Financial Asset Broking Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6411, in the Financial and Insurance Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Financial Asset Broking Services (ANZSIC class 6411) across Australia, June 2025
- 11,585 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Financial Asset Broking Services (ANZSIC class 6411) across Australia, June 2025
- 7,475 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Financial Asset Broking Services (ANZSIC class 6411) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,924 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Financial Asset Broking Services (ANZSIC class 6411) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,317 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 trading in stocks, shares or other financial assets on behalf of others, or in underwriting financial asset issues. Also included in this class are businesses mainly engaged in buying, selling and trading in mortgage documents for others.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Commodity futures broking or dealing (on a commission or transaction fee basis)
- Financial asset broking service (on a commission or transaction fee basis)
- Stock broking or trading (on a commission or transaction fee basis)
- Trading of mortgages operation (on a commission or transaction fee basis)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- investing money in financial assets such as shares, bonds, bills, etc, on own account are included in Class 6240 Financial Asset Investing
- providing investment management or advisory services, or arranging home loans for others on a commission or fee basis, are included in Class 6419 Other Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services
The ABS page for class 6411 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 11,585 businesses |
| Non-employing | 7,475 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 3,683 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 348 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 68 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 11 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 | 3,656 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,883 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 3,514 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 271 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 90 businesses |
| $10m or more | 171 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 | 10,978 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,924 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,317 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 11,585 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 | 4,563 businesses |
| Victoria | 3,429 businesses |
| Queensland | 1,752 businesses |
| Western Australia | 952 businesses |
| South Australia | 619 businesses |
| Tasmania | 85 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 149 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 32 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 4 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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