Road Freight Transport: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4610, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Road Freight Transport (ANZSIC class 4610) across Australia, June 2025
- 65,225 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Road Freight Transport (ANZSIC class 4610) across Australia, June 2025
- 40,759 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Road Freight Transport (ANZSIC class 4610) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 12,738 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Road Freight Transport (ANZSIC class 4610) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 10,425 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 transportation of freight by road. It also includes businesses mainly engaged in renting trucks with drivers for road freight transport and road vehicle towing service.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Furniture removal service
- Log haulage service (road)
- Road freight transport service
- Road vehicle towing
- Taxi truck service (with driver)
- Truck hire service (with driver)
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating road freight terminals are included in Class 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c.
- providing road freight forwarding services are included in Class 5292 Freight Forwarding Services
- providing crating or packing for road freight transport are included in Class 7320 Packaging Services
- leasing or hiring trucks without drivers are included in Class 6619 Other Motor Vehicle and Transport Equipment Rental and Hiring
The ABS page for class 4610 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 65,225 businesses |
| Non-employing | 40,759 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 19,739 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 3,633 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 1,019 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 75 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 | 11,633 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 24,742 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 23,915 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 2,767 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 1,038 businesses |
| $10m or more | 1,130 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 | 62,912 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 12,738 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 10,425 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 65,225 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 | 19,309 businesses |
| Victoria | 20,939 businesses |
| Queensland | 12,103 businesses |
| Western Australia | 7,143 businesses |
| South Australia | 4,135 businesses |
| Tasmania | 810 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 500 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 284 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 3 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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