Other Store-Based Retailing n.e.c.: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4279, in the Retail Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Store-Based Retailing n.e.c. (ANZSIC class 4279) across Australia, June 2025
- 14,966 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Store-Based Retailing n.e.c. (ANZSIC class 4279) across Australia, June 2025
- 7,719 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Store-Based Retailing n.e.c. (ANZSIC class 4279) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,245 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Store-Based Retailing n.e.c. (ANZSIC class 4279) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 2,709 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 goods not elsewhere classified from store-based premises.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Art gallery operation (retail)
- Binocular retailing
- Bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) retailing
- Briquette retailing
- Clock retailing
- Coal retailing
- Coke retailing
- Computer consumables (toners, inks) retailing
- Craft goods retailing
- Duty free store operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- retailing second-hand sports cards are included in Class 4273 Antique and Used Goods Retailing
- retailing religious books are included in Class 4244 Newspaper and Book Retailing
- retailing goods without the use of a shopfront or physical store presence are included in Class 4310 Non-Store Retailing
- retailing goods on a commission basis are included in Class 4320 Retail Commission-Based Buying and/or Selling
The ABS page for class 4279 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 14,966 businesses |
| Non-employing | 7,719 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 4,868 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 2,107 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 254 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 18 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 | 3,064 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 4,252 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 5,986 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,128 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 294 businesses |
| $10m or more | 242 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 | 15,430 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,245 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 2,709 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 14,966 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 | 4,854 businesses |
| Victoria | 4,708 businesses |
| Queensland | 2,934 businesses |
| Western Australia | 1,136 businesses |
| South Australia | 775 businesses |
| Tasmania | 263 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 175 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 113 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 8 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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