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Bookkeeping for mechanics

Workshops buy parts on trade accounts for each job and recover them on the customer's invoice, with payment arriving by card at pick-up or later on account for fleet and business customers. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for mechanics across Australia.

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Businesses in Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9419)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
29,046 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
12,860 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
12,021 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 Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance, which covers mechanical repair and servicing along with other vehicle repair work. Smash repairers, body shops and auto electricians are counted in separate classes, so they are not included here.

  1. New South Wales8,243 businesses
  2. Victoria7,129 businesses
  3. Queensland6,942 businesses
  4. Western Australia3,627 businesses
  5. South Australia1,821 businesses
  6. Tasmania635 businesses
  7. Northern Territory371 businesses
  8. Australian Capital Territory278 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-employing12,860 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees12,021 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees3,961 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees193 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

  • Job cards to invoices: labour and parts on each job from the workshop management software matched to the payment received, whether it comes by card at pick-up or later on account.
  • Parts suppliers: frequent trade account invoices entered against the jobs they were bought for, and credits for returned or warranty parts matched before each statement is paid.
  • Fleet and business customers: invoices on account followed through to payment, with a monthly list of what each customer owes, so slow payers show up early.
  • Workshop costs such as hoist and diagnostic equipment finance, tool purchases, waste oil collection and premises rent entered and reconciled against bank and loan statements.
  • Bank feeds and card terminal settlements connected to Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks Online, and linked to the workshop software where it allows, so paid invoices clear without retyping.

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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