81.2
Group
Cleaning activities
SDMX: O812
Group Level
3 Depth
3 Children
2 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This group includes general, specialised and other cleaning activities. The difference between them is not based on the type of customers served, but on the type of cleaning. This group includes the activities of general interior cleaning of all types of buildings, the exterior cleaning of buildings, specialised cleaning activities for buildings or other specialised cleaning activities, cleaning of industrial machinery, cleaning of the inside of road and sea tankers, disinfecting and extermination activities for buildings and industrial machinery, bottle cleaning, street sweeping, snow and ice removal.
Frequently Confused With
Sub-categories
3 81.21
General cleaning of buildings
This class includes: - general (non-specialised) cleaning of all types of buildings, e.g.: • offices • private dwellings
81.22
Other building and industrial cleaning activities
This class includes: - exterior cleaning of buildings of all types (e.g. offices, factories, shops, schools and other in
81.23
Other cleaning activities
This class includes: - swimming pool cleaning and maintenance activities - cleaning of trains, buses, planes, etc. - cle
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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