Freight Forwarding Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 5292, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Freight Forwarding Services (ANZSIC class 5292) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,137 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Freight Forwarding Services (ANZSIC class 5292) across Australia, June 2025
- 434 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Freight Forwarding Services (ANZSIC class 5292) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 133 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Freight Forwarding Services (ANZSIC class 5292) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 122 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 contracting the transportation of goods for other enterprises, using one or more different enterprises to perform the contracted services by road, rail, air, sea freight transport or any combination of the modes of transport. (In these cases, the ’forwarding’ business takes prime responsibility for the entire transport operation).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Air freight forwarding service
- Rail freight forwarding service
- Road freight forwarding service
- Water freight forwarding service
The ABS page for class 5292 gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,137 businesses |
| Non-employing | 434 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 430 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 162 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 87 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 24 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 | 157 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 170 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 375 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 138 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 88 businesses |
| $10m or more | 209 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 | 1,126 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 133 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 122 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,137 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 | 434 businesses |
| Victoria | 367 businesses |
| Queensland | 179 businesses |
| Western Australia | 80 businesses |
| South Australia | 50 businesses |
| Tasmania | 17 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 3 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 4 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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