Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 7220, in the Administrative and Support Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services (ANZSIC class 7220) across Australia, June 2025
- 8,993 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services (ANZSIC class 7220) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,408 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services (ANZSIC class 7220) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,469 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Travel Agency and Tour Arrangement Services (ANZSIC class 7220) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,271 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 acting as agents in selling travel, tour and accommodation services as well as businesses providing travel arrangement and reservation services for airlines, cars, hotels and restaurants. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in arranging, assembling, wholesaling and retailing tours.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Arranging and assembling tours
- Booking service (accommodation)
- Booking service (travel)
- Inbound tour operator service (arranging and assembling tours)
- Travel agency operation
- Travel ticket agency operation
- Tour arrangement service
- Tour operator service (arranging and assembling tours)
- Tour retailing service
- Tour wholesaling service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating transport equipment to provide recreation and entertainment are included in Class 5010 Scenic and Sightseeing Transport
- operating tourist information centres are included in Class 7299 Other Administrative Services n.e.c.
- providing tour operator services which includes the provision of transport services are included in the appropriate classes of Division I Transport, Postal and Warehousing
The ABS page for class 7220 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 8,993 businesses |
| Non-employing | 5,408 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 2,762 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 607 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 204 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 12 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 | 2,406 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 2,731 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 2,872 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 516 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 230 businesses |
| $10m or more | 238 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 | 8,795 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,469 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,271 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 8,993 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 | 3,281 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,538 businesses |
| Queensland | 1,714 businesses |
| Western Australia | 693 businesses |
| South Australia | 407 businesses |
| Tasmania | 170 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 72 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 108 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 10 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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