Other Specialised Design Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6924, in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Specialised Design Services (ANZSIC class 6924) across Australia, June 2025
- 17,498 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Specialised Design Services (ANZSIC class 6924) across Australia, June 2025
- 12,124 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Specialised Design Services (ANZSIC class 6924) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,534 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Specialised Design Services (ANZSIC class 6924) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 2,353 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 specialised design services not elsewhere classified.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Commercial art service
- Fashion design service
- Graphic design service
- Interior design service
- Jewellery design service
- Signwriting
- Textile design service
- Ticket writing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing architectural services (including landscape design services and architectural draughting services) are included in Class 6921 Architectural Services
- providing engineering design services are included in Class 6923 Engineering Design and Engineering Consulting Services
- providing computer system design services are included in Class 7000 Computer System Design and Related Services
- providing set designing, costume designing or theatre lighting design services are included in Class 9002 Creative Artists, Musicians, Writers and Performers
The ABS page for class 6924 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 17,498 businesses |
| Non-employing | 12,124 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 4,347 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 900 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 124 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 | 4,345 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 7,476 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 5,060 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 405 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 142 businesses |
| $10m or more | 70 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 | 17,317 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,534 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 2,353 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 17,498 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 | 6,769 businesses |
| Victoria | 4,927 businesses |
| Queensland | 3,019 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,304 businesses |
| South Australia | 936 businesses |
| Tasmania | 253 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 215 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 69 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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