Technical and Vocational Education and Training: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8101, in the Education and Training division.
- Actively trading businesses in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ANZSIC class 8101) across Australia, June 2025
- 10,027 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ANZSIC class 8101) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,489 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ANZSIC class 8101) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,484 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ANZSIC class 8101) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,419 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 technical and vocational education and training. These businesses offer a large variety of courses covering a range of subjects or specialise in a particular field of education such as computer and business management training.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Apprenticeship training program operation
- Business college and school operation
- Information technology training centre operation
- Institute of technology operation
- Professional and management development training
- Secretarial training
- Technical and further education college operation
- Technical college operation
- Vocational computer training
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing undergraduate or postgraduate teaching are included in Class 8102 Higher Education
- providing sports and physical recreation coaching not predominantly leading to tertiary qualifications are included in Class 8211 Sports and Physical Recreation Instruction
- providing education in the arts not predominantly leading to tertiary qualifications are included in Class 8212 Arts Education
The ABS page for class 8101 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 10,027 businesses |
| Non-employing | 5,489 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 3,165 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 957 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 383 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 33 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 | 2,679 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,195 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 3,303 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 493 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 194 businesses |
| $10m or more | 163 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 | 9,962 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,484 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,419 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 10,027 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 | 3,495 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,367 businesses |
| Queensland | 2,290 businesses |
| Western Australia | 932 businesses |
| South Australia | 506 businesses |
| Tasmania | 157 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 192 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 75 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 13 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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