Surveying and Mapping Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6922, in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Surveying and Mapping Services (ANZSIC class 6922) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,644 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Surveying and Mapping Services (ANZSIC class 6922) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,718 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Surveying and Mapping Services (ANZSIC class 6922) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 398 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Surveying and Mapping Services (ANZSIC class 6922) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 407 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 surveying and mapping services (including exploration surveying services on contract). Businesses in this class use a variety of surveying techniques depending on the purpose of the survey, including magnetic surveys, gravity surveys, seismic surveys or electrical and electromagnetic surveys. These services may also include surveying and mapping of areas above or below the surface of the earth.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Aerial surveying service
- Cadastral surveying service
- Engineering surveying service
- Geodetic surveying service
- Gravimetric surveying service
- Hydrographic surveying service
- Land surveying service
- Map preparation service
- Mining surveying service
- Oceanographic surveying service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- exploring for petroleum or minerals are included in the appropriate classes of Group 101 Exploration
The ABS page for class 6922 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 3,644 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,718 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,268 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 486 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 168 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 4 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 | 751 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 954 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,512 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 234 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 104 businesses |
| $10m or more | 89 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 | 3,653 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 398 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 407 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 3,644 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 | 1,029 businesses |
| Victoria | 721 businesses |
| Queensland | 774 businesses |
| Western Australia | 750 businesses |
| South Australia | 192 businesses |
| Tasmania | 91 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 54 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 31 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 0 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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