Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 9429, in the Other Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9429) across Australia, June 2025
- 13,113 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9429) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,987 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9429) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,866 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance (ANZSIC class 9429) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,552 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 the repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified. Also included in this class are businesses which either sharpen/install blades and saws or provide welding repair services.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Agricultural or farm machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- Blade sharpening
- Brushcutter repair and maintenance
- Construction machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- Electric motor repair and maintenance, including armature rewinding (except factory based)
- Electrical generating and transmission equipment repair and maintenance
- Engine repair (except automotive)
- Food machinery and equipment (industrial) repair and maintenance
- Forestry machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
- Foundry machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- repairing and maintaining electronic and precision equipment are included in Class 9422 Electronic (except Domestic Appliance) and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- repairing and servicing aircraft are included in Class 2394 Aircraft Manufacturing and Repair Services
- repairing and servicing railway rolling stock are included in Class 2393 Railway Rolling Stock Manufacturing and Repair Services
- repairing and overhauling at shipyards ships of 50 tonnes and over displacement are included in Class 2391 Shipbuilding and Repair Services
- repairing boats of under 50 tonnes displacement are included in Class 2392 Boatbuilding and Repair Services
- factory rebuilding of electric motors are included in Class 2439 Other Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
- repairing and maintaining domestic appliances are included in Class 9421 Domestic Appliance Repair and Maintenance
The ABS page for class 9429 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 13,113 businesses |
| Non-employing | 5,987 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 5,420 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,360 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 331 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 15 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 | 1,842 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 3,642 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 6,146 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 829 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 352 businesses |
| $10m or more | 302 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 | 12,799 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,866 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,552 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 13,113 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 | 3,379 businesses |
| Victoria | 3,067 businesses |
| Queensland | 3,577 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,942 businesses |
| South Australia | 727 businesses |
| Tasmania | 215 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 54 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 146 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 6 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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