Structural Steel Erection Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3224, in the Construction division.
- Actively trading businesses in Structural Steel Erection Services (ANZSIC class 3224) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,139 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Structural Steel Erection Services (ANZSIC class 3224) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,662 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Structural Steel Erection Services (ANZSIC class 3224) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 887 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Structural Steel Erection Services (ANZSIC class 3224) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 831 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 the erection (including on-site fabrication) of metal silos, storage tanks or structural steel components for buildings or other structures such as bridges, overhead cranes or electricity transmission towers.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Metal silo erection
- Metal storage tank erection
- Reinforcing steel erection
- Structural steel erection
- Truss or joist, steel, erection
- Welding work on construction projects
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- the construction of buildings (which incorporate structural steel components) are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 30 Building Construction
- the construction of complete structures such as bridges, towers or oil refinery plants (which incorporate structural steel components) are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 31 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
The ABS page for class 3224 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 5,139 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,662 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,747 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 538 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 189 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 | 704 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,788 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 2,056 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 314 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 139 businesses |
| $10m or more | 138 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 | 5,083 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 887 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 831 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 5,139 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 | 1,894 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,162 businesses |
| Queensland | 888 businesses |
| Western Australia | 691 businesses |
| South Australia | 296 businesses |
| Tasmania | 102 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 37 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 67 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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