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Log Sawmilling: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 1411, in the Manufacturing division.

Actively trading businesses in Log Sawmilling (ANZSIC class 1411) across Australia, June 2025
536 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Log Sawmilling (ANZSIC class 1411) across Australia, June 2025
284 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Log Sawmilling (ANZSIC class 1411) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
24 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Log Sawmilling (ANZSIC class 1411) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
38 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 rough sawn timber, and boards.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Log sawmilling
  • Rough sawn timber manufacturing
  • Shook manufacturing (for containers)

The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:

  • hewing or rough shaping timber or cutting firewood in forests are included in Class 0302 Logging
  • manufacturing softwood or hardwood wood chips are included in Class 1412 Wood Chipping
  • kiln drying, seasoning or chemically preserving timber (except chemical preservation of logs sawn at the same business) are included in Class 1413 Timber Resawing and Dressing

The ABS page for class 1411 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.

By employment size

Log Sawmilling businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses536 businesses
Non-employing284 businesses
1 to 4 employees110 businesses
5 to 19 employees86 businesses
20 to 199 employees53 businesses
200 or more employees3 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By turnover

Log Sawmilling businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k127 businesses
$50k to less than $200k113 businesses
$200k to less than $2m178 businesses
$2m to less than $5m52 businesses
$5m to less than $10m33 businesses
$10m or more33 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Log Sawmilling businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year550 businesses
ABS business entries24 businesses
ABS business exits38 businesses
At the end of the year536 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By main state or territory

Log Sawmilling businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales175 businesses
Victoria92 businesses
Queensland159 businesses
Western Australia54 businesses
South Australia18 businesses
Tasmania38 businesses
Australian Capital Territory0 businesses
Northern Territory0 businesses
Other Territories or Currently Unknown0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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