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The State of the Global Cleaning Industry

A live, always current picture of the world's cleaning market, built from real public contracts, official pay data and company records. This page updates itself. Cite it, share it, build on it.

3,964
Live public cleaning contracts
across 64 countries, out to tender now
242k
Pay data points in the rate index
covering 16 countries
176 / 224
Countries with cleaning data
27 fully covered across every dimension
£2.55bn
Contract value coming up for renewal
440 contracts tracked to their end date
543
Sector opportunities
healthcare, restoration, insurance, space and more
5
Contractor insolvencies flagged
a recompete signal, contracts now exposed

Cleaning pay around the world

Average hourly cleaning pay by country, from our rate index. Highest first.

1. India
₹614.64/hr17k data points
2. South Africa
R212.97/hr29k data points
3. Mexico
MX$147.85/hr452 data points
4. Spain
€53.87/hr242 data points
5. Australia
A$41.73/hr24k data points
6. Brazil
R$36.20/hr2k data points
7. Germany
€32.76/hr5k data points
8. New Zealand
NZ$32.01/hr2k data points
9. Canada
C$29.89/hr49k data points
10. France
€26.44/hr2k data points
11. United States
$26.18/hr75k data points
12. Italy
€24.30/hr294 data points
Updated 8 November 2026. Source, CQD New Gen rate index.
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