Skip to content
Book Keeping Pros home
Get a quote

Bookkeeping for landscapers

Landscaping projects take deposits and stage payments while materials, machinery and subcontractors are paid as the work goes in, and the busy months follow the seasons. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for landscapers across Australia.

Get a quote

Businesses in Landscape Construction Services (ANZSIC class 3291)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
19,283 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
10,870 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
6,464 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 Landscape Construction Services. Businesses that mainly maintain gardens are counted in a separate class, so they are not included here.

  1. New South Wales5,925 businesses
  2. Victoria5,274 businesses
  3. Queensland3,697 businesses
  4. Western Australia2,157 businesses
  5. South Australia1,410 businesses
  6. Tasmania346 businesses
  7. Australian Capital Territory346 businesses
  8. Northern Territory128 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-employing10,870 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees6,464 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees1,657 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees292 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

  • Project deposits and stage payments: design and build jobs invoiced on the schedule agreed with the client, with each payment matched and the balance still owing kept current.
  • Landscape supplies: soil, mulch, turf, pavers, sleepers and plants from supply yards and nurseries entered against each project, so material costs can be compared with the quote.
  • Machinery: excavators, skid steers and trailers recorded with their finance repayments, and day hire of larger machines charged to the project that needed it.
  • Subcontracted work such as concreting, irrigation, fencing and retaining walls entered as each invoice arrives and allocated to the right project.
  • Tip fees, fuel and vehicle costs kept in their own accounts, which shows what waste disposal and travel between sites add to the cost of the work.
  • Seasonal patterns: accounts reconciled every month, so the busy and quiet parts of the year can be compared in the monthly reports.

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.

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.

Get a quote

Other industries we work with

Industries