Motion Picture and Video Production: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 5511, in the Information Media and Telecommunications division.
- Actively trading businesses in Motion Picture and Video Production (ANZSIC class 5511) across Australia, June 2025
- 8,316 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Motion Picture and Video Production (ANZSIC class 5511) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,470 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Motion Picture and Video Production (ANZSIC class 5511) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,320 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Motion Picture and Video Production (ANZSIC class 5511) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,226 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 producing motion pictures, videos and television programs or commercials. These productions are recorded and stored on a variety of analogue or digital visual media such as film, video tape or DVD.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Motion picture production
- Television commercial production
- Television program production
- Video production
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- acquiring distribution rights and distributing motion pictures and videos are included in Class 5512 Motion Picture and Video Distribution
- producing pre-recorded radio programming are included in Class 5522 Music and Other Sound Recording Activities
- providing motion picture and video post-production services are included in Class 5514 Post-production Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Activities
- the mass duplication of audio and visual media are included in Class 1620 Reproduction of Recorded Media
- operating motion picture laboratories are included in Class 5514 Post-production Services and Other Motion Picture and Video Activities
- undertaking activities such as directing, acting and writing are included in the appropriate classes of Subdivision 90 Creative and Performing Arts Activities
The ABS page for class 5511 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 8,316 businesses |
| Non-employing | 5,470 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 2,219 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 398 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 193 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 36 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 | 2,600 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,110 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 2,257 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 192 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 84 businesses |
| $10m or more | 73 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 | 8,222 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,320 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,226 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 8,316 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 | 3,528 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,370 businesses |
| Queensland | 1,247 businesses |
| Western Australia | 464 businesses |
| South Australia | 392 businesses |
| Tasmania | 91 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 172 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 47 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 5 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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