Automotive Body, Paint and Interior Repair: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 9412, in the Other Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Automotive Body, Paint and Interior Repair (ANZSIC class 9412) across Australia, June 2025
- 14,479 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Automotive Body, Paint and Interior Repair (ANZSIC class 9412) across Australia, June 2025
- 7,742 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Automotive Body, Paint and Interior Repair (ANZSIC class 9412) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,499 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Automotive Body, Paint and Interior Repair (ANZSIC class 9412) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 2,101 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 repairing, panel beating and/or spray painting smashed or damaged automotive vehicles. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in replacing, repairing and/or tinting automotive vehicle glass, businesses repairing the interior/exterior of automotive vehicle as well as businesses providing car wash or cleaning services.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Automotive body repair
- Automotive interior repair
- Automotive reupholstery
- Automotive rustproofing and undercoating
- Automotive spray painting
- Automotive trimming
- Car detailing
- Car wash or cleaning operation
- Panel beating (motor body repairing)
- Smash repair
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing general automotive repair and maintenance services or undertaking automotive (mechanical) conversions (such as converting foreign cars from left to right hand drive) or restoration activities are included in Class 9419 Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
- providing towing services for smashed or damaged automotive vehicles are included in Class 4610 Road Freight Transport
The ABS page for class 9412 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 14,479 businesses |
| Non-employing | 7,742 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 4,705 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,826 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 200 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 6 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 | 2,330 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 5,191 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 5,655 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 892 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 301 businesses |
| $10m or more | 110 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 | 14,081 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,499 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 2,101 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 14,479 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 | 4,330 businesses |
| Victoria | 3,981 businesses |
| Queensland | 3,044 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,647 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,025 businesses |
| Tasmania | 209 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 136 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 106 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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