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Cleaning KPI examples: choose what to measure

Cleaning KPIs are measures used to track whether the agreed service is being delivered. Compare 37 examples from 9 contributing UK public source packs covering quality, completed work and reporting. Each explains what the source shows and suggests a question for your next contractor review.

Which cleaning KPIs should I choose?

There is no universal cleaning KPI set or target for every office. Start with the questions that match the service you have agreed: is the building ready at opening, are urgent requests closed within the agreed time, is scheduled work recorded as complete, and what do complaints show once a change in reporting is taken into account? The examples below show the record behind each question and its limit. Set any target or deadline in your own agreement.

What each record can — and cannot — show

A published requirement says what should happen; a performance report says what was reported. Check the record type and source before using an example. These figures are source-specific, not default targets for your building.

Different records answer different questions
Existing library exampleThe record can help answerThe record does not establish
Planned deep-clean completionWhether planned work was recorded as complete by its scheduled date.Whether the physical result met the agreed cleaning standard.
Cleaning shifts coveredWhether required shifts were recorded as covered.Whether the cleaning result met the agreed standard.
Complaint learningWhether the complaint record shows recurring issues or a change in complaint capture.That a change in complaint count, on its own, proves cleaning improved or deteriorated.
Satisfaction responsesWhat responding users reported about their experience.A representative view of all users or an independent measurement of cleanliness.
Example 37 of 37: What happens to cleaning hours that were missed?

What happens to cleaning hours that were missed?

A published school-estate contract notice requires missed cleaning hours to be reused or credited in the monthly invoice.

Records used
Labour-hours records and the monthly invoice breakdown.
What this doesn’t establish
This accounts for paid and delivered hours. It does not establish the resulting cleanliness.

Our suggested review question

Which hours were missed, where were they reused, and which should appear as an invoice credit under our agreement?
Read the original source

Harris Federation

A published requirement: this describes what is expected, not an achieved result.

Source details and full wording

Published requirement — not observed performance.

Full example

Dropped cleaning hours must be reused or shown as a credit in the monthly invoice breakdown

Record type: Contract notice KPI Mechanism: Financial reconciliation Cadence: Monthly Evidence owner: Supplier invoice and labour records; Harris Federation reviews Evidence record: Invoice breakdown and labour-hours record Threshold or trigger: Dropped hours must be reused or credited Published consequence: Explicit invoice credit when dropped hours are not reused Why this may help an FM: Reconcile paid labour with delivered labour Important limitation: Shows labour reconciliation, not resulting cleanliness

PP-10167 cleaning-services UK7 contract-details notice

Source pack: S10 Published or source date: Published 2026-07-02 Jurisdiction and setting: England; education estate Exact locator: UK7 notice Lot 1, KPI 8 Financial Management

Reference: EDU-HAR-02