Legal Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6931, in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Legal Services (ANZSIC class 6931) across Australia, June 2025
- 24,004 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Legal Services (ANZSIC class 6931) across Australia, June 2025
- 12,569 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Legal Services (ANZSIC class 6931) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,319 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Legal Services (ANZSIC class 6931) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,988 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 legal representation and advice and the preparation of legal documents. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in establishing the legal ownership of a property such as title-searching services.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Advocate service
- Barrister service
- Conveyancing service
- Legal aid service
- Legal service
- Notary service
- Patent attorney service
- Solicitor service
- Title-searching service
The ABS page for class 6931 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 24,004 businesses |
| Non-employing | 12,569 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 7,588 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 3,240 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 573 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 34 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 | 3,330 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 5,245 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 13,296 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,407 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 390 businesses |
| $10m or more | 336 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 | 23,673 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,319 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,988 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 24,004 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 | 9,446 businesses |
| Victoria | 6,718 businesses |
| Queensland | 4,029 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,821 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,288 businesses |
| Tasmania | 233 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 331 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 126 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 12 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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