19/03/2026
According to the Credence Research (2025), National Contract Cleaners Association (NCCA), and African Cleaning Review, South Africa’s cleaning industry is growing, and the numbers are compelling.
These are how the statistics are looking in 2026:
- Gauteng makes up approximately 40% of the national cleaning market. Corporate offices, retail, healthcare. The economic engine
- Western Cape: approximately 25% of the national market. Tourism, hospitality, premium ESG-conscious clients
- KwaZulu-Natal: approximately 20% of the national market. Port infrastructure, manufacturing, industrial growth
- Institutional and commercial cleaning has a compound annual growth rate of 7.85% to 2030. The fastest-growing segment
- About 100 000 South Africans are employed across approximately
1 500 cleaning companies
- For high-end facilities, healthcare institutions and corporate offices, professional cleaning is not an overhead; it is a health and business investment. Kusasa Cleaning operates across all three markets, employing 400+ people across 150+ sites
The market is growing. Is your cleaning standard?