Funeral, Crematorium and Cemetery Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 9520, in the Other Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Funeral, Crematorium and Cemetery Services (ANZSIC class 9520) across Australia, June 2025
- 942 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Funeral, Crematorium and Cemetery Services (ANZSIC class 9520) across Australia, June 2025
- 400 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Funeral, Crematorium and Cemetery Services (ANZSIC class 9520) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 86 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Funeral, Crematorium and Cemetery Services (ANZSIC class 9520) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 120 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 preparing deceased for burial, internment or cremation in organising funerals. Also included are businesses operating cemeteries.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Cemetery operation
- Columbarium operation
- Crematorium operation
- Embalming service
- Funeral directing
- Mausoleum operation
- Memorial garden (i.e. burial place) operation
- Mortician service
- Pet cemetery operation
- Undertaking service
The ABS page for class 9520 gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 942 businesses |
| Non-employing | 400 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 299 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 201 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 36 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 | 162 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 177 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 426 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 133 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 22 businesses |
| $10m or more | 22 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 | 976 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 86 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 120 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 942 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 | 360 businesses |
| Victoria | 288 businesses |
| Queensland | 129 businesses |
| Western Australia | 48 businesses |
| South Australia | 81 businesses |
| Tasmania | 19 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 5 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 12 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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