- Actively trading businesses in Wholesale Trade (ANZSIC division F) across Australia, June 2025
- 82,097 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Wholesale Trade (ANZSIC division F) across Australia, June 2025
- 43,064 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
- Actively trading businesses in Wholesale Trade (ANZSIC division F) with 1 to 4 employees across Australia, June 2025
- 22,840 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025.
About these figures
- These ABS figures count actively trading businesses, not workers, sites or venues, each in its main state or territory.
- Each state's figure adds up the ABS counts for the small areas in it. The ABS adjusts those counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so the sums are approximate.
Summary of the ABS division definition
The Wholesale Trade Division includes businesses mainly engaged in the purchase and onselling, the commission based buying, and/or the commission based selling of goods, without significant transformation, to businesses. Businesses are classified to the Wholesale Trade Division in the first instance if they buy finished goods and then onsell them (including on a commission basis) to businesses.
The ABS page for division F gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 82,097 businesses |
| Non-employing | 43,064 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 22,840 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 11,460 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 4,377 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 356 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
By main state or territory
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 29,609 businesses |
| Victoria | 23,155 businesses |
| Queensland | 14,259 businesses |
| Western Australia | 7,238 businesses |
| South Australia | 5,808 businesses |
| Tasmania | 941 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 527 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 301 businesses |
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8, June 2025. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Basic Material Wholesaling
Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts Wholesaling
Class profiles
Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling
Class profiles
Other Goods Wholesaling
Commission-Based Wholesaling
Class profiles
Sources
Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx). Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 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.
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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