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Bookkeeping for laundries

Laundries and dry cleaners take many small payments at the counter or through coin and card machines, alongside regular invoices to hotels, clinics and other businesses for commercial work. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for laundries across Australia.

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Businesses in Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 9531)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
5,086 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
3,149 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
1,408 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 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Services, which also takes in carpet, upholstery and rug cleaning, and linen, uniform and baby napkin hire, so they describe a wider group than laundries and dry cleaners alone.

  1. New South Wales1,748 businesses
  2. Victoria1,504 businesses
  3. Queensland861 businesses
  4. Western Australia483 businesses
  5. South Australia281 businesses
  6. Tasmania94 businesses
  7. Australian Capital Territory83 businesses
  8. Northern Territory32 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-employing3,149 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees1,408 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees396 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees122 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees11 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

  • Drop-off orders: card and cash paid at the counter matched to the point of sale system's daily totals, with prepaid tickets tracked until the customer collects the garments.
  • Self-service machines: gross coin takings recorded separately from bank deposits, with collection counts, cash held and amounts banked reconciled. Each card payment provider's settlement for the washers and dryers is matched to the bank account.
  • Commercial accounts: linen and uniform work for hotels, restaurants, aged care homes and medical clinics invoiced on account, with a monthly list of customers who have not yet paid.
  • Linen and uniform hire: rental invoices raised on each customer's cycle, with lost or damaged items charged back and replacement stock recorded when it is bought.
  • Utilities and chemicals: water, gas and electricity bills, detergents, solvents and machine servicing coded consistently, which shows how running costs move with the volume of work.
  • Equipment finance: commercial washers, dryers, presses and boilers recorded with their loan or lease repayments, with each lender's statement checked against the loan account.

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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