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Fruit and Vegetable Retailing: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 4122, in the Retail Trade division.

Actively trading businesses in Fruit and Vegetable Retailing (ANZSIC class 4122) across Australia, June 2025
2,240 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Fruit and Vegetable Retailing (ANZSIC class 4122) across Australia, June 2025
944 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Fruit and Vegetable Retailing (ANZSIC class 4122) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
323 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Fruit and Vegetable Retailing (ANZSIC class 4122) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
352 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 retailing fresh fruit or vegetables.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Fruit, fresh, retailing
  • Greengrocery operation (retail)
  • Vegetable, fresh, retailing

The ABS page for class 4122 gives the full definition.

By employment size

Fruit and Vegetable Retailing businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses2,240 businesses
Non-employing944 businesses
1 to 4 employees619 businesses
5 to 19 employees469 businesses
20 to 199 employees201 businesses
200 or more employees7 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By turnover

Fruit and Vegetable Retailing businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k264 businesses
$50k to less than $200k335 businesses
$200k to less than $2m978 businesses
$2m to less than $5m327 businesses
$5m to less than $10m181 businesses
$10m or more155 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 3, June 2025. Checked 16 Oct 2026.

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Fruit and Vegetable Retailing businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year2,269 businesses
ABS business entries323 businesses
ABS business exits352 businesses
At the end of the year2,240 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

By main state or territory

Fruit and Vegetable Retailing businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales750 businesses
Victoria605 businesses
Queensland452 businesses
Western Australia193 businesses
South Australia178 businesses
Tasmania28 businesses
Australian Capital Territory23 businesses
Northern Territory11 businesses
Other Territories or Currently Unknown0 businesses

Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Sources

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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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