Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3494, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3494) across Australia, June 2025
- 4,379 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3494) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,986 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3494) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 551 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Electrical and Electronic Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3494) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 534 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 electrical or electronic goods not elsewhere classified.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Air conditioning equipment, electric, wholesaling
- Alarm system, electric or electronic, wholesaling
- Battery, dry cell, wholesaling
- Bulb or tube, electric light, wholesaling
- Cable or wire, electric, wholesaling
- Calculator wholesaling
- Camera wholesaling
- Cash register wholesaling
- Digital versatile disc (DVD) players wholesaling
- Electric fitting dealing (wholesaling) n.e.c.
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- wholesaling binoculars or photographic film are included in Class 3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
The ABS page for class 3494 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 4,379 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,986 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,311 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 732 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 318 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 32 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 | 839 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 753 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,502 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 481 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 272 businesses |
| $10m or more | 532 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 | 4,362 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 551 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 534 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 4,379 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 | 1,759 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,151 businesses |
| Queensland | 757 businesses |
| Western Australia | 381 businesses |
| South Australia | 218 businesses |
| Tasmania | 46 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 39 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 15 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 13 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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