Supermarket and Grocery Stores: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4110, in the Retail Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Supermarket and Grocery Stores (ANZSIC class 4110) across Australia, June 2025
- 10,313 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Supermarket and Grocery Stores (ANZSIC class 4110) across Australia, June 2025
- 3,685 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Supermarket and Grocery Stores (ANZSIC class 4110) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 2,104 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Supermarket and Grocery Stores (ANZSIC class 4110) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 1,438 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 groceries or non-specialised food lines (including convenience stores), whether or not the selling is organised on a self-service basis.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Convenience store operation
- Grocery retailing
- Grocery supermarket operation
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- retailing specialised food lines are included in the appropriate classes of Group 412 Specialised Food Retailing
The ABS page for class 4110 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 10,313 businesses |
| Non-employing | 3,685 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 3,695 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 1,916 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 980 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 37 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 | 1,328 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,415 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 4,974 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 1,411 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 626 businesses |
| $10m or more | 559 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 | 9,647 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 2,104 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 1,438 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 10,313 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 | 3,478 businesses |
| Victoria | 2,886 businesses |
| Queensland | 1,873 businesses |
| Western Australia | 896 businesses |
| South Australia | 628 businesses |
| Tasmania | 225 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 181 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 146 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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