If you’re cleaning hard floors or carpeted floors in an industrial or commercial setting, there are 2 types of industrial vacuum cleaners that are best: upright or cylinder.

If your industrial vacuum cleaner will be cleaning hard floors, without carpets, then stick to cylinder vacuum cleaners with long, flexible suction hoses. Upright cleaners aren’t really suited to cleaning hard floors - they tend to chase dust and grit around the floor without cleaning it up.

For a regular, quick clean around the carpet, the upright is king, no doubt. There are no tangly, troublesome hoses posing a potential trip hazard, less operator frustration, no tugging on the electrical cable to free the vacuum cleaner when it gets caught on an office chair leg etc. On the downside, upright vacuum cleaners tend to have more working parts than a cylinder vacuum cleaners and they generally cost more.

Again, think about your user who’ll be using the vacuum cleaner and weigh this up with your budget.