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Bookkeeping for cleaning businesses

Cleaning businesses usually bill regular contract clients on account and take card payments for occasional jobs, while paying out for subcontracted cleaners, supplies and travel between sites. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for cleaning businesses across Australia.

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Businesses in Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 7311)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
45,217 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
32,322 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
9,428 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026

Businesses by main state or territory

These counts are for the ANZSIC class Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services, so they may not include every kind of cleaning business.

  1. Victoria14,323 businesses
  2. New South Wales13,187 businesses
  3. Queensland8,095 businesses
  4. Western Australia4,515 businesses
  5. South Australia3,275 businesses
  6. Australian Capital Territory776 businesses
  7. Tasmania636 businesses
  8. Northern Territory410 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees

  1. Non-employing32,322 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees9,428 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees2,544 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees850 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees73 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

What we look after

What the books involve

  • Contract invoicing: regular invoices to offices, strata buildings and other commercial clients tracked through to payment, with an aged list of anything overdue each month.
  • Occasional jobs: end-of-lease, carpet and window cleans paid by card or transfer matched to the booking, so deposits and final balances sit against the right customer.
  • Subcontracted cleaners: their invoices entered and matched to the sites or contracts they worked, which keeps the cost of each contract visible beside what it earns.
  • Cleaning chemicals, consumables and equipment bought from suppliers on account entered as the bills arrive, with vehicle running costs and fuel card statements reconciled alongside them.
  • Tracking categories in Xero or MYOB set up by contract or site, and bank feeds connected, so monthly reports show income and costs for each client or site.

Sources

  1. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. ASGS Edition 4, July 2026 to June 2031, released 22 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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