Other Warehousing and Storage Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 5309, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Warehousing and Storage Services (ANZSIC class 5309) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,058 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Warehousing and Storage Services (ANZSIC class 5309) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,305 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Warehousing and Storage Services (ANZSIC class 5309) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 252 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Warehousing and Storage Services (ANZSIC class 5309) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 215 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 operating warehousing and storage facilities (except cereal grain storage).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bond store operation
- Bulk petroleum storage service
- Cool room storage service
- Controlled atmosphere store operation
- Free store operation (storage of goods not under bond)
- Furniture storage service
- Refrigerated storage service
- Storage n.e.c.
- Warehousing n.e.c.
- Wool storage service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating grain loading facilities at water transport terminals are included in Class 5212 Port and Water Transport Terminal Operations
- grain elevator, silo and storage operation are included in the Class 5301 Grain Storage Services
- self-storage renting or leasing are included in Class 6712 Non-Residential Property Operators
The ABS page for class 5309 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,058 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,305 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 427 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 203 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 112 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 11 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 | 430 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 532 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 729 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 165 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 89 businesses |
| $10m or more | 113 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 | 2,021 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 252 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 215 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,058 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 | 693 businesses |
| Victoria | 631 businesses |
| Queensland | 339 businesses |
| Western Australia | 186 businesses |
| South Australia | 150 businesses |
| Tasmania | 34 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 9 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 16 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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