SKG Cleaning Services

What SKG Cleaning Services does

SKG Cleaning Services (legal entity: SKG Services Pty. Ltd.) is a privately held, 100% Australian-owned family facility services company founded in 1975 by Steve and Kathy Manoussakis. Headquartered at Level 35, One International Towers, 100 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney, the company operates across seven Australian capital cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart) plus Auckland, New Zealand, employing more than 1,200 directly employed staff serving over 2,000 clients. Its core offerings span commercial cleaning, security services, maintenance, and bundled soft services delivered to government, healthcare, education, retail, commercial, and industrial sectors. The business differentiates through a full certification stack (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO AS/NZS 45001, ISO 26000, HACCP 2023), CM3 government pre-qualification, and an integrated services model.

The company generates revenue through custom quote-based, multi-year managed services contracts acquired via direct enterprise sales and a structured tender process. Its proprietary in-house technology platform, SKGenius, manages staff onboarding, compliance tracking, client bookings, and reporting, complemented by an iOS time-and-attendance app and a customer-facing digital reporting portal providing real-time site reports, SLAs, and invoices. Bundled services cross-sell cleaning, security, and maintenance within existing accounts, driving wallet expansion. As of April 2026, the group is led by Group CEO Prabin Shrestha (previously Group COO for 5 years), with Niko Mavro as Chairman, George Manoussakis as Owner and Managing Director, and Katherine Nguyen as Group CFO; the business is valued at over AUD 250 million.

SKG's growth model combines organic multi-site contract wins with an active acquisition roll-up that has expanded the consolidated group from five to more than 30 entities. Strategic investments include back-office systems (Sage Intacct, Zudello, ELMO payroll) alongside SKGenius, indicating professionalisation consistent with institutional readiness. The company holds an NSW Security Master Licence (SKG Security Pty Ltd, No. 000107021) and has maintained a consistent track record of BSCAA industry recognition, including Cleaning Company of the Year in 2015 and 2016 and multiple subsequent finalist and nomination years. No external investors, PE sponsors, or parent company are disclosed.

Name

SKG Cleaning Services

Legal name

SKG Services Pty. Ltd.

Website

https://skg.net.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

SKG Cleaning Services is a privately held, Australian-owned facility services company founded in 1975, employing over 1,200 staff across Australia and New Zealand to deliver commercial cleaning, security, maintenance, and bundled soft services to 2,000+ clients in government, healthcare, education, retail, commercial, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Cleaning & Facility Management Services

NAICS

Janitorial Services (561720), Security Guards and Patrol Services (561612), Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (811310)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

General Commercial Janitorial (Recurring Contract Cleaning) (BPABABAA)

Keywords

• Commercial cleaning services
• Facility maintenance services
• Security guarding services
• Bundled soft services
• Industrial cleaning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Cleaning Services: Core recurring revenue from providing commercial cleaning services to businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Services include daily routine cleaning, periodical cleaning, deep cleaning, emergency cleaning, and special projects. Revenue is generated through service contracts with clients in government, healthcare, education, retail, commercial, and industrial sectors.
2. Security Services: Security guarding, mobile patrols, static guarding, control room monitoring, loss prevention, concierge, alarm monitoring, risk assessment, and event security. Provided as part of bundled soft services or standalone.
3. Maintenance Services: Commercial maintenance services including handyman, pest control, grounds maintenance, glazing, locksmith, electrical, plumbing, painting, carpentry, preventative and warranty works, and 24/7 make-safe repairs. Both reactive and planned maintenance programs.
4. Bundled Soft Services: Integrated service bundles combining cleaning, security, and maintenance under one management structure, providing streamlined facility management for clients with multiple service needs. This bundling approach drives revenue expansion through cross-selling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SKG Cleaning Services delivers commercial cleaning, security guarding, and maintenance services to enterprise and government clients across Australia and New Zealand, with services offered both individually and as integrated "Bundled Soft Services" for multi-site customers. All work is managed via the proprietary SKGenius platform and performed by over 1,200 directly employed staff across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, and Auckland. The company holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 26000 and HACCP certifications, and is CM3 pre-qualified for government contracts.

Product overview

SKG Cleaning Services is a facilities management company offering integrated soft services under a bundled model. The core product portfolio consists of Commercial Cleaning Services, Security Services, Maintenance Services, and Bundled Soft Services, which combines all three under one management structure. The company operates the proprietary SKGenius platform for operational management, complemented by a Time and Attendance App and Digital Reporting Portal. Service-specific modules include Retail Cleaning, Education Sector Cleaning, Healthcare Cleaning, Industrial Cleaning, and Office Cleaning services, each tailored to specific industry verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SKGenius: Proprietary operational platform developed in-house for managing staff onboarding, training, client bookings, compliance tracking, and reporting.

Products and services

• Commercial Cleaning Services Comprehensive commercial cleaning for corporate offices, buildings, sites and facilities, including daily washroom hygiene, periodical cleaning of carpets, walls, ceilings, windows, workstations, deep cleans, and emergency cleaning for commercial clients across Australia and New Zealand.
• Security Services Security guarding, loss prevention, control room monitoring, concierge, mobile patrols, VIP protection, alarm monitoring, risk analysis, and crime/terrorism mitigation services provided by SKG Security.
• Maintenance Services Commercial maintenance services including handyman work, pest control, grounds maintenance, glazing, locksmith services, preventative maintenance, and 24/7 emergency make-safe repairs for client facilities.
• Bundled Soft Services Integrated service solution combining cleaning, security, and maintenance under one management structure, providing streamlined facility management for multi-site clients.
• SKGenius Operational Platform SKG's proprietary in-house operational platform that manages staff onboarding and training, client bookings, compliance tracking, and reporting to ensure consistent quality across all sites.
• Office Cleaning Services Corporate office cleaning covering washrooms, kitchens, hard floors, carpets, storage rooms, and specialised antistatic carpet treatment, available 24/7.
• Education Sector Cleaning Services Professional cleaning for universities, schools, and educational facilities including classrooms, lecture theatres, libraries, art spaces, food service areas, and bathrooms with WHS-compliant practices and awareness of NABERS / Green Star rated spaces.
• Healthcare Cleaning Services Specialised medical deep cleaning for healthcare environments including hospitals, aged care, medical centres, dental practices, pathology labs and clinics, with infection-control protocols to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) and HACCP-aligned food area sanitation.
• Retail Cleaning Services Specialized cleaning for shopping centres, retail outlets, and showrooms including retail floor, showroom, washroom, display counter and traffic-way cleaning with flexible scheduling around trading hours and 24/7 availability.
• Industrial Cleaning Services Industrial plant, equipment, factory and machinery cleaning using high-pressure water and environmentally friendly methods, tailored to specific site requirements and environmental compliance needs.
• iOS Time & Attendance App iOS mobile application enabling cleaning staff to clock in and out at any site across Australia, capturing attendance times that integrate with the client management portal for payroll processing.
• Digital Reporting Portal Web-based digital solution providing real-time site cleaning reports, quality assurance reports, service-level agreements, and client invoice access through the SKG Customer Portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• SKG has grown to service over 2,000 clients across Australia and New Zealand.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Agar ChemicalsminorOthersAgar Chemicals is a supplier of cleaning chemicals to SKG. Under the company's environmental policy, SKG has secured a response from Agar Chemicals to collect empty chemical containers for recycling. This is a vendor relationship supporting SKG's sustainability objectives.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Serco Australia: Serco is a multinational services partner operating in Australia across justice, immigration, health and facility services. Its secure facility management capability overlaps with SKG's CM3-prequalified government cleaning and security offering.
• ABM Industries: ABM Industries is a leading US-based provider of integrated facility services — including janitorial, parking, and facility solutions — with expanding APAC presence. Its bundled facility services approach and enterprise GTM closely mirror SKG's bundled soft services model.
• ISS A/S: ISS is a global facility services major with deep APAC operations covering cleaning, security, and workplace services. It competes for the same large multi-site enterprise tenders as SKG in Australia and New Zealand but operates at vastly larger scale with a much broader service portfolio.
• Compass Group Australia: Compass Group is one of the world's largest contract food services and support services operators, with cleaning and soft services lines across ANZ. It competes with SKG for enterprise cleaning contracts but is significantly larger and more diversified.
• Sodexo Australia & New Zealand: Sodexo is a global food and facilities management company with substantial ANZ presence, offering cleaning, security and maintenance to corporate, healthcare and education clients. It overlaps with SKG's segments but adds broader food services and benefits administration.

Emerging players

• Cleanaway Waste Management: Cleanaway is Australia's largest waste management, recycling and industrial services provider. Its industrial cleaning and waste streams are tangential to SKG's industrial and bundled maintenance offerings, making it a partial competitor for integrated facility services pitches.

Direct peers

• Programmed (PersolKellyn Paterson): Programmed is a leading ANZ provider of staffing, maintenance and facility services — a direct peer to SKG in commercial cleaning, planned maintenance and bundled soft services for enterprise customers.
• Jani-King Australia: Jani-King is a major franchised commercial cleaning network serving ANZ enterprise clients across healthcare, education and corporate sites. It competes head-to-head with SKG on commercial cleaning tenders, particularly for multi-site accounts.
• Ventia (formerly Spotless owner/downer): Ventia is a leading ASX-listed infrastructure and facility services operator in Australia/NZ, delivering cleaning, maintenance, security and asset management to government and enterprise clients — directly overlapping with SKG's bundled soft services offering and target verticals.
• Spotless Group: Spotless is the largest Australian-headquartered integrated facility services provider, offering cleaning, security, maintenance and catering across ANZ and Asia-Pacific. It is SKG's closest competitor in the same multi-line bundled soft services model and direct ANZ enterprise market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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