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Bookkeeping for plumbers

Plumbing income arrives from emergency call-outs, property managers' work orders and builders' stage claims, each paid in its own way and on its own timing. We look after day-to-day bookkeeping for plumbers across Australia.

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Businesses in Plumbing Services (ANZSIC class 3231)

Actively trading businesses across Australia
31,380 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, classified as non-employing
14,647 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026
Of those, with 1 to 4 employees
13,351 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025, checked 15 October 2026

Businesses by main state or territory

  1. New South Wales10,494 businesses
  2. Victoria9,096 businesses
  3. Queensland5,763 businesses
  4. Western Australia3,045 businesses
  5. South Australia1,794 businesses
  6. Tasmania545 businesses
  7. Australian Capital Territory384 businesses
  8. Northern Territory256 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-employing14,647 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees13,351 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees2,936 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees444 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees3 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

  • Work orders from property managers and strata managers: each repair invoiced against its order number, sent to the right agency or owner, and followed up until it is paid.
  • Call-outs: after-hours and emergency jobs invoiced from the job app, with card payments taken at the property matched to each invoice once they settle in the bank.
  • New homes: rough-in and fit-off stages claimed from builders under each contract, with payments tracked against what has been claimed so far.
  • Plumbing supply accounts: pipe, fittings, tapware and hot water units bought across the counter matched to the supplier's statement and allocated to the jobs that used them.
  • Drainage equipment such as jetters and pipe cameras, and the van fit-outs that carry them, recorded with their finance or lease repayments so their running cost is visible.
  • AroFlo, Fergus or a similar job app linked to Xero, with the sync checked so jobs, invoices and customer payments line up in the books.

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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