Forestry: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0301, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Forestry (ANZSIC class 0301) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,548 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Forestry (ANZSIC class 0301) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,335 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Forestry (ANZSIC class 0301) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 123 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Forestry (ANZSIC class 0301) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 243 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 growing standing timber in native or plantation forests, or timber tracts, for commercial benefit. This class also includes the gathering of forest products such as mushrooms, kauri gum or resin from forest environments.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Forest product gathering
- Forestry growing operation
- Kauri gum digging
- Native orchid gathering
- Pine cone collecting
- Resin gathering
- Sphagnum moss gathering
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing support services to forestry, including silvicultural services such as planting, pruning or thinning, or forest nursery operation are included in Class 0510 Forestry Support Services
- logging forests are included in Class 0302 Logging
- investing in any of the above activities are included in Class 6240 Financial Asset Investing
- distilling eucalyptus oil are included in Class 1899 Other Basic Chemical Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
The ABS page for class 0301 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,548 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,335 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 132 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 45 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 34 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 | 817 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 367 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 274 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 38 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 22 businesses |
| $10m or more | 30 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 | 1,668 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 123 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 243 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,548 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 | 379 businesses |
| Victoria | 354 businesses |
| Queensland | 240 businesses |
| Western Australia | 361 businesses |
| South Australia | 71 businesses |
| Tasmania | 119 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 11 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 9 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 4 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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