Hairdressing and Beauty Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 9511, in the Other Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Hairdressing and Beauty Services (ANZSIC class 9511) across Australia, June 2025
- 37,517 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Hairdressing and Beauty Services (ANZSIC class 9511) across Australia, June 2025
- 16,815 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Hairdressing and Beauty Services (ANZSIC class 9511) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 6,945 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Hairdressing and Beauty Services (ANZSIC class 9511) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 5,864 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 hairdressing services or in providing beauty services such as nail care services, facials or applying make-up.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Barber shop operation
- Beauty service
- Electrolysis service
- Hair restoration service (except hair transplant service)
- Hairdressing service
- Make-up service
- Nail care service
- Skin care service
- Tanning (solarium) service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing medical skin care services such as cosmetic surgery and dermatology services, or in providing medical or surgical hair replacement or transplant services, are included in Class 8512 Specialist Medical Services
The ABS page for class 9511 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 37,517 businesses |
| Non-employing | 16,815 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 15,897 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 4,515 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 285 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 5 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 | 5,193 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 16,204 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 15,604 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 441 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 50 businesses |
| $10m or more | 25 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 | 36,436 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 6,945 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 5,864 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 37,517 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 | 12,637 businesses |
| Victoria | 10,333 businesses |
| Queensland | 7,284 businesses |
| Western Australia | 3,581 businesses |
| South Australia | 2,308 businesses |
| Tasmania | 586 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 582 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 203 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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