Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services: ABS business counts by industry class
ANZSIC division L.
- Actively trading businesses in Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services (ANZSIC division L) across Australia, June 2025
- 308,127 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services (ANZSIC division L) across Australia, June 2025
- 268,316 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services (ANZSIC division L) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 29,133 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Each state's figure adds up the ABS counts for the small areas in it. The ABS adjusts those counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so the sums are approximate.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services Division includes businesses mainly engaged in renting, hiring, or otherwise allowing the use of tangible or intangible assets (except copyrights), and businesses providing related services. The major portion of this division comprises businesses that rent, hire, or otherwise allow the use of their own assets by others. The assets may be tangible, as in the case of real estate and equipment, or intangible, as in the case with patents and trademarks.
The ABS page for division L gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 308,127 businesses |
| Non-employing | 268,316 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 29,133 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 8,736 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 1,843 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 99 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 104,360 businesses |
| Victoria | 82,173 businesses |
| Queensland | 61,255 businesses |
| Western Australia | 29,400 businesses |
| South Australia | 20,965 businesses |
| Tasmania | 4,279 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 3,634 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 1,990 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Rental and Hiring Services (except Real Estate)
Property Operators and Real Estate Services
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
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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