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Bookkeeping for builders

A new home is paid for in stages as the build reaches each milestone, while trade suppliers and subcontractors bill throughout the job. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for builders across Australia.

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Businesses in House Construction (ANZSIC class 3011)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
66,002 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
40,171 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
21,314 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 House Construction. Businesses that build other residential buildings, such as apartments, or commercial buildings are counted in other classes, so they are not included here.

  1. New South Wales22,921 businesses
  2. Victoria19,867 businesses
  3. Queensland11,556 businesses
  4. Western Australia4,820 businesses
  5. South Australia3,823 businesses
  6. Tasmania1,484 businesses
  7. Australian Capital Territory1,178 businesses
  8. Northern Territory350 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-employing40,171 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees21,314 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees3,953 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees539 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees25 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

  • Stage payments: deposit, base, frame, lock-up, fixing and completion claims tracked against the building contract, and each payment matched when the owner or their lender releases it.
  • Variations: extras the owner asks for during the build invoiced on their own and recorded against that house, so the adjusted contract price and the amount left to claim stay clear.
  • Trade supplier accounts for timber, concrete, bricks, roofing and fittings: delivery dockets matched to invoices and to the monthly statement, so credits and short deliveries are picked up before paying.
  • Subcontracted trades such as bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers and electricians: each invoice entered against the right house and paid on the terms agreed with that trade.
  • Costs per home: slab, frame, roofing and finishing costs tracked by job in Xero or MYOB, so each home's margin can be read against the price in its contract.

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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