Catering Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4513, in the Accommodation and Food Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Catering Services (ANZSIC class 4513) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,964 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Catering Services (ANZSIC class 4513) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,462 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Catering Services (ANZSIC class 4513) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 888 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Catering Services (ANZSIC class 4513) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 959 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 catering services at specified locations or events such as airline catering. Meals and snacks may be transported and/or prepared and served on or off the premises, as required by the customer.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Airline food catering service
- Catering service operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing food services for consumption on the premises only are included in Class 4511 Cafes and Restaurants
- providing food ready to be taken away for immediate consumption are included in Class 4512 Takeaway Food Services
- manufacturing food products (including snack foods and prepared meals) are included in Class 1199 Other Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
The ABS page for class 4513 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,964 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,462 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,381 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 797 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 300 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 24 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 | 989 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,528 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 2,064 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 237 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 74 businesses |
| $10m or more | 72 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 | 5,035 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 888 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 959 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,964 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 | 1,714 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,655 businesses |
| Queensland | 687 businesses |
| Western Australia | 427 businesses |
| South Australia | 300 businesses |
| Tasmania | 79 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 64 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 38 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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