Arts Education: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8212, in the Education and Training division.
- Actively trading businesses in Arts Education (ANZSIC class 8212) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,392 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Arts Education (ANZSIC class 8212) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,446 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Arts Education (ANZSIC class 8212) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 693 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Arts Education (ANZSIC class 8212) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 595 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 providing non-vocational instruction in the arts, including art, dance, drama and music.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Acting and drama school operation
- Dance and ballet school operation
- Music school operation
- Painting instruction
- Performing arts school operation
- Photography school operation
- Sculpture instruction
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing arts education leading to a tertiary qualification are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 81 Tertiary Education
The ABS page for class 8212 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,392 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,446 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,104 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 758 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 84 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 740 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,952 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,659 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 35 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 6 businesses |
| $10m or more | 0 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 | 4,294 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 693 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 595 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,392 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 | 1,637 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,150 businesses |
| Queensland | 805 businesses |
| Western Australia | 368 businesses |
| South Australia | 271 businesses |
| Tasmania | 63 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 79 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 17 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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