Information Media and Telecommunications: ABS business counts by industry class
ANZSIC division J.
- Actively trading businesses in Information Media and Telecommunications (ANZSIC division J) across Australia, June 2025
- 25,248 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Information Media and Telecommunications (ANZSIC division J) across Australia, June 2025
- 15,971 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Information Media and Telecommunications (ANZSIC division J) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 6,644 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Each state's figure adds up the ABS counts for the small areas in it. The ABS adjusts those counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so the sums are approximate.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Information Media and Telecommunications Division includes businesses mainly engaged in: creating, enhancing and storing information products in media that allows for their dissemination; transmitting information products using analogue and digital signals (via electronic, wireless, optical and other means); and providing transmission services and/or operating the infrastructure to enable the transmission and storage of information and information products.
The ABS page for division J gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 25,248 businesses |
| Non-employing | 15,971 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 6,644 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,800 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 709 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 124 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 10,168 businesses |
| Victoria | Not published |
| Queensland | 4,156 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,821 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,172 businesses |
| Tasmania | 302 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 395 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 102 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Not published: the ABS leaves a cell blank that the state's sum needs. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Activities
Class profiles
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
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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