Who it is for

The index of 100 boring businesses

If your firm cleans it, guards it, fixes it, clears it or feeds it, Holdfast tracks the public money spent on it. Ordered by how many public contracts each trade wins.

Cleaning & hygiene13

  1. Cleaning (general)
  2. Washroom & sanitary hygiene
  3. Hospital cleaning & domestic services
  4. Disinfection & deep cleaning
  5. Window cleaning
  6. Kitchen extraction, duct & chimney cleaning
  7. Street cleaning
  8. Graffiti removal
  9. Bin cleaning
  10. Gutter cleaning
  11. Pressure washing
  12. Carpet & upholstery cleaning
  13. Vehicle washing & valeting

Building trades & maintenance35

  1. M&E maintenance
  2. Electrical
  3. Building repair & maintenance
  4. Roofing
  5. HVAC & heating
  6. Demolition
  7. Excavation & groundworks
  8. Fire safety
  9. Plumbing
  10. Fencing
  11. Facilities management
  12. Machinery servicing & repair
  13. Plant & equipment hire
  14. Technical inspections & testing
  15. Concrete & masonry
  16. Painting & decorating
  17. Flooring
  18. Asbestos removal
  19. Lifts & escalators
  20. Glazing & window repair
  21. Public lighting maintenance
  22. Gas safety & boiler servicing
  23. Welding & metal fabrication
  24. Insulation & retrofit
  25. Generator & UPS maintenance
  26. Playground & sports surfaces
  27. Garage doors & roller shutters
  28. Fire sprinklers
  29. Racking inspection
  30. Scaffolding
  31. Solar & renewables maintenance
  32. Swimming pool maintenance
  33. Lift inspection
  34. Medical equipment servicing
  35. Pipe & sewer repair

Security3

  1. Security & guarding
  2. Event & crowd management
  3. CCTV, alarms & access control

Grounds & outdoor7

  1. Grounds & landscaping
  2. Hedge cutting & verge maintenance
  3. Tree surgery
  4. Weed & invasive species control
  5. Snow & ice clearing
  6. Irrigation
  7. Cemetery maintenance

Waste & environment11

  1. Waste & recycling
  2. Environmental monitoring
  3. Water hygiene & legionella
  4. Drainage & gully clearing
  5. Pest control
  6. Clinical & hazardous waste
  7. Clearance & junk removal
  8. Portable toilet hire
  9. Septic tank emptying
  10. Skip & dumpster hire
  11. Water treatment

Roads & traffic5

  1. Road maintenance
  2. Traffic management
  3. Line marking & road surfacing
  4. Signage
  5. Car park management

Transport & logistics8

  1. School & passenger transport
  2. Fleet & minibus maintenance
  3. Courier & postal
  4. Ambulance & patient transport
  5. Office moves
  6. Removals & storage
  7. Vehicle & tyre servicing
  8. Port & marine services

People & hospitality13

  1. Temporary staffing
  2. Catering
  3. Accommodation & centre management
  4. Conference & exhibition organisation
  5. Uniforms & workwear
  6. Laundry & linen
  7. Vending
  8. Document shredding & records storage
  9. Porters & reception
  10. Meals on wheels
  11. Home care services
  12. School and patient meals
  13. Interpreting & translation

Office & property5

  1. Property management
  2. Land surveying
  3. Call centre outsourcing
  4. Bookkeeping & accounting
  5. Printing & mailroom services

Every trade also has a page per country and Irish county: public contracts by trade.