Who owns UK companies in General cleaning of buildings?

3,897 of the 27,268 companies registered under SIC 81210 (General cleaning of buildings) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 7,296 individual shareholders and 679 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 1.7% have six or more shareholders, compared with 9.6% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 15% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 11% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 1,180 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 6.0 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Landscape service activities SIC 81300 · 4,670 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Other cleaning services SIC 81299 · 3,220 companies · 9.6% majority-owned by a company
• Combined facilities support activities SIC 81100 · 3,063 companies · 20% majority-owned by a company
• Specialised cleaning services SIC 81222 · 2,088 companies · 14% majority-owned by a company
• Other building and industrial cleaning activities SIC 81229 · 1,041 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Window cleaning services SIC 81221 · 882 companies · 11% majority-owned by a company
• Disinfecting and exterminating services SIC 81291 · 356 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Furnace and chimney cleaning services SIC 81223 · 86 companies

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 663 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 81210, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 26 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 26 November 2020 and 14 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.