Sorry for the delay here, if it's still of interest the UK market for contract cleaning services in 2001 was estimated to be £4.87 billion and is broken down into 'Standard Cleaning' - £2.97bn, 'Specialised Cleaning' - £1.557bn and 'Other activities' - £.342bn
Private sector cleaning companies account for 65% of this market with the remaining 35% being dealt with by Public Sector DSO's.
This information is taken from the MSI Contract Cleaning report which includes:
Market Size, overview and trends1999-2003
Factors affecting demand
Market Segmentation
Forecast segmentation 2004-2008
Opportunites for suppliers
Critical success factors
Industry structure
Profiles of 8 Leading Companies
Market Forecasts overview and trends 2004-2008
You can find more info about the report at:
http://www.express-cleaning-supplies.co.uk/resources/index.htm Hope this helps