Waste Remediation and Materials Recovery Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2922, in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Waste Remediation and Materials Recovery Services (ANZSIC class 2922) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,048 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Waste Remediation and Materials Recovery Services (ANZSIC class 2922) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,041 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Waste Remediation and Materials Recovery Services (ANZSIC class 2922) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 341 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Waste Remediation and Materials Recovery Services (ANZSIC class 2922) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 317 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 remediation and clean up of contaminated buildings and mine sites, mine reclamation activities, removal of hazardous material such as asbestos and lead paint and other toxic material abatement. This class also includes businesses mainly engaged in providing materials recovery and sorting services.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Asbestos removal service
- Hazardous material removal
- Lead paint abatement service
- Materials recovery station operation
- Materials separating and sorting operation
- Mine reclamation
- Remediation service, environmental
- Toxic material abatement
- Waste remediation
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
- portable toilet renting are included in Class 2911 Solid Waste Collection Services
- providing cleaning services are included in Class 7311 Building and Other Industrial Cleaning Services
- cutting peat as a result of overburden from brown coal are included in Class 0600 Coal Mining
- undertaking mine site preparation and removal of overburden done on contract or fee are included in Class 3212 Site Preparation Services
The ABS page for class 2922 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,048 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,041 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 554 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 327 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 118 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 8 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 | 392 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 500 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 755 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 198 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 97 businesses |
| $10m or more | 106 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 | 2,024 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 341 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 317 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,048 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 | 636 businesses |
| Victoria | 524 businesses |
| Queensland | 438 businesses |
| Western Australia | 218 businesses |
| South Australia | 165 businesses |
| Tasmania | 36 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 17 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 13 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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