, journalists, and investors who want a credible, current picture of a sector that has never been measured properly.
The full report is free to read and free to cite. The deeper feed, with incumbent names, exact contract end dates, downloadable extracts, and the full renewal pipeline, sits inside our Intelligence tier at £29 a month.
See it yourself
Start with the live report, then decide if the deeper data pays for itself. For most operators chasing a single new contract, it does many times over.
Read the report: State of the Global Cleaning Industry
Get the deeper feed: CQD Intelligence
FAQ
How many cleaning contracts does CQD New Gen track?
We currently track 957 live cleaning contracts across 55 countries, refreshed continuously, alongside 543 sector opportunities and 619 luxury opportunities. The figure grows as we ingest more global tender sources.
How much contract value is tracked?
We track around £1.09bn of expiring cleaning contract value. Expiring contracts are the highest value signal in the sector because they mark the moment a buyer goes back to market.
Where does the data come from?
We ingest lawfully from open and licensed sources worldwide, including public tender portals, official statistics, supplier registries, and licensed feeds across every major region. Each source carries a licence class and confidence score, and we never fabricate figures.
Is the data free to use?
The public State of the Global Cleaning Industry report is free to read and free to cite. The deeper Intelligence feed, with incumbent names, exact end dates, and downloadable extracts, is £29 a month.
How current is the data?
It is live. The platform reflects new tenders, rate changes, and contracts entering their renewal window as they happen, rather than in a periodic static report.