by Adam Doling, news editor
Marketdata Enterprises, Inc., a full-service market research and consulting firm, announced that its sixth edition of The U.S. Commercial & Residential Cleaning Services Industry market study, with an overview of the size of the cleaning industry, is now available for purchase through Cleaning Management Institute (CMI).
Click here to order the report.
The 230-page report, published in June, contains the latest trends and market indicators of the cleaning industry.
Did you know:
- The U.S. commercial building cleaning and maintenance services industry had receipts of $94 billion last year, up 5.9 percent.
- 582,000 cleaning service establishments employ 1.54 million workers, with a payroll of $29.3 billion.
- Most of these services are small, sole proprietors, numbering 427,000 establishments in 2002, while another 154,000 are larger companies with payrolls and employees.
- There are 427,500 sole proprietors in the industry, grossing only $13,800 per year, but all janitorial services gross $612,000 on average.
- There are 25,000+ franchises in the industry.
- Carpet cleaning alone is a $4.5 billion business, with commercial accounts worth $908 million.
- Residential maid services is a $2.2 billion niche, growing 8.6 percent per year.
- Cleaning worker starting wages are now $7.47 per hour.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Find out much, much more in the complete study.
It is available for purchase in full, or by individual chapter.
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