Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2312, in the Manufacturing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2312) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,493 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2312) across Australia, June 2025
- 666 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2312) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 164 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2312) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 197 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 motor vehicle bodies (including buses and trucks), caravans and trailers, and in vehicle modifications involving permanent changes to bodywork using an existing engine and chassis.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Ambulance converting
- Boat trailer manufacturing
- Bus vehicle body assembly on supplied motor and chassis
- Campervan manufacturing
- Caravan manufacturing
- Fire truck converting
- Horse float manufacturing
- Motor vehicle converting
- Stock crate manufacturing
- Trailer manufacturing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- panel beating or smash repairing of motor vehicles are included in the appropriate classes of Group 941 Automotive Repair and Maintenance
The ABS page for class 2312 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,493 businesses |
| Non-employing | 666 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 326 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 308 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 178 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 15 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 | 292 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 538 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 186 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 98 businesses |
| $10m or more | 161 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 | 1,526 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 164 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 197 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,493 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 | 306 businesses |
| Victoria | 544 businesses |
| Queensland | 388 businesses |
| Western Australia | 135 businesses |
| South Australia | 92 businesses |
| Tasmania | 21 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 6 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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