Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2491, in the Manufacturing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2491) across Australia, June 2025
- 529 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2491) across Australia, June 2025
- 180 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2491) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 57 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Lifting and Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2491) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 55 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 manufacturing forklift trucks, cranes, winches, hoists or hoisting equipment, conveyors or conveying systems, materials handling equipment not elsewhere classified, or specialised parts for such equipment. This class also includes businesses mainly engaged in manufacturing elevators, escalators or lifts, or in manufacturing tractors not elsewhere classified.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Capstan manufacturing (except for lathes)
- Conveyor or conveying system manufacturing
- Crane manufacturing
- Derrick manufacturing
- Elevator manufacturing
- Escalator or escalator parts manufacturing
- Forklift truck manufacturing
- Hoist or hoisting equipment manufacturing (except clothes hoists)
- Hydraulic lifting equipment and parts manufacturing
- Jacking equipment manufacturing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- repairing lifting and material handling equipment are included in Class 9429 Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- manufacturing agricultural tractors are included in Class 2461 Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- manufacturing crawler tractors are included in Class 2462 Mining and Construction Machinery Manufacturing
- the erection or installation (including on-site fabrication) of structural steel components for overhead cranes, conveyor systems or similar structures are included in Division E Construction
- installing elevators, escalators or lifts are included in Division E Construction
The ABS page for class 2491 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 529 businesses |
| Non-employing | 180 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 153 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 129 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 62 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 5 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 | 90 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 75 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 188 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 71 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 41 businesses |
| $10m or more | 64 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 | 527 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 57 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 55 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 529 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 | 163 businesses |
| Victoria | 143 businesses |
| Queensland | 105 businesses |
| Western Australia | 63 businesses |
| South Australia | 41 businesses |
| Tasmania | 9 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 0 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 4 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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