This is a list of notable cleaning companies.

Cleaning Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning is often performed for aesthetic, hygienic, functional, environmental, or safety purposes. Cl ...

is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning occurs in various commercial, industrial, environmental, and domestic contexts, which differ in scale and requirements. Examples include

commercial cleaning Commercial cleaning companies are contracted to carry out cleaning jobs in a variety of premises. Cleaning techniques and equipment Commercial office cleaning companies use a wide variety of cleaning methods, chemicals, and equipment to facil ...

housekeeping Housekeeping is the management and routine support activities of running an organised physical institution occupied or used by people, like a house, ship, hospital or factory, such as tidying, cleaning, cooking, routine maintenance, shopping, ...

terminal cleaning Terminal cleaning is the thorough cleaning of a room after use, used in healthcare environments to control the spread of infections. Justification Nosocomial infections claim approximately 90,000 lives in the United States annually. When patie ...

(in healthcare settings) and

environmental remediation Environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water. Remedial action is generally subject to an array of regulatory requirements, and may al ...

(the removal of pollution or contaminants from the natural environment). Some cleaning companies perform

hazardous waste Hazardous waste is waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. Hazardous waste is a type of dangerous goods. They usually have one or more of the following hazardous traits: ignitability, reactivity, co ...

cleanup.

Cleaning companies

* Chem-Dry – a carpet, tile, wood, and upholstery cleaner based in

Logan, Utah Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The 2020 census recorded the population was 52,778. Logan is the county seat of Cache County and the principal city of the Logan metropolitan area, which includes Cache County and Franklin ...

. *

Clean Harbors Clean Harbors, Inc. is an American provider of environmental and industrial services, including hazardous waste disposal for companies, including Fortune 500 companies, small waste generators and federal, state, provincial and local governments ...

– a provider of environmental, energy and industrial services, including

cleaning services and disposal. * Handy – an online two-sided marketplace for residential cleanings founded in 2012 with services in United States,

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

, and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

. * Helpling – formerly Hassle.com, a European online marketplace for household services. * Homejoy – a former online platform which connected customers with home service providers, including house cleaners and handymen. *

ISS A/S ISS A/S (International Service System) is a facility management services company founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1901. ISS's core services include: security, cleaning, technical, food and workplace. The ISS Group’s revenue amounted to DKK 69.8 ...

– a facility services company founded in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Denmark in 1901. *

Jani-King Jani-King International, Inc. is an American chain of cleaning service franchise. The company provides cleaning for public spaces such as offices, retails spaces, hotels, and stadiums. In 2001, it was the title sponsor of the NASCAR event at the ...

– an American

chain A chain is a serial assembly of connected pieces, called links, typically made of metal, with an overall character similar to that of a rope in that it is flexible and curved in compression but linear, rigid, and load-bearing in tension. A c ...

and

franchise Franchise may refer to: Business and law * Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business to franchisees * Franchise, a privilege to operate a type of business such as a cable television p ...

of cleaning services. * Merry Maids – a residential cleaning service franchisor founded in 1979, acquired by

ServiceMaster ServiceMaster Brands is an American privately held company owned by Roark Capital Group that provides residential and commercial services. Its headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia, after moving there in 2020 from Memphis, Tennessee. Br ...

in 1988, with franchises in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. *

Molly Maid Molly Maid is an international franchise with over 400 individual franchisees throughout the world. They are listed on the Franchise 500 List and one of America’s Top Global Franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine. History Molly Maid was founded i ...

– an internationally franchised domestic cleaning company. * New Britain Dry Cleaning Corporation – a

New Britain, Connecticut New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is located approximately southwest of Hartford. According to 2020 Census, the population of the city is 74,135. Among the southernmost of the communities encompassed wit ...

-based company founded in 1912. * ServiceMaster Clean – a franchisor selling commercial and residential cleaning franchisees in the United States, Canada, and 10 other countries. *

Spotless Group Holdings Spotless Group Holdings is an Australian listed company that provides Integrated facility services in Australian and New Zealand through a number of house brands. The company was formed in 1957, and currently employs more than 36,000 people, ac ...

– an Australian holding company that includes commercial facility cleaning services in Australia and New Zealand. * Superior Rug Cleaning – founded in 1946, later absorbed Adams & Sweet which was founded in 1856. * TaskRabbit – an online and mobile marketplace, that includes cleaning services, founded in 2008.Moran, Gwen
Building a Business on Busy Schedules and Making Errands Pay
''Entrepreneur''. November 21, 2011.Tsotsis, Alexia
TaskRabbit Turns Grunt Work Into a Game
''Wired''. July 15, 2011.

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