- Actively trading businesses in Carpentry Services (ANZSIC class 3242) across Australia, June 2025
- 53,883 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Carpentry Services (ANZSIC class 3242) across Australia, June 2025
- 34,178 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Carpentry Services (ANZSIC class 3242) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 9,241 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Carpentry Services (ANZSIC class 3242) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 8,293 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 carpentry work or the fixing of wooden formwork on construction projects.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Carpentry work on construction projects
- Joinery work on construction projects (on-site fabrication only)
- Roof truss, wooden, fixing
- Wooden flooring installation
- Wooden formwork erection
- Wooden kitchen cabinet installation
- Wooden roof truss installation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- manufacturing prefabricated, wooden built-in cabinets, cupboards or shop fronts and their installation (except on-site fabrication) are included in Class 1492 Wooden Structural Fitting and Component Manufacturing
The ABS page for class 3242 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 53,883 businesses |
| Non-employing | 34,178 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 16,877 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 2,512 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 307 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 9 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 | 6,902 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 25,377 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 19,238 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,634 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 448 businesses |
| $10m or more | 284 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 | 52,935 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 9,241 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 8,293 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 53,883 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 | 19,759 businesses |
| Victoria | 14,441 businesses |
| Queensland | 10,156 businesses |
| Western Australia | 4,765 businesses |
| South Australia | 2,896 businesses |
| Tasmania | 836 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 739 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 288 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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