Other Water Transport Support Services: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 5219, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Water Transport Support Services (ANZSIC class 5219) across Australia, June 2025
- 943 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Water Transport Support Services (ANZSIC class 5219) across Australia, June 2025
- 593 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Water Transport Support Services (ANZSIC class 5219) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 183 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Water Transport Support Services (ANZSIC class 5219) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 119 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 providing water transport support services not elsewhere classified.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Lighterage service
- Navigation service (water transport)
- Pilotage service
- Salvage service, marine
- Ship registration and agency service
- Towboat and tugboat operation
- Water vessel towing service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- repairing ships and boats (including factory overhauls or factory conversions) are included in Classes 2391 Shipbuilding and Repair Services and 2392 Boatbuilding and Repair Services respectively
- providing stevedoring services are included in Class 5211 Stevedoring Services
The ABS page for class 5219 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 943 businesses |
| Non-employing | 593 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 194 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 88 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 58 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 10 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 | 192 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 270 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 265 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 76 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 53 businesses |
| $10m or more | 87 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 | 879 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 183 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 119 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 943 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 | 245 businesses |
| Victoria | 114 businesses |
| Queensland | 253 businesses |
| Western Australia | 230 businesses |
| South Australia | 54 businesses |
| Tasmania | 30 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 0 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 15 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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