Administrative and Support Services: ABS business counts by industry class
ANZSIC division N.
- Actively trading businesses in Administrative and Support Services (ANZSIC division N) across Australia, June 2025
- 127,108 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Administrative and Support Services (ANZSIC division N) across Australia, June 2025
- 78,309 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Administrative and Support Services (ANZSIC division N) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 32,163 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Each state's figure adds up the ABS counts for the small areas in it. The ABS adjusts those counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so the sums are approximate.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Administrative and Support Services Division includes businesses mainly engaged in performing routine support activities for the day-to-day operations of other businesses or organisations.
The ABS page for division N gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 127,108 businesses |
| Non-employing | 78,309 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 32,163 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 10,851 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 5,045 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 740 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 42,211 businesses |
| Victoria | 36,467 businesses |
| Queensland | 24,359 businesses |
| Western Australia | 11,750 businesses |
| South Australia | 7,521 businesses |
| Tasmania | 1,804 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1,994 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 962 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
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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