Home and commercial cleaning company feasibility study
Latest regulatory change: 2026 · reviewed 2026-11-05
Cleaning homes, offices and buildings with the company's own staff and equipment, per visit or under contract.
- 31%Growth in specialised building cleaning registrations in 2025[4]
- 14,981Registrations at the end of November 2025[4]
- SAR 300 millionAnnual size of the specialised building cleaning market (estimate)[4]
Latest regulatory and market changes
- 2021The Ministry of Municipalities announced that a professional licence is required to renew municipal licences in 16 occupations, including furniture cleaner and water tank cleaner.[1]
- 2024The Musaned platform has made domestic worker service packages available by the hour, week or month.[2]
- 2025The Ministry of Human Resources eased the domestic worker ratios required of manpower companies according to company size.[3]
- 2026Registrations for specialised building cleaning grew 31% to 14,981 by the end of November 2025, according to Ministry of Commerce data.[4]
Why now
- Development of commercial and residential towers in Riyadh is increasing demand for building and facade cleaning.[4]
- Hourly packages through Musaned compete with home visits and set households' price ceiling.[2]
- The professional licence requirement for workers raises training costs and limits unqualified labour.[1]
14,981Commercial Registrations for specialised building cleaning at the end of November 2025, compared with 11,415 at the end of 2024.[4]
The idea and business model
A company providing cleaning services to homes, businesses and buildings with trained teams and its own equipment and supplies. Income comes from one-off visits, recurring packages, and monthly cleaning contracts for businesses and building facades.
Model: Field services
Project economics
Revenue formula
Sales channels
- Home visits
- Recurring packages
- Contracts with businesses and buildings
Largest cost items
- Worker salaries and accommodation
- Transport and vehicles
- Cleaning supplies and equipment
- Visas and professional licences
Decisive indicators we measure
- Billable hours per worker
- Cost per visit
- Contract renewal rate
- Customer complaints
Relevant authorities
- Ministry of Commerce: Commercial Registration (CR)
- Ministry of Municipalities and Housing (MoMAH) via Balady: municipal licence and professional licences for workers
- Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD): workforce, visas and, where applicable, a licence to provide domestic workers
- Musaned platform: if hourly domestic worker services are offered
What needs your attention
- Hourly domestic worker services require a licence separate from cleaning services delivered by company staff.
- Labour costs, including accommodation and transport, are the largest item.
- Competition for commercial contracts is usually on price.
What a Home and commercial cleaning company study calculates for you
- Fully loaded monthly cost per worker
- Daily visits per team
- Mix of household and business revenue
- Contracts needed to break even
- Licensing and professional licence requirements
Every one of these figures appears in your study with its source and date, built on your location and capital, with a clear line between documented facts and assumptions.
Sources
Most sources are Saudi government and press pages in Arabic; titles are kept in their original language so you can find them.
- Professional license mandatory to renew municipal license for 16 professionsSaudi Gazette · 2021-08
- Saudi Arabia launches new packages of domestic help servicesGulf News · 2024-10
- Saudi Arabia eases domestic worker quotas for HR firmsArab News · 2025-01
- Saudi Arabia's facade cleaning industry expands 31%Arab News (عن الاقتصادية) · 2026-01
Last reviewed: 4 November 2026. This page introduces the activity; detailed figures belong in the study.