Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling: ABS business counts
ANZSIC class 3491, in the Wholesale Trade division.
- Actively trading businesses in Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3491) across Australia, June 2025
- 2,391 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- Actively trading non-employing businesses in Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3491) across Australia, June 2025
- 1,097 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, June 2025.
- ABS business entries in Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3491) across Australia: counted at June 2025 but not June 2024
- 291 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 2, 2024-25.
- ABS business exits in Professional and Scientific Goods Wholesaling (ANZSIC class 3491) across Australia: counted at June 2024 but not June 2025
- 279 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 scientific, medical or other professional equipment (except photographic equipment).
Examples the ABS lists:
- Aeronautical equipment wholesaling
- Dental instrument or equipment wholesaling
- Draughting instrument wholesaling
- Mathematical instrument wholesaling
- Medical equipment wholesaling
- Navigation equipment wholesaling
- Optical instrument wholesaling
- Professional equipment wholesaling n.e.c.
- Scientific equipment wholesaling
- Surgical equipment wholesaling
The ABS counts businesses mainly engaged in this related work in other classes:
- wholesaling cameras are included in Class 3494 Other Electrical and Electronic Good Wholesaling
- wholesaling binoculars or photographic film are included in Class 3499 Other Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling n.e.c.
The ABS page for class 3491 gives the full definition and what the class leaves out.
By employment size
| Businesses | Count |
|---|---|
| All businesses | 2,391 businesses |
| Non-employing | 1,097 businesses |
| 1 to 4 employees | 678 businesses |
| 5 to 19 employees | 401 businesses |
| 20 to 199 employees | 186 businesses |
| 200 or more employees | 29 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 | 542 businesses |
| $50k to less than $200k | 435 businesses |
| $200k to less than $2m | 740 businesses |
| $2m to less than $5m | 259 businesses |
| $5m to less than $10m | 146 businesses |
| $10m or more | 269 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 | 2,379 businesses |
| ABS business entries | 291 businesses |
| ABS business exits | 279 businesses |
| At the end of the year | 2,391 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 | 996 businesses |
| Victoria | 612 businesses |
| Queensland | 405 businesses |
| Western Australia | 199 businesses |
| South Australia | 129 businesses |
| Tasmania | 13 businesses |
| Australian Capital Territory | 23 businesses |
| Northern Territory | 7 businesses |
| Other Territories or Currently Unknown | 7 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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