Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6631, in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6631) across Australia, June 2025
- 11,743 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6631) across Australia, June 2025
- 8,845 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6631) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 1,675 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Heavy Machinery and Scaffolding Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6631) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,172 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 hiring, leasing or renting, without operators, heavy machinery and scaffolding (including mobile platforms) from stock physically held for the purpose.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Agricultural machinery rental (without operator)
- Construction machinery rental (without operator)
- Mining machinery rental (without operator)
- Mobile platform rental
- Scaffolding rental (except erection of scaffolding)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- financial leasing of heavy machinery or scaffolding, i.e. providing finance for purchase of equipment to be leased (for its expected life or until fully depreciated) to another business, are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing
- renting and leasing heavy machinery with operators are included in the division where the equipment is predominantly used
- hiring, leasing and renting transport equipment are included in Classes 6611 Passenger Car Rental and Hiring and 6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring
- erection of scaffolding are included in Division E Construction
The ABS page for class 6631 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 11,743 businesses |
| Non-employing | 8,845 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,869 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 737 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 275 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 17 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 | 2,949 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 2,954 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 4,355 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 816 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 342 businesses |
| $10m or more | 327 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 | 11,240 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 1,675 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,172 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 11,743 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 | 3,064 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,567 businesses |
| Queensland | 3,132 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,735 businesses |
| South Australia | 843 businesses |
| Tasmania | 183 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 97 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 117 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 5 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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