Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 5102, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services (ANZSIC class 5102) across Australia, June 2025
- 67,061 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services (ANZSIC class 5102) across Australia, June 2025
- 61,324 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services (ANZSIC class 5102) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 27,239 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Courier Pick-up and Delivery Services (ANZSIC class 5102) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 14,500 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 the door to door pick-up (i.e. from the customer’s residence or place of business), transport and delivery of letters, documents, parcels and other items weighing less than 30 kgs.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Customised express pick-up and delivery service
- Grocery delivery service
- Home delivery service
- Messenger service
- Pick-up and delivery service n.e.c.
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing postal services are included in the Class 5101 Postal Services
- operating trucks for the transportation of freight by road are included in Class 4610 Road Freight Transport
The ABS page for class 5102 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 67,061 businesses |
| Non-employing | 61,324 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 4,995 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 525 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 210 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 7 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 | 25,480 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 37,530 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 3,514 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 301 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 128 businesses |
| $10m or more | 108 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 | 54,322 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 27,239 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 14,500 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 67,061 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 | 20,370 businesses |
| Victoria | 21,278 businesses |
| Queensland | 9,383 businesses |
| Western Australia | 9,035 businesses |
| South Australia | 4,457 businesses |
| Tasmania | 895 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 1,228 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 396 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 19 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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