Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 2511, in the Manufacturing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2511) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,328 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2511) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,253 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2511) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 588 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Wooden Furniture and Upholstered Seat Manufacturing (ANZSIC class 2511) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 526 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 furniture of wood or predominantly of wood (except custom-made built-in furniture), complete upholstered seating with wooden or metal frames (including seats convertible into beds) or in upholstering wooden furniture. This class also includes businesses mainly engaged in manufacturing upholstered seats with frames of any material for transport equipment.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bedroom suite, wooden, manufacturing
- Chair manufacturing (except dental chairs fitted with mechanical devices)
- Dining room furniture, wooden, manufacturing
- Disassembled furniture, wooden, manufacturing
- Disassembled kitchen furniture, wooden, manufacturing
- Furniture part, wooden, manufacturing
- Furniture reupholstering
- Lounge suite manufacturing
- Office furniture, wooden, manufacturing
- Outdoor furniture, wooden, manufacturing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- manufacturing custom made built-in furniture or shop fronts made of wood or joinery n.e.c. are included in Class 1492 Wooden Structural Fitting and Component Manufacturing
- manufacturing furniture predominantly of metal, including sheet metal and tubular metal, are included in Class 2512 Metal Furniture Manufacturing
- manufacturing dental chairs fitted with mechanical devices are included in Class 2412 Medical and Surgical Equipment Manufacturing
- finishing or French polishing furniture are included in Class 9499 Other Repair and Maintenance n.e.c
- on-site fabrication of built-in furniture or other joinery are included in Class 3242 Carpentry Services
The ABS page for class 2511 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,328 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,253 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,328 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 616 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 129 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 3 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 | 605 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,487 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,782 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 292 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 90 businesses |
| $10m or more | 72 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 | 4,266 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 588 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 526 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,328 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 | 1,293 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,428 businesses |
| Queensland | 786 businesses |
| Western Australia | 417 businesses |
| South Australia | 281 businesses |
| Tasmania | 70 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 33 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 17 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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