Non-Depository Financing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6230, in the Financial and Insurance Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Non-Depository Financing (ANZSIC class 6230) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,025 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Non-Depository Financing (ANZSIC class 6230) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,299 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Non-Depository Financing (ANZSIC class 6230) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 653 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Non-Depository Financing (ANZSIC class 6230) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 691 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 non-depository finance. Non-deposit financiers do not incur deposit liabilities and are mainly engaged in providing credit or lending money, or in leasing machinery, plant or equipment purely on a financial service basis (i.e. without physically handling the goods). Businesses of co-operative housing societies (except co-operative housing society management services on a commission or fee basis) are included.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Co-operative housing society operation (except co-operative housing society management services on a commission or fee basis)
- Credit card issuing operation
- Non-depository financing
- Non-depository home lending operation
- Non-depository money lending operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- deposit-taking financial operations are included in Group 622 Depository Financial Intermediation
- providing financial asset investment consultancy services, or in managing the operations of co-operative housing societies on a commission or fee basis, are included in Class 6419 Other Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services
The ABS page for class 6230 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 3,025 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,299 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 471 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 135 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 101 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 19 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 | 674 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 721 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 870 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 219 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 132 businesses |
| $10m or more | 409 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 | 3,063 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 653 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 691 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 3,025 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 | 1,630 businesses |
| Victoria | 630 businesses |
| Queensland | 428 businesses |
| Western Australia | 183 businesses |
| South Australia | 100 businesses |
| Tasmania | 21 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 20 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 4 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 9 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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