Other Grocery Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3609, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Other Grocery Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3609) across Australia, June 2025
- 5,281 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Other Grocery Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3609) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,661 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Other Grocery Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3609) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 706 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Other Grocery Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3609) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 754 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 specific grocery or food items not elsewhere classified. This class also includes businesses that repack groceries such as flour, cereal foods or dried fruits and wholesale them.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Aerated water wholesaling
- Biscuit wholesaling
- Bottled water wholesaling
- Canned food wholesaling
- Cereal food wholesaling
- Coffee wholesaling
- Condiment wholesaling
- Confectionery wholesaling
- Cooking oil or fat wholesaling
- Cordial, aerated or carbonated, wholesaling
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- wholesaling the above grocery products in conjunction with a wide variety of other grocery items are included in Class 3601 General Line Grocery Wholesaling
The ABS page for class 3609 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 5,281 businesses |
| Non-employing | 2,661 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 1,424 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 830 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 348 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 18 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 | 1,106 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 1,093 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 1,871 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 472 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 258 businesses |
| $10m or more | 481 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 | 5,329 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 706 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 754 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 5,281 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 | 1,988 businesses |
| Victoria | 1,572 businesses |
| Queensland | 830 businesses |
| Western Australia | 442 businesses |
| South Australia | 298 businesses |
| Tasmania | 68 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 48 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 22 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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