- Actively trading businesses in Manufacturing (ANZSIC division C) across Australia, June 2025
- 90,663 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Manufacturing (ANZSIC division C) across Australia, June 2025
- 42,895 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Manufacturing (ANZSIC division C) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 25,136 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.
- The Australian total also counts businesses in the Other Territories or with no known state, which have no row of their own here, so the states need not add up to it.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Manufacturing Division includes businesses mainly engaged in the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances or components into new products (except agriculture and construction). The materials, substances or components transformed by businesses in this division are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining, or products of other manufacturing businesses.
The ABS page for division C gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 90,663 businesses |
| Non-employing | 42,895 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 25,136 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 15,478 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 6,616 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 538 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 | 28,884 businesses |
| Victoria | 23,606 businesses |
| Queensland | 18,355 businesses |
| Western Australia | 9,957 businesses |
| South Australia | 6,631 businesses |
| Tasmania | 1,894 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 652 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 493 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
Textile, Leather, Clothing and Footwear Manufacturing
Wood Product Manufacturing
Printing (including the Reproduction of Recorded Media)
Class profiles
Basic Chemical and Chemical Product Manufacturing
Polymer Product and Rubber Product Manufacturing
Non-Metallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
Primary Metal and Metal Product Manufacturing
Class profiles
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
Class profiles
- Architectural Aluminium Product Manufacturing
- Boiler, Tank and Other Heavy Gauge Metal Container Manufacturing
- Metal Coating and Finishing
- Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
- Other Structural Metal Product Manufacturing
- Prefabricated Metal Building Manufacturing
- Sheet Metal Product Manufacturing (except Metal Structural and Container Products)
- Structural Steel Fabricating
Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
Class profiles
- Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing
- Machine Tool and Parts Manufacturing
- Medical and Surgical Equipment Manufacturing
- Mining and Construction Machinery Manufacturing
- Other Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
- Other Electronic Equipment Manufacturing
- Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing n.e.c.
- Other Professional and Scientific Equipment Manufacturing
- Other Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
Furniture and Other Manufacturing
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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