Other Depository Financial Intermediation: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6229, in the Financial and Insurance Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Depository Financial Intermediation (ANZSIC class 6229) across Australia, June 2025
- 954 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Depository Financial Intermediation (ANZSIC class 6229) across Australia, June 2025
- 631 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Depository Financial Intermediation (ANZSIC class 6229) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 120 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Depository Financial Intermediation (ANZSIC class 6229) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 109 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 accepting deposits and providing finance (except businesses operating banks, building societies and credit unions). Also included are deposit-taking businesses engaged in money market dealing and operating deposit-taking merchant banks or finance companies.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bill of exchange discounting or financing (except by banks)
- Commercial finance company operation
- Depository financial intermediation n.e.c.
- Merchant banking operation
- Money market dealing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating development, savings and trading banks are included in Class 6221 Banking
- operating building societies are included in Class 6222 Building Society Operation
- operating credit unions are included in Class 6223 Credit Union Operation
- providing non-depository credit intermediation are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing
- providing financial market transaction broking services (e.g. stock broking) and related activities on behalf of others are included in Class 6411 Financial Asset Broking Services
- providing financial investment management or advisory services or other services in the field of finance or investment (except insurance or superannuation), are included in Class 6419 Other Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services
The ABS page for class 6229 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 954 businesses |
| Non-employing | 631 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 233 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 69 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 13 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 | 289 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 200 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 300 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 59 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 16 businesses |
| $10m or more | 90 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 | 943 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 120 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 109 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 954 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 | 396 businesses |
| Victoria | 251 businesses |
| Queensland | 158 businesses |
| Western Australia | 84 businesses |
| South Australia | 46 businesses |
| Tasmania | 13 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 0 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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