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Bookkeeping for consultants

Consultants are paid through invoices on each client's terms, and the costs of a project, from travel to subcontracted work, are often on-charged to the client. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for consultants across Australia.

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Businesses in Management Advice and Related Consulting Services (ANZSIC class 6962)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
103,124 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
64,738 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
32,039 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 Management Advice and Related Consulting Services. Consultants in other fields, such as engineering or computer systems, are counted in other ANZSIC classes.

  1. New South Wales38,324 businesses
  2. Victoria26,886 businesses
  3. Queensland19,267 businesses
  4. Western Australia9,433 businesses
  5. South Australia4,979 businesses
  6. Australian Capital Territory2,375 businesses
  7. Tasmania1,270 businesses
  8. Northern Territory525 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-employing64,738 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees32,039 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees4,672 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees1,608 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees67 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

  • Client invoices: milestone, retainer and hourly invoices tracked against client payments, with purchase order numbers and client references recorded so each payment can be traced to its invoice.
  • Payment terms: a monthly list of unpaid invoices by due date, which shows when money is expected from clients on longer terms.
  • Rechargeable expenses: flights, accommodation and other costs incurred for a client recorded against that client or project, which shows what is still to be on-charged.
  • Associates and subcontractors: invoices for their part of a project entered as bills and matched to payments, with the cost shown against the project they worked on.
  • Card spending: software subscriptions, co-working space and professional memberships coded to the right accounts, with receipts attached in Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online.

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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