Bookkeeping for bricklayers
Bricklayers often work for builders, with the job priced by the number of bricks laid or the area of blockwork, while the bricks themselves are commonly ordered by the builder. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for bricklayers across Australia.
Businesses in Bricklaying Services (ANZSIC class 3222)
- Actively trading businesses across Australia
- 9,280 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
- Of those, classified as non-employing
- 6,096 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
- Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
- 2,651 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Businesses by main state or territory
- New South Wales2,809 businesses
- Victoria2,797 businesses
- Western Australia1,710 businesses
- Queensland1,045 businesses
- South Australia617 businesses
- Tasmania151 businesses
- Australian Capital Territory113 businesses
- Northern Territory37 businesses
Businesses by number of employees
- Non-employing6,096 businesses
- 1 to 4 employees2,651 businesses
- 5 to 19 employees476 businesses
- 20 to 199 employees57 businesses
What we look after
Small business bookkeeping
Builder claims and material bills reconciled for every house.
Catch-up bookkeeping
Unpaid claims and old supplier statements entered and matched.
Xero bookkeeping
Claims tracked, bank feeds reconciled and bills entered in Xero.
What the books involve
- Claims to builders: brickwork on each house invoiced as the walls go up, using the brick count or area laid where that is how the job is priced, and each payment matched to its claim.
- Materials the bricklayer buys: sand, cement, wall ties, mortar additives and cutting blades bought on account and charged to the house they were used on, kept apart from bricks the builder supplies.
- Labourers and other bricklaying gangs: their invoices entered against the house they worked on, so the labour cost of each house can be compared with what was claimed for it.
- Plant and scaffold: mortar mixers, brick saws and the business's own scaffold recorded as assets, with any extra scaffold or telehandler hire charged to the house that needed it.
- Smaller jobs for homeowners, such as brick fences, letterboxes, fireplaces and repairs to old brickwork, invoiced separately and shown apart from builder work in the monthly reports.
Sources
- 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.
- 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.
Talk to us about your books
Tell us how your business runs and what you need from your books, and we will suggest a bookkeeping plan that fits.
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