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Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing: ABS business counts

ANZSIC class 4214, in the Retail Trade division.

Actively trading businesses in Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4214) across Australia, June 2025
1,292 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
Actively trading non-employing businesses in Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4214) across Australia, June 2025
677 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
ABS business entries in Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4214) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
96 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
ABS business exits in Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4214) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
154 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 fabrics, curtains or household textiles.

Examples the ABS lists:

  • Blanket retailing
  • Curtain retailing
  • Dressmaking requisites retailing
  • Fabric, textile, retailing
  • Household textile retailing
  • Linen retailing
  • Piece-goods retailing
  • Soft furnishing retailing
  • Yarn retailing

The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:

  • installing awnings, blinds, shutters or curtains are included in Class 3239 Other Building Installation Services
  • manufacturing curtains or cushions are included in Class 1333 Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing

The ABS page for class 4214 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.

By employment size

Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing businesses across Australia by employment size
BusinessesCount
All businesses1,292 businesses
Non-employing677 businesses
1 to 4 employees457 businesses
5 to 19 employees139 businesses
20 to 199 employees13 businesses
200 or more employees6 businesses

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

By turnover

Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing businesses across Australia by turnover
BusinessesCount
Zero to less than $50k250 businesses
$50k to less than $200k339 businesses
$200k to less than $2m604 businesses
$2m to less than $5m65 businesses
$5m to less than $10m16 businesses
$10m or more18 businesses

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

Entries and exits, 2024-25

Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing businesses across Australia over 2024-25
BusinessesCount
At the start of the year1,350 businesses
ABS business entries96 businesses
ABS business exits154 businesses
At the end of the year1,292 businesses

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

By main state or territory

Manchester and Other Textile Goods Retailing businesses by main state or territory
BusinessesCount
New South Wales354 businesses
Victoria523 businesses
Queensland210 businesses
Western Australia77 businesses
South Australia77 businesses
Tasmania33 businesses
Australian Capital Territory12 businesses
Northern Territory6 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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