Metal and Mineral Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3322, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Metal and Mineral Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3322) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,599 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Metal and Mineral Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3322) across Australia, June 2025
- 764 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Metal and Mineral Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3322) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 185 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Metal and Mineral Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3322) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 182 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 pig iron, ingot steel or semi-fabricated products of iron or steel such as sheet, strip, bars, rods, sections, structural steel or tubes; wholesaling minerals (including coal or coke) not elsewhere classified; or wholesaling metal waste or scrap.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Aluminium or aluminium alloy wholesaling
- Bearing metal wholesaling
- Briquette wholesaling
- Charcoal wholesaling
- Coal wholesaling
- Coke wholesaling
- Copper or copper alloy wholesaling
- Metal scrap wholesaling
- Metallic ore wholesaling
- Mineral earths wholesaling
The ABS page for class 3322 gives the full definition.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 1,599 businesses |
| Non-employing | 764 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 415 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 317 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 94 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 9 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 | 292 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 267 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 497 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 184 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 130 businesses |
| $10m or more | 229 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 | 1,596 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 185 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 182 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 1,599 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 | 562 businesses |
| Victoria | 452 businesses |
| Queensland | 267 businesses |
| Western Australia | 189 businesses |
| South Australia | 99 businesses |
| Tasmania | 8 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 12 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 7 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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