Solid Waste Collection Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2911, in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Solid Waste Collection Services (ANZSIC class 2911) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,356 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Solid Waste Collection Services (ANZSIC class 2911) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,111 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Solid Waste Collection Services (ANZSIC class 2911) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 344 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Solid Waste Collection Services (ANZSIC class 2911) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 359 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 collection and haulage (except long distance) of domestic, commercial or industrial solid waste (except through sewerage systems). This class also includes businesses who provide portable toilets, bins and other receptacles for hire to clients as part of a waste collection service.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bin hiring and waste collection service
- Garbage collection service
- Hazardous waste, solid, collection service
- Industrial waste, solid, collection service
- Metal barrel/skip hiring and waste collection service
- Night soil collection service
- Portable toilet hiring and waste collection service
- Rubbish collection service
- Solid waste collection service
- Solid waste haulage service (local)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating sewerage or drainage systems or sewage treatment plants are included in Class 2812 Sewerage and Drainage Services
- liquid and other waste collection and haulage services are included in Class 2919 Other Waste Collection Services
- long distance haulage of waste are included in Division I Transport, Postal and Warehousing
- road sweeping or street cleaning are included in Class 7311 Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services
The ABS page for class 2911 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,356 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,111 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 826 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 313 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 100 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 6 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 | 354 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 599 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,066 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 175 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 75 businesses |
| $10m or more | 87 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 | 2,371 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 344 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 359 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,356 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 | 754 businesses |
| Victoria | 759 businesses |
| Queensland | 436 businesses |
| Western Australia | 200 businesses |
| South Australia | 144 businesses |
| Tasmania | 25 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 24 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 14 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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