Site Preparation Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3212, in the Construction division.
- Actively trading businesses in Site Preparation Services (ANZSIC class 3212) across Australia, June 2025
- 22,619 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Site Preparation Services (ANZSIC class 3212) across Australia, June 2025
- 11,851 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Site Preparation Services (ANZSIC class 3212) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,936 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Site Preparation Services (ANZSIC class 3212) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 2,710 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 earthmoving work such as levelling of construction sites, excavation of foundations, trench digging or removal of overburden.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Demolition of buildings or other structures
- Earthmoving
- Earthmoving plant and equipment hiring with operator
- Excavation
- Explosives laying
- Ground de-watering
- Land clearing
- Levelling (construction sites)
- Removal of overburden
- Trench digging
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- quarrying sand or gravel are included in Class 0911 Gravel and Sand Quarrying
- quarrying earth soil or filling are included in Class 0919 Other Construction Material Mining
- selling sand, gravel or other quarried construction materials are included in Class 3339 Other Hardware Goods Wholesaling
The ABS page for class 3212 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 22,619 businesses |
| Non-employing | 11,851 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 8,201 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,894 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 652 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 21 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 | 3,318 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 6,444 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 10,487 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,299 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 500 businesses |
| $10m or more | 571 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 | 22,393 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,936 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 2,710 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 22,619 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 | 7,349 businesses |
| Victoria | 5,344 businesses |
| Queensland | 5,558 businesses |
| Western Australia | 2,375 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,185 businesses |
| Tasmania | 483 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 144 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 178 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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