Veterinary Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6970, in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Veterinary Services (ANZSIC class 6970) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,654 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Veterinary Services (ANZSIC class 6970) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,462 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Veterinary Services (ANZSIC class 6970) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 347 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Veterinary Services (ANZSIC class 6970) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 441 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 practice of veterinary medicine or surgical services for domestic animals or livestock. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in operating animal hospitals.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Animal clinic operation
- Animal hospital operation
- Animal pathology service
- Animal quarantine station operation
- Spaying service
- Veterinary clinic operation
- Veterinary service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing agricultural support services such as livestock improvement services, artificial insemination service or herd testing, etc. are included in Class 0529 Other Agriculture and Fishing Support Services
The ABS page for class 6970 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 3,654 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,462 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 818 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,001 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 366 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 7 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 | 559 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 773 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,475 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 627 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 159 businesses |
| $10m or more | 61 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 | 3,748 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 347 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 441 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 3,654 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 | 1,058 businesses |
| Victoria | 905 businesses |
| Queensland | 879 businesses |
| Western Australia | 427 businesses |
| South Australia | 231 businesses |
| Tasmania | 75 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 41 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 37 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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