A compact fluid laundry detergent composition having good economics, good cleaning and positive consumer value impression, comprising: (i) at least 10%, by weight of the composition, of surfactant selected from anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, soap and mixtures thereof; (ii)from 5% to 30%, by weight of the composition, of water, non-aminof lunctional solvent or mixtures thereof; (iii) from 5% to 20%, by weight of the composition, of a performance additive selected from chelants, soil suspending polymers, enzymes and mixtures thereof; wherein said compact fluid laundry detergent composition comprises at least one of : (A) said surfactant has weight ratio of said anionic surfactant to said nonionic surfactant of at least 1.5:1, said anionic surfactant comprises from 15% to 40% by weight of the composition; and said soap comprises from 5% to 30% by weight of the composition; (B) from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the composition, of a suds boosting agent selected from suds boosting polymers, cationic, surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and mixtures thereof; and (C) both (A) and (B).