Stationery Goods Retailing: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4272, in the Retail Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Stationery Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4272) across Australia, June 2025
- 787 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Stationery Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4272) across Australia, June 2025
- 368 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Stationery Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4272) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 81 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Stationery Goods Retailing (ANZSIC class 4272) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 107 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 stationery goods and writing materials.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Artists’ supplies retailing
- Ink retailing
- Note book retailing
- Pen or pencil retailing
- Stationery retailing
- Writing material retailing
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- retailing books or magazines are included in Class 4244 Newspaper and Book Retailing
The ABS page for class 4272 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 787 businesses |
| Non-employing | 368 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 272 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 123 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 23 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 195 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 183 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 311 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 62 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 26 businesses |
| $10m or more | 10 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 | 813 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 81 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 107 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 787 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 | 229 businesses |
| Victoria | 307 businesses |
| Queensland | 121 businesses |
| Western Australia | 66 businesses |
| South Australia | 47 businesses |
| Tasmania | 5 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 8 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 3 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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