Child Care Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 8710, in the Health Care and Social Assistance division.
- Actively trading businesses in Child Care Services (ANZSIC class 8710) across Australia, June 2025
- 11,395 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Child Care Services (ANZSIC class 8710) across Australia, June 2025
- 6,125 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Child Care Services (ANZSIC class 8710) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,825 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Child Care Services (ANZSIC class 8710) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,480 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 providing day care of infants or children.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Before and/or after school care service
- Child care service
- Childminding service
- Children’s nursery operation (except preschool education)
- Family day care service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing accredited preschool education are included in Class 8010 Preschool Education
- operating a children’s home are included in Class 8609 Other Residential Care Services
The ABS page for class 8710 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 11,395 businesses |
| Non-employing | 6,125 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,004 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,977 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 2,205 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 84 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 | 2,155 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,745 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 3,451 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,581 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 319 businesses |
| $10m or more | 144 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 | 11,050 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,825 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,480 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 11,395 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 | 4,484 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,614 businesses |
| Queensland | 2,446 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,036 businesses |
| South Australia | 420 businesses |
| Tasmania | 164 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 134 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 97 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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