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janitor service
A company providing staff for routine building upkeep, with duties beyond exclusively cleaning.
Companies which contract their employees for routine maintenance tasks in buildings. This can include cleaning tasks, but if a company performs cleaning exclusively then it is listed as an interior cleaning company.
The company supplies employees for routine maintenance tasks. Cleaning can form part of their duties alongside other physical upkeep.
A contractor providing cleaning exclusively belongs to the interior-cleaning role. The broader maintenance function distinguishes a janitor service.
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