Office Administrative Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 7291, in the Administrative and Support Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Office Administrative Services (ANZSIC class 7291) across Australia, June 2025
- 13,262 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Office Administrative Services (ANZSIC class 7291) across Australia, June 2025
- 6,471 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Office Administrative Services (ANZSIC class 7291) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,918 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Office Administrative Services (ANZSIC class 7291) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,685 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 a range of day-to-day office administrative services such as clerical, billing and record-keeping, and payroll services on a contract or fee basis. These businesses support the operation of a business but do not provide operating staff to carry out the complete operations of an organisation.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Billing and record-keeping service
- Business administrative service
- Clerical service
- Office administrative service n.e.c.
- Payroll processing
- Reception service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- undertaking head office functions such as overseeing and managing; exercising operational control; and/or undertaking the strategic or organisational planning and decision-making roles of related businesses are included in Class 6961 Corporate Head Office Management Services
- providing specialised document preparation services are included in Class 7292 Document Preparation Services
- providing human resource management services to clients are included in Class 6962 Management Advice and Related Consulting Services
The ABS page for class 7291 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 13,262 businesses |
| Non-employing | 6,471 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 3,560 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 2,341 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 815 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 75 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 | 2,929 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,984 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 4,798 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 829 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 355 businesses |
| $10m or more | 367 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 | 13,029 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,918 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,685 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 13,262 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 | 5,149 businesses |
| Victoria | 3,306 businesses |
| Queensland | 2,517 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,099 businesses |
| South Australia | 687 businesses |
| Tasmania | 138 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 306 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 58 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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