Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway): ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 4622, in the Transport, Postal and Warehousing division.
- Actively trading businesses in Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway) (ANZSIC class 4622) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,963 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway) (ANZSIC class 4622) across Australia, June 2025
- 955 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway) (ANZSIC class 4622) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 205 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Urban Bus Transport (Including Tramway) (ANZSIC class 4622) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 201 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 urban buses and tramways for the transportation of passengers, over regular routes and on regular schedules, mainly in a metropolitan area.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Airport bus service
- Metropolitan bus service
- Metropolitan charter bus service
- School bus service
- Tramway passenger transport service
- Urban bus service
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating interurban and rural buses for the transportation of passengers are included in Class 4621 Interurban and Rural Bus Transport
- operating bus passenger terminals are included in Class 5299 Other Transport Support Services n.e.c.
- operating sightseeing/tour bus, coaches or tramways in urban areas are included in Class 5010 Scenic and Sightseeing Transport
The ABS page for class 4622 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,963 businesses |
| Non-employing | 955 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 662 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 213 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 104 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 29 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 | 356 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 658 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 757 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 92 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 30 businesses |
| $10m or more | 70 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 | 1,959 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 205 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 201 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,963 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 | 804 businesses |
| Victoria | 289 businesses |
| Queensland | 417 businesses |
| Western Australia | 316 businesses |
| South Australia | 55 businesses |
| Tasmania | 62 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4 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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