The demand for professional home cleaning services has been increasing rapidly among members of China’s growing middle class. In the past three years, cleaning industries along with other businesses such as personal care have witnessed a boom. It was estimated that the value of the home service industry surpassed 800 billion RMB ($119 billion) in 2018, and it is forecasted that it will soon exceed 1 trillion RMB ($ 149 billion).
Why is there an increase?
One factor behind this boom is the rise in disposable income among the middle class. With a high number of women having more demanding work schedules, more affluent people are choosing service companies to clean their homes. This has led to the need for companies to set higher standards for such services.
One factor behind this boom is the rise in disposable income among the middle class.
Recently, Xin Heng, the CEO of Dazhong Gongjiang (a professional cleaning company in Beijing), commented that the rating for China’s home services stands at only 55 points compared to Japan’s home services which stands at 80 points and shows that there is a lot of opportunity in this sector for development.
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