Plumbing Goods Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3332, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Plumbing Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3332) across Australia, June 2025
- 750 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Plumbing Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3332) across Australia, June 2025
- 331 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Plumbing Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3332) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 90 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Plumbing Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3332) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 90 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 plumbing goods.
Examples the ABS lists:
- Bath wholesaling
- Bathroom or toilet fitting wholesaling
- Downpipe or guttering wholesaling
- Gas fitting wholesaling
- Hot water system wholesaling
- Pipes and pipe fitting wholesaling
- Plumber’s fitting wholesaling
- Plumbing tool wholesaling
- Sink and basin wholesaling
- Tap wholesaling
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- installing plumbing goods are included in Class 3231 Plumbing Services
The ABS page for class 3332 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 750 businesses |
| Non-employing | 331 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 197 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 152 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 64 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 6 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 | 140 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 107 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 261 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 83 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 56 businesses |
| $10m or more | 103 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 | 750 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 90 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 90 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 750 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 | 272 businesses |
| Victoria | 208 businesses |
| Queensland | 143 businesses |
| Western Australia | 70 businesses |
| South Australia | 45 businesses |
| Tasmania | 4 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 0 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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