- Actively trading businesses in Fuel Retailing (ANZSIC class 4000) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,032 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Fuel Retailing (ANZSIC class 4000) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,228 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Fuel Retailing (ANZSIC class 4000) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 616 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Fuel Retailing (ANZSIC class 4000) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 479 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 fuels, including petrol, LPG or lubricating oils.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Automotive, compressed natural gas (CNG), retailing
- Automotive, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), retailing
- Diesel oil retailing
- Distillate retailing
- Engine oil retailing
- Kerosene retailing
- Lubricating oil or grease retailing
- Petrol retailing
- Service station operation (mainly petrol retailing)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- wholesaling of petroleum products are included in Class 3321 Petroleum Product Wholesaling
- automotive repairs and services are included in the appropriate classes of Group 941 Automotive Repair and Maintenance
The ABS page for class 4000 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,032 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,228 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,240 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,331 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 222 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 11 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 | 458 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 372 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,382 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 791 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 510 businesses |
| $10m or more | 519 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 | 3,895 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 616 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 479 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,032 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 | 1,467 businesses |
| Victoria | 952 businesses |
| Queensland | 787 businesses |
| Western Australia | 333 businesses |
| South Australia | 296 businesses |
| Tasmania | 121 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 28 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 48 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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