Other Mining Support Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 1090, in the Mining division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Mining Support Services (ANZSIC class 1090) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,975 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Mining Support Services (ANZSIC class 1090) across Australia, June 2025
- 867 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Mining Support Services (ANZSIC class 1090) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 291 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Mining Support Services (ANZSIC class 1090) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 252 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 providing mining support services integral to the mining process.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Cementing oil and gas well castings
- Directional drilling and redrilling
- Mining draining and pumping service
- Oil and gas field support service n.e.c.
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- carrying out an entire mining operation are classified according to the deposit type
- providing geological or geophysical surveying services on a contract or fee basis are included in Class 6922 Surveying and Mapping Services
- providing ore testing, assaying or similar laboratory type services on a contract or fee basis are included in Class 6925 Scientific Testing and Analysis Services
- providing services incidental to the mining industry, such as catering and transport, are coded to the appropriate industry for that activity
- undertaking general exploration contracts for particular minerals or in providing related drilling services are included in Class 1012 Mineral Exploration
- undertaking mine site preparation and removal of overburden done on a contract or fee basis are included in Class 3212 Site Preparation Services
The ABS page for class 1090 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,975 businesses |
| Non-employing | 867 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 742 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 192 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 135 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 39 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 | 425 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 385 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 772 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 138 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 78 businesses |
| $10m or more | 177 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 | 1,936 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 291 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 252 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,975 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 | 379 businesses |
| Victoria | 136 businesses |
| Queensland | 636 businesses |
| Western Australia | 672 businesses |
| South Australia | 96 businesses |
| Tasmania | 29 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 17 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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