The full BCIS Facilities Management Quarterly briefing: Maintenance, cleaning and energy is published in the Briefing section, as part of BCIS OpX
Published: 10/01/2025
BCIS produces five-year construction industry forecasts, covering projected costs and output, and examining the latest construction market trends.
The quarterly BCIS maintenance, cleaning and energy briefing is a building maintenance market report. It presents our view of construction repair and maintenance output, and private and public sector building maintenance, cleaning and energy costs, against the backdrop of the wider economic background.
The full briefing is available to subscribers of BCIS OpX.
BCIS maintenance, cleaning and energy forecast: 3Q2024 – 3Q2029
Maintenance costs, as measured by the BCIS All-in Maintenance Cost Indices, are set to rise 15% by 3Q2029, according to the latest forecast data from the Building Cost Information Service.
Cleaning costs, mainly driven by labour costs, are expected to rise by 25% over the forecast period, while BCIS expects energy prices to fall by 15% over the same period.
Chief Data Officer at BCIS, Karl Horton said: ‘The UK’s economy is restrained due to fragile business confidence after the Autumn Budget. Additionally, high borrowing costs, a lack of skilled labour, rising labour costs, and a high level of insolvency continue to threaten the facility management, building services and occupant support services.
‘Increases in the National Living Wage and employers National Insurance contributions will push up labour costs, which will have a significant effect on cleaning costs in particular.’
BCIS is expecting there to have been annual increases in all R&M sub-sectors, apart from public non-housing, in 2024, and to show 3.6% overall growth for the year. BCIS is projecting R&M output will rise 9.2% in the five years to 3Q2029.
Horton added: ‘Repair and maintenance (R&M) output is expected to remain positive, with a slump in the annual growth rate in the near-term, but steady growth expected for the rest of the forecast period.’
Source: BCIS
Note: Output is whole year on whole year, costs are changes from 3Q to 3Q of the previous year
The full details of the forecast are available in BCIS OpX.
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Quarterly updates to forecasts are published for maintenance, cleaning and energy, building, and infrastructure, while an annual update is published for the economic significance of maintenance. Non-subscribers can access the previous year’s economic significance of maintenance report to find out more about its coverage.
