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Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 0990, in the Mining division.

Actively trading businesses in Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (ANZSIC class 0990) across Australia, June 2025
566 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (ANZSIC class 0990) across Australia, June 2025
396 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (ANZSIC class 0990) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
48 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (ANZSIC class 0990) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
58 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 mining or quarrying non-metallic minerals, except construction materials.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Abrasives mining
  • Alabaster mining
  • Alum mining
  • Alunite mining
  • Barite mining
  • Chrysoprase mining
  • Diamond mining
  • Diatomite mining
  • Felspar quarrying
  • Flint quarrying

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

  • cutting peat as a result of the removal of overburden from brown coal mines are included in Class 0600 Coal Mining
  • refining salt are included in Class 1199 Other Food Product Manufacturing n.e.c.
  • gemstone cutting are included in Class 2591 Jewellery and Silverware Manufacturing

The ABS page for class 0990 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.

By employment size

Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses566 businesses
Non-employing396 businesses
1 to 4 employees104 businesses
5 to 19 employees37 businesses
20 to 199 employees24 businesses
200 or more employees5 businesses

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

By turnover

Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k255 businesses
$50k to less than $200k132 businesses
$200k to less than $2m117 businesses
$2m to less than $5m23 businesses
$5m to less than $10m15 businesses
$10m or more24 businesses

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

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year576 businesses
ABS business entries48 businesses
ABS business exits58 businesses
At the end of the year566 businesses

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

By main state or territory

Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales129 businesses
Victoria58 businesses
Queensland118 businesses
Western Australia171 businesses
South Australia78 businesses
Tasmania4 businesses
Australian Capital Territory3 businesses
Northern Territory6 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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