Forestry Support Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0510, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Forestry Support Services (ANZSIC class 0510) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,026 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Forestry Support Services (ANZSIC class 0510) across Australia, June 2025
- 615 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Forestry Support Services (ANZSIC class 0510) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 139 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Forestry Support Services (ANZSIC class 0510) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 111 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 support services to forestry. Services include silvicultural services, such as planting, pruning and thinning trees, forest reafforestation, forest plantation conservation or maintenance. This class also includes businesses mainly engaged in operating forestry planting stock nurseries.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Forest conservation service
- Forest nursery operation or service
- Forest pest control service (except aerial or wild animal control)
- Forest planting
- Reafforestation service
- Silvicultural service
- Timber plantation maintenance
- Timber tract maintenance
- Tree pruning (forest)
- Tree thinning (forest)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- planting or propagating non-forest nursery stock are included in either Class 0111 Nursery Production (Under Cover) or 0112 Nursery Production (Outdoors)
- wild animal pest control are included in Class 0420 Hunting and Trapping
- aerial pest control services are included in Class 0529 Other Agriculture and Fishing Support Services
- forest fire fighting services are included in Class 7713 Fire Protection and Other Emergency Services
The ABS page for class 0510 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,026 businesses |
| Non-employing | 615 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 230 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 124 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 54 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 | 323 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 274 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 346 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 50 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 15 businesses |
| $10m or more | 18 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 | 998 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 139 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 111 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,026 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 | 340 businesses |
| Victoria | 259 businesses |
| Queensland | 170 businesses |
| Western Australia | 123 businesses |
| South Australia | 54 businesses |
| Tasmania | 59 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 7 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 14 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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