Poultry Farming (Meat): ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0171, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Poultry Farming (Meat) (ANZSIC class 0171) across Australia, June 2025
- 849 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Poultry Farming (Meat) (ANZSIC class 0171) across Australia, June 2025
- 456 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Poultry Farming (Meat) (ANZSIC class 0171) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 57 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Poultry Farming (Meat) (ANZSIC class 0171) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 75 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 poultry for production of meat or in hatching meat breed chicks. This class also includes the raising of game birds for meat or in hatching game birds for raising for meat.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Chicken farming (for meat)
- Duck farming
- Game bird farming
- Goose farming
- Poultry farming (for meat)
- Poultry hatchery operation (meat breeds)
- Turkey farming
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- farming poultry for the production of eggs or in hatching egg breed chicks are included in Class 0172 Poultry Farming (Eggs)
- farming ostriches or emus are included in Class 0199 Other Livestock Farming n.e.c.
- processing poultry meat are included in Class 1112 Poultry Processing
The ABS page for class 0171 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 849 businesses |
| Non-employing | 456 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 271 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 90 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 30 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 136 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 162 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 431 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 68 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 30 businesses |
| $10m or more | 22 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 | 867 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 57 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 75 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 849 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 | 322 businesses |
| Victoria | 222 businesses |
| Queensland | 161 businesses |
| Western Australia | 48 businesses |
| South Australia | 79 businesses |
| Tasmania | 17 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 0 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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