Cafes and Restaurants: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4511, in the Accommodation and Food Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Cafes and Restaurants (ANZSIC class 4511) across Australia, June 2025
- 56,305 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Cafes and Restaurants (ANZSIC class 4511) across Australia, June 2025
- 13,197 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Cafes and Restaurants (ANZSIC class 4511) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 10,147 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Cafes and Restaurants (ANZSIC class 4511) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 9,531 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Entries and exits compare two 30 June counts. They are not counts of openings and closures.
- The ABS adjusts its counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so a small number or a zero is approximate, not proof that no such business exists.
Summary of the ABS class definition
In this class, the ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in providing food and beverage serving services for consumption on the premises. Customers generally order and are served while seated (i.e. waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Cafe operation
- Restaurant operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing food ready to be taken away for immediate consumption are included in Class 4512 Takeaway Food Services
- providing catering services (including airline food catering services) at specified locations or events are included in Class 4513 Catering Services
- selling alcoholic beverages both for consumption on and off the premises are included in Class 4520 Pubs, Taverns and Bars
- operating theatre restaurants mainly engaged in providing live theatrical productions with food and beverages are included in Class 9001 Performing Arts Operation
The ABS page for class 4511 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 56,305 businesses |
| Non-employing | 13,197 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 19,801 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 18,420 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 4,702 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 185 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By turnover
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| Zero to less than $50k | 7,312 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 8,479 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 34,988 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 4,257 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 821 businesses |
| $10m or more | 448 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.
Entries and exits, 2024-25
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| At the start of the year | 55,689 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 10,147 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 9,531 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 56,305 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 19,446 businesses |
| Victoria | 17,865 businesses |
| Queensland | 9,174 businesses |
| Western Australia | 4,467 businesses |
| South Australia | 2,957 businesses |
| Tasmania | 1,020 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1,123 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 252 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 0 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2: Businesses by main state by industry class by employment size ranges (8165DC02.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 15 October 2026.
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3: Businesses by main state by industry class by turnover size ranges (8165DC03.xlsx). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 16 December 2025, checked 16 October 2026.
Correspondence, GCCSA 2021 to GCCSA 2026 (CG_GCCSA_2021_GCCSA_2026.csv). Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas digital boundary file, 2026 (GCCSA_2026_AUST_SHP_GDA2020.zip). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) Edition 4, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 22 July 2026, checked 15 October 2026.
Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0): the detailed classification. Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (Revision 2.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Released 26 June 2013, checked 16 October 2026.
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