Professional Photographic Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6991, in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Professional Photographic Services (ANZSIC class 6991) across Australia, June 2025
- 9,355 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Professional Photographic Services (ANZSIC class 6991) across Australia, June 2025
- 7,344 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Professional Photographic Services (ANZSIC class 6991) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,410 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Professional Photographic Services (ANZSIC class 6991) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,342 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 still, video or computer photography services, including the video taping of special events such as weddings.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Portrait photography service
- Professional photography service
- Street photography service
- Studio photography service
- Video filming of special events (e.g. birthdays, weddings)
- Wedding photography service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- retailing photographic equipment or supplies are included in the appropriate classes of Division G Retail Trade
- providing aerial surveying services are included in Class 6922 Surveying and Mapping Services
- motion picture and video production are included in Class 5511 Motion Picture and Video Production
- developing, printing or other processing of photographic film are included in Class 9532 Photographic Film Processing
The ABS page for class 6991 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 9,355 businesses |
| Non-employing | 7,344 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,757 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 206 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 46 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 2,371 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 4,713 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 2,173 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 66 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 21 businesses |
| $10m or more | 11 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 | 9,287 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,410 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,342 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 9,355 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 | 3,392 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,721 businesses |
| Queensland | 1,652 businesses |
| Western Australia | 799 businesses |
| South Australia | 462 businesses |
| Tasmania | 160 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 122 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 46 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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