SIC 81
Office and contract cleaners, window cleaners, specialist cleaners and chimney sweeps, pest controllers, facilities management firms and landscape gardeners: for suppliers of cleaning products and machines, property managers and software vendors who want to reach these firms by post.
Our UK dataset holds 2 676 396 records (as at 4 novembre 2026); they are not yet assigned to industries. The quote states the size available for this industry.
Export of the whole industry: £309 (full price). Selections by nation, postcode area or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 55 570 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Division 81 services to buildings and landscape activities: combined facilities support (81.1), cleaning (81.2) and landscape service activities (81.3). This is the size of the market, not the size of our dataset.
The industry is division 81 of UK SIC 2007 (services to buildings and landscape activities). The UK adds five-digit subclasses for window cleaning (81.22/1), specialised cleaning (81.22/2), chimney cleaning (81.22/3) and disinfecting and extermination, where pest control belongs (81.29/1).
Facilities management as combined support services is 81.10; managing computer facilities is IT (62.03). Landscape gardening is 81.30, while a horticultural nursery growing plants is agriculture (01.30).
| UK SIC 2007 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 81.10 | Combined facilities support activities | facilities management |
| 81.21 | General cleaning of buildings | office, factory and contract cleaning |
| 81.22 | Other building and industrial cleaning activities | window cleaning (81.22/1), chimney sweeps (81.22/3) |
| 81.29 | Other cleaning activities | pest control (81.29/1), swimming pool cleaning (81.29/9) |
| 81.30 | Landscape service activities | landscape gardening, garden and park maintenance, tree and hedge work |
The registers that matter here are general ones; one specific duty concerns firms that take waste away.
These 15 columns are included.
For cleaning chemicals or machines you want 81.21 and 81.22; for mowers, tools or plants, 81.30. Facilities management firms (81.10) buy services and supplies for the sites they manage and are a target group of their own.
Where a window cleaner or gardener trades as a sole trader, the address may be a home address and the record is personal data under UK GDPR: give the Art. 14 information with a mailing and respect objections.
Sole traders and partnerships in England, Wales and Northern Ireland count as individuals under PECR reg. 2, so marketing emails need consent or a soft opt-in (reg. 22(3)); limited companies are corporate subscribers.
Example request: we distribute floor cleaning machines and are looking for firms in SIC 81.21 and 81.22 in London, the South East and the East of England with a website, for a postal mailing with a demonstration offer. How many records is that?
Use cases
Cleaning firms in a postcode area for field sales.
Cleaners and landscapers in a city as subcontractors.
Landscapers in a region for a demonstration.
Cleaning companies as employers in a region.
Questions
Where a record carries a UK SIC code (from the Companies House match, which is in progress), yes: 81.30. Otherwise we select by business category and name on request; the quote states how precise the selection is. Garden centres are in retail (47.76), horticultural nurseries in agriculture (01.30).
Yes: pest control is 81.29/1, chimney cleaning 81.22/3. Both can be requested on their own where a record carries the five-digit code; otherwise we select by business category and name on request, and the quote states how precise the selection is.
Yes, unless the number is on the TPS or Corporate TPS or the firm has asked you not to call (PECR reg. 21); screening is your job as the caller. Automated recorded calls need consent (reg. 19). Details: PECR rules for B2B email and calls.
55 570 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Division 81 services to buildings and landscape activities: combined facilities support (81.1), cleaning (81.2) and landscape service activities (81.3). This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.
Format, sources, price and marketing law (PECR, TPS screening): questions about all industries.
