Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 9421, in the Other Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9421) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,489 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9421) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,326 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9421) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 268 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9421) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 288 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 and maintaining electrical, electronic and gas domestic appliances.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Air conditioner repair and maintenance
- Appliance domestic repair
- Heater (domestic) repair
- Microwave oven, domestic, repair
- Radio and stereo repair and maintenance (except automotive)
- Refrigerator, domestic, repair
- Sewing machine (domestic) repair
- Stove and/or oven (domestic) repair
- Television repair and maintenance
- VCR and DVD repair and maintenance
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- repairing and maintaining electronic and precision equipment such as radars, sonars and telescopes are included in Class 9422 Electronic (except Domestic Appliance) and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- installing central heating and air conditioning equipment are included in Class 3233 Air Conditioning and Heating Services
- installing and repairing automotive (car) radio or CD-players are included in Class 9411 Automotive Electrical Services
The ABS page for class 9421 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,489 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,326 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 925 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 209 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 27 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 | 399 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 882 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,065 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 98 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 28 businesses |
| $10m or more | 17 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 | 2,509 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 268 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 288 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,489 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 | 763 businesses |
| Victoria | 674 businesses |
| Queensland | 524 businesses |
| Western Australia | 271 businesses |
| South Australia | 160 businesses |
| Tasmania | 36 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 25 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 36 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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