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Bookkeeping for Toowoomba businesses

Rental, hiring and real estate services follow construction on the industry chart for Toowoomba businesses, and non-employing businesses outnumber every employing range on the size chart. Property owners and small operators alike need income and costs recorded where they belong. We do it monthly in your own Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file.

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  • Sources checked 15 Oct 2026

Toowoomba businesses in figures

Estimated resident population of the Toowoomba Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
153,781 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Growth in the estimated resident population of the Toowoomba Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
1.3%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Toowoomba Significant Urban Area, June 2025
13,017 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

How we serve Toowoomba businesses

  • Property manager statements entered

    When a managing agent sends a statement, we record the rent collected, the agent's fees and any repair costs it lists, then reconcile the net payment to your bank account.

  • Costs paid directly

    Rates, insurance and maintenance bills you pay yourself are entered and matched to their payments, so the property's costs sit in the file alongside those on the agent's statement.

  • Health and professional practices

    Health care and professional services also rank high. For practices and firms, we match client and fund payments to the invoices they settle and keep supplier bills current.

Toowoomba businesses by industry

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Construction2,320 businesses
  2. Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services1,503 businesses
  3. Health Care and Social Assistance1,405 businesses
  4. Professional, Scientific and Technical Services1,228 businesses
  5. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing1,031 businesses
  6. Transport, Postal and Warehousing996 businesses
  7. Other Services823 businesses
  8. Retail Trade762 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Toowoomba businesses by number of employees

The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.

  1. Non-employing8,004 businesses
  2. 1 to 4 employees3,196 businesses
  3. 5 to 19 employees1,408 businesses
  4. 20 to 199 employees405 businesses
  5. 200 or more employees18 businesses
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Counts of Australian Businesses. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

Payroll tax and long service leave in Queensland

Each state and territory sets its own payroll tax and long service leave rules. The payroll tax figures are for the 2026-27 financial year. A higher general rate applies above the upper wage band. Regional discounts and the mental health levy may also apply. See the detailed rules and confirm your position with the Queensland Revenue Office or your accountant.

Annual payroll tax threshold in Queensland, 2026-27
$1,300,000Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Lower general payroll tax rate in Queensland, 2026-27
4.75%Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Long service leave in Queensland: years of service for the full entitlement
10 yearsOffice of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Checked 15 Oct 2026.

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What Toowoomba business owners ask

We own several rental properties. Can you keep them apart in the books?
Where your file already separates properties, we record each statement against the property it relates to. Income and costs can then be read property by property.
Our agent's statement doesn't match the deposit. What happens?
We compare the statement's lines with the amount that reached the bank. If something is still unexplained, we list it for you to raise with the agent.
Do you work with sole traders too?
Yes. Owners without staff get the same monthly reconciliation as employers, and the quote is sized to the work involved.
Where do the figures on this page come from?
Population and business counts are ABS figures for the Significant Urban Area, which may extend beyond the city centre. The Queensland rules come from the state's own published sources. Every source is listed at the foot of the page.
Where do we begin?
Let us know through the contact page which software you use, how many properties or accounts are involved and how current the records are. We send a quote before any work starts.

Sources

  1. Population estimates by LGA, Significant Urban Area, Remoteness Area and electoral division, 2001 to 2025 (32180DS0004_2001-25.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Estimated resident population at 30 June, 2001 to 2025 (2022 to 2024 revised, 2025 preliminary), released 31 March 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, 2024-25 financial year, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Counts of Australian Businesses, data cube 8: Businesses by industry division by Statistical Area Level 2 by employment size ranges (8165DC08.xlsx)

    Australian Bureau of Statistics. Actively trading businesses at 30 June 2025, released 16 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, June 2021 to June 2025, licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  3. Payroll Tax Act 1971 (Qld), reprint current as at 1 July 2026

    Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Reprint current as at 1 July 2026, released 1 July 2026. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Queensland Legislation website (www.legislation.qld.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.

  4. Industrial Relations Act 2016 (Qld), reprint current as at 1 January 2026

    Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel. Reprint current as at 1 January 2026, released 22 December 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.

    Sourced from the Queensland Legislation website (www.legislation.qld.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.