Metal Coating and Finishing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2293, in the Manufacturing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Metal Coating and Finishing (ANZSIC class 2293) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,435 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Metal Coating and Finishing (ANZSIC class 2293) across Australia, June 2025
- 537 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Metal Coating and Finishing (ANZSIC class 2293) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 135 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Metal Coating and Finishing (ANZSIC class 2293) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 144 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 engraving, polishing, heat treating, plating, galvanising, anodising, colouring, plastic dipping, ceramic or other coating or finishing of client supplied metals or metal products. This class also includes businesses mainly engaged in metal coating of non-metal products not elsewhere classified.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Anodising
- Boron nitride coating of machine tool parts
- Brass finishing or plating
- Cadmium plating
- Chromium plating
- Copper plating
- Enamelling of metal
- Engraving on metal (except process or photographic)
- Galvanising of client supplied materials
- Gold plating
The ABS page for class 2293 gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,435 businesses |
| Non-employing | 537 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 405 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 376 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 117 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 218 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 294 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 661 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 161 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 59 businesses |
| $10m or more | 42 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 | 1,444 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 135 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 144 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,435 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 | 413 businesses |
| Victoria | 373 businesses |
| Queensland | 311 businesses |
| Western Australia | 197 businesses |
| South Australia | 102 businesses |
| Tasmania | 22 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 7 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 10 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 0 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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