Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3720, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3720) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,680 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3720) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,390 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3720) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 368 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Pharmaceutical and Toiletry Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3720) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 421 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 human pharmaceuticals, medicines, cosmetics, perfumes and toiletries. Also included are businesses mainly engaged in wholesaling veterinary drugs or medicines.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Cosmetic wholesaling
- Drug wholesaling
- Medicine wholesaling
- Perfume wholesaling
- Toiletry wholesaling
- Veterinary drug wholesaling
- Veterinary medicine wholesaling
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- wholesaling industrial chemical products are included in Class 3323 Industrial and Agricultural Chemical Product Wholesaling
The ABS page for class 3720 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,680 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,390 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 729 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 363 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 164 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 34 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 | 604 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 609 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 808 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 255 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 123 businesses |
| $10m or more | 281 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 | 2,733 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 368 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 421 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,680 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 | 1,187 businesses |
| Victoria | 730 businesses |
| Queensland | 408 businesses |
| Western Australia | 181 businesses |
| South Australia | 119 businesses |
| Tasmania | 18 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 18 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 4 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 15 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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