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Bookkeeping for accommodation providers

Accommodation income arrives through booking sites, guest deposits and card payments at check-out, each settling on its own timetable and some of it net of commission. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for accommodation providers across Australia.

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Businesses in Accommodation (ANZSIC class 4400)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
13,805 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
6,835 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
3,463 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026

Businesses by main state or territory

These counts are for the ANZSIC class Accommodation, which covers hotels, motels, serviced apartments and similar businesses. Many individuals who rent out a room or a home are not in this class, so the counts describe accommodation businesses rather than every host.

  1. New South Wales4,739 businesses
  2. Victoria3,440 businesses
  3. Queensland2,882 businesses
  4. Western Australia1,188 businesses
  5. South Australia827 businesses
  6. Tasmania488 businesses
  7. Northern Territory148 businesses
  8. Australian Capital Territory92 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Businesses by number of employees

  1. Non-employing6,835 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees3,463 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees2,451 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees961 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees95 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2025. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Checked 15 Oct 2026.

What we look after

What the books involve

  • Booking site payouts: each transfer from an online booking site split back into the stays it covers, with the site's commission recorded as a cost rather than netted off room income.
  • Guest deposits and prepayments: money taken before arrival kept apart from earned income until the stay happens, with cancellations and refunds traced back to the original booking.
  • Front desk takings: card terminal settlements, cash and extra charges at check-out matched against the property management system's end-of-day reports and the amounts that reach the bank.
  • Running costs such as linen hire, laundry, cleaning contractors, utilities and repairs entered against the right accounts, which shows what the property costs to run through busy and quiet seasons.
  • The property management system or channel manager linked to Xero or MYOB where an integration exists, so booking records and bank feeds can be reconciled against each other.

Sources

  1. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. ASGS Edition 4, July 2026 to June 2031, released 22 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

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