Passenger Car Rental and Hiring: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 6611, in the Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services division.
- Actively trading businesses in Passenger Car Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6611) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,735 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Passenger Car Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6611) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,850 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Passenger Car Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6611) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 920 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Passenger Car Rental and Hiring (ANZSIC class 6611) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 668 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 passenger cars without drivers. Passenger cars include station wagons and minibuses.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Car rental (without driver)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- hiring, leasing or renting motorcycles are included in Class 6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring
- financial leasing of passenger cars, i.e. providing finance for purchase of vehicles to be leased (for their expected life or until they are fully depreciated) to another business, are included in Class 6230 Non-Depository Financing
- hiring, leasing or renting taxi cabs or hire cars with drivers are included in Class 4623 Taxi and Other Road Transport
The ABS page for class 6611 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 3,735 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,850 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 682 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 144 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 49 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 10 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 | 1,273 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,256 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 959 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 125 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 42 businesses |
| $10m or more | 80 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 | 3,483 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 920 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 668 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 3,735 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 | 1,008 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,293 businesses |
| Queensland | 675 businesses |
| Western Australia | 408 businesses |
| South Australia | 229 businesses |
| Tasmania | 54 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 31 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 36 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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