Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 7311, in the Administrative and Support Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 7311) across Australia, June 2025
- 45,217 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 7311) across Australia, June 2025
- 32,322 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 7311) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 10,614 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services (ANZSIC class 7311) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 9,277 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 the interior cleaning of buildings or transportation equipment, and the exterior cleaning of buildings (except steam, sand and other abrasive blasting). Also included are businesses mainly engaged in providing other industrial cleaning services such as street cleaning or road sweeping.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bathroom/toilet cleaning
- Building exterior cleaning (except sand blasting or steam cleaning)
- Building interior cleaning
- Chimney cleaning
- Duct cleaning
- Gutter cleaning
- Janitorial service (including transport equipment)
- Residential building cleaning
- Road sweeping
- Street cleaning
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- sand blasting or steam cleaning of building exteriors are included in Class 3299 Other Construction Services n.e.c.
- providing laundry and dry-cleaning services are included in Class 9531 Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Services
The ABS page for class 7311 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 45,217 businesses |
| Non-employing | 32,322 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 9,428 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 2,544 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 850 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 73 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 | 12,689 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 20,765 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 10,406 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 883 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 266 businesses |
| $10m or more | 208 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 | 43,880 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 10,614 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 9,277 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 45,217 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 | 13,187 businesses |
| Victoria | 14,323 businesses |
| Queensland | 8,095 businesses |
| Western Australia | 4,515 businesses |
| South Australia | 3,275 businesses |
| Tasmania | 636 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 776 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 410 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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