Painting and Decorating Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3244, in the Construction division.
- Actively trading businesses in Painting and Decorating Services (ANZSIC class 3244) across Australia, June 2025
- 24,357 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Painting and Decorating Services (ANZSIC class 3244) across Australia, June 2025
- 16,828 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Painting and Decorating Services (ANZSIC class 3244) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 4,051 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Painting and Decorating Services (ANZSIC class 3244) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 3,479 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 painting, decorating or wallpapering houses or other structures.
Examples the ABS lists:
- House painting
- Painting of buildings or other structures
- Spray painting of buildings or other structures
- Wallpapering
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- roof painting, spraying or coating are included in Class 3223 Roofing Services
The ABS page for class 3244 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 24,357 businesses |
| Non-employing | 16,828 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 6,583 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 859 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 85 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 | 3,164 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 11,963 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 8,724 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 376 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 84 businesses |
| $10m or more | 46 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 | 23,785 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 4,051 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 3,479 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 24,357 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 | 8,242 businesses |
| Victoria | 6,831 businesses |
| Queensland | 4,635 businesses |
| Western Australia | 2,069 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,546 businesses |
| Tasmania | 430 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 458 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 146 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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