Fish and Seafood Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3604, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Fish and Seafood Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3604) across Australia, June 2025
- 784 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Fish and Seafood Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3604) across Australia, June 2025
- 345 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Fish and Seafood Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3604) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 76 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Fish and Seafood Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3604) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 108 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 wholesaling fresh or frozen fish or other seafood (except canned).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Crustacean wholesaling (including processed, except canned)
- Fish wholesaling
- Mollusc wholesaling (including processed, except canned)
- Seafood, fresh or frozen, wholesaling
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- operating vessels which both catch and process fish or other seafood are included in the appropriate classes of Group 041 Fishing
- cleaning, cooking or freezing crustaceans or molluscs (including shelling and bottling oysters) or in freezing filleted fish (including whole fin fish) are included in Class 1120 Seafood Processing
- wholesaling canned fish or seafood are included in Class 3609 Other Grocery Wholesaling
- wholesaling fish or seafood in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling
The ABS page for class 3604 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 784 businesses |
| Non-employing | 345 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 228 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 139 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 70 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 0 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 | 129 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 87 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 278 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 108 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 67 businesses |
| $10m or more | 115 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 | 816 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 76 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 108 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 784 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 | 230 businesses |
| Victoria | 197 businesses |
| Queensland | 181 businesses |
| Western Australia | 71 businesses |
| South Australia | 72 businesses |
| Tasmania | 23 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 3 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 7 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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