Building Pest Control Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 7312, in the Administrative and Support Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Building Pest Control Services (ANZSIC class 7312) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,871 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Building Pest Control Services (ANZSIC class 7312) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,448 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Building Pest Control Services (ANZSIC class 7312) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 310 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Building Pest Control Services (ANZSIC class 7312) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 339 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 commercial and domestic pest control services. Such services include exterminating and controlling mosquitoes, birds, rodents, termites and other insects and pests (except agricultural or forestry pest control services). Also included in this class are businesses providing fumigation and weed control services (except agricultural and forestry).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Exterminating service (except agricultural and forestry)
- Fumigating service (except crop fumigating)
- Insect control service (except agricultural and forestry)
- Pest control service (except agricultural and forestry)
- Termite control service (except agricultural and forestry)
- Weed control service (except agricultural and forestry)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing agricultural or forestry pest control services are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 05 Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Support Services
The ABS page for class 7312 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,871 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,448 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,161 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 230 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 29 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 3 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 | 433 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,198 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,143 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 67 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 19 businesses |
| $10m or more | 11 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 | 2,900 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 310 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 339 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,871 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 | 967 businesses |
| Victoria | 430 businesses |
| Queensland | 942 businesses |
| Western Australia | 284 businesses |
| South Australia | 159 businesses |
| Tasmania | 43 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 20 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 25 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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