Vegetable Growing (Outdoors): ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 0123, in the Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Vegetable Growing (Outdoors) (ANZSIC class 0123) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,475 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Vegetable Growing (Outdoors) (ANZSIC class 0123) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,013 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Vegetable Growing (Outdoors) (ANZSIC class 0123) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 343 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Vegetable Growing (Outdoors) (ANZSIC class 0123) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 400 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 vegetable crops outdoors in open fields. Businesses mainly engaged in growing fresh herbs, melons, and tomatoes (outdoors) are also included in this class.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Asparagus growing (outdoors)
- Bean growing (outdoors; except dry field beans or soybeans)
- Carrot growing (outdoors)
- Garlic growing (outdoors)
- Herb growing (outdoors)
- Kumara growing (outdoors)
- Melon growing (outdoors)
- Onion growing (outdoors)
- Pea growing (outdoors; except dry field peas)
- Potato growing (outdoors)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- growing cultivated mushrooms are included in Class 0121 Mushroom Growing
- growing vegetables under cover are included in Class 0122 Vegetable Growing (Under Cover)
- growing dry field peas, beans or soybeans are included in Class 0149 Other Grain Growing
The ABS page for class 0123 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,475 businesses |
| Non-employing | 3,013 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 871 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 414 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 165 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 | 1,102 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,291 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,573 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 279 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 114 businesses |
| $10m or more | 116 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 | 4,532 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 343 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 400 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,475 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 | 1,100 businesses |
| Victoria | 873 businesses |
| Queensland | 945 businesses |
| Western Australia | 577 businesses |
| South Australia | 559 businesses |
| Tasmania | 317 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 97 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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