Taxi and Other Road Transport: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4623, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Taxi and Other Road Transport (ANZSIC class 4623) across Australia, June 2025
- 33,116 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Taxi and Other Road Transport (ANZSIC class 4623) across Australia, June 2025
- 31,960 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Taxi and Other Road Transport (ANZSIC class 4623) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 6,273 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Taxi and Other Road Transport (ANZSIC class 4623) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 8,081 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 taxi cabs or hire cars with drivers, or other forms of road vehicles not elsewhere classified, for the transportation of passengers.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Hire car service (with driver)
- Road passenger transport n.e.c.
- Taxi cab management service (i.e. operation on behalf of owner)
- Taxi service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- providing driving services for taxis or hire cars are included in Class 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c
- operating taxi trucks with drivers are included in Class 4610 Road Freight Transport
- leasing taxi cab plates (not vehicles) are included in Class 6640 Non-Financial Intangible Assets (Except Copyrights) Leasing
- leasing, hiring or renting motor vehicles without drivers are included in Class 6611 Passenger Car Rental and Hiring
- operating a taxi radio base are included in Class 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c.
- operating sightseeing transport equipment are included in Class 5010 Scenic and Sightseeing Transport
The ABS page for class 4623 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 33,116 businesses |
| Non-employing | 31,960 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 929 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 165 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 55 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 | 20,921 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 10,641 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,389 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 114 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 28 businesses |
| $10m or more | 23 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 | 34,924 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 6,273 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 8,081 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 33,116 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 | 9,640 businesses |
| Victoria | 13,107 businesses |
| Queensland | 5,055 businesses |
| Western Australia | 2,884 businesses |
| South Australia | 1,309 businesses |
| Tasmania | 377 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 495 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 246 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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