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Beekeeping: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 0193, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.

Actively trading businesses in Beekeeping (ANZSIC class 0193) across Australia, June 2025
1,228 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Beekeeping (ANZSIC class 0193) across Australia, June 2025
904 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Beekeeping (ANZSIC class 0193) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
107 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Beekeeping (ANZSIC class 0193) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
142 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 raising bees, including collecting honey, royal jelly, bees’ wax, or other bee products.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Apiculture
  • Beekeeping

The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:

  • manufacturing honey are included in Class 1199 Other Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.

The ABS page for class 0193 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.

By employment size

Beekeeping businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses1,228 businesses
Non-employing904 businesses
1 to 4 employees257 businesses
5 to 19 employees62 businesses
20 to 199 employees5 businesses
200 or more employees0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By turnover

Beekeeping businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k494 businesses
$50k to less than $200k392 businesses
$200k to less than $2m315 businesses
$2m to less than $5m21 businesses
$5m to less than $10m5 businesses
$10m or more3 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Beekeeping businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year1,263 businesses
ABS business entries107 businesses
ABS business exits142 businesses
At the end of the year1,228 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By main state or territory

Beekeeping businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales458 businesses
Victoria194 businesses
Queensland257 businesses
Western Australia142 businesses
South Australia130 businesses
Tasmania36 businesses
Australian Capital Territory8 businesses
Northern Territory3 businesses
Other Territories or Currently Unknown0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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