QuickBooks bookkeeping for hospitality businesses
Many hospitality businesses sell on account as well as over the counter, from group bookings billed to a company to catering orders for a nearby club or school. We keep those accounts current in QuickBooks, along with the supplier bills and equipment loans on the other side of the books.
- By Book Keeping Pros
- Sources checked 15 Oct 2026
Accounts, suppliers and loans in QuickBooks
We start from the invoices you raise, the bills your suppliers send and the statements from your bank and lenders.
- Group bookings, catering orders and other sales to businesses that pay on account invoiced in QuickBooks, with each payment applied to its invoice when it lands
- An ageing report of what account customers owe, run at month end, showing who is past due, by how much and for how long
- A customer who orders regularly given a project of its own, if your QuickBooks plan has projects, grouping its invoices with the costs of serving it
- Produce, meat, beverage and cleaning supply bills that arrive by email forwarded to QuickBooks, then held under For review until matched to a bill we've already entered or created as a new bill
- Supplier bills entered with the due dates on their invoices, so a list of what's coming due is ready before you pay your suppliers
- Bank and card accounts that Open Banking supports feeding into QuickBooks, and a fit-out or equipment loan that can't connect entered from the statements your lender sends, using the treatment your accountant specifies
- Bank and card accounts reconciled each month, statement against QuickBooks, with what's left explained: takings still to clear, an entry posted in error, or a bank error to put to the bank
Businesses in Accommodation and Food Services (ANZSIC division H)
- Actively trading businesses across Australia
- 112,940 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
- Of those, classified as non-employing
- 35,225 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
- Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
- 36,677 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 division Accommodation and Food Services, which takes in accommodation, cafes, restaurants, takeaway food, pubs, clubs and catering businesses. Bakeries that bake what they sell on their own premises are counted in a manufacturing class, so they are not in these counts.
- New South Wales37,883 businesses
- Victoria32,470 businesses
- Queensland20,199 businesses
- Western Australia10,220 businesses
- South Australia6,920 businesses
- Tasmania2,456 businesses
- Australian Capital Territory1,943 businesses
- Northern Territory821 businesses
Businesses by number of employees
- 1 to 4 employees36,677 businesses
- Non-employing35,225 businesses
- 5 to 19 employees30,684 businesses
- 20 to 199 employees9,878 businesses
- 200 or more employees476 businesses
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Hospitality owners' questions about QuickBooks
How do I know which account customers are behind?
A local business orders catering from us regularly. Can we see what that work earns?
Our suppliers email their invoices. Do we need to print them?
Can you tell us which supplier bills are coming due?
Can our fit-out loan come through the bank feed?
Sources
- Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx)
Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
- Greater Capital City Statistical Areas digital boundary file, 2026 (GCCSA_2026_AUST_SHP_GDA2020.zip)
Australian Bureau of Statistics. ASGS Edition 4, July 2026 to June 2031, released 22 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.
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- Create projects in QuickBooks Online (Australia)
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- Upload your receipts to QuickBooks (Australia)
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- Connect a new bank account to Open Banking in QuickBooks Online (Australia)
Intuit Australia Pty Ltd. Current at 16 October 2026, released 16 October 2026. Checked 16 October 2026.
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