Bookkeeping for Geraldton businesses
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing comes straight after Construction in the industry chart below. Machinery, vehicles and equipment are often bought on finance in these industries, so we keep loan and finance accounts reconciled for Geraldton businesses in the Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks file each business keeps.
- By Book Keeping Pros
- Sources checked 15 Oct 2026
Geraldton businesses in figures
- Estimated resident population of the Geraldton Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2025 (preliminary)
- 42,104 peopleAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
- Growth in the estimated resident population of the Geraldton Significant Urban Area, 30 June 2024 to 30 June 2025
- 0.9%Australian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
- Actively trading businesses whose main business address is in the Geraldton Significant Urban Area, June 2025
- 2,983 businessesAustralian Bureau of Statistics. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
Our work for Geraldton businesses
Loan accounts reconciled
Each loan or finance account in your file is reconciled to the lender's statement, so the balance you see matches the balance the lender holds.
Repayments split as the lender shows them
We record each repayment the way the lender's statement breaks it down, separating interest and fees from the amount that reduces the loan.
Equipment purchases recorded
When a machine or vehicle is bought, we record the purchase and the finance behind it from the paperwork you provide, so your accountant can see what was bought and how it was paid for.
Quoted from your accounts
We count the bank, card and loan accounts involved and quote before work starts.
Geraldton businesses by industry
The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.
- Construction534 businesses
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing366 businesses
- Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services336 businesses
- Health Care and Social Assistance269 businesses
- Other Services253 businesses
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing212 businesses
- Professional, Scientific and Technical Services211 businesses
- Retail Trade160 businesses
Geraldton businesses by number of employees
The ABS may perturb small counts to protect confidentiality, so the figures need not add up exactly.
- Non-employing1,724 businesses
- 1 to 4 employees751 businesses
- 5 to 19 employees379 businesses
- 20 to 199 employees100 businesses
- 200 or more employees6 businesses
Payroll tax and long service leave in Western Australia
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.
- Annual payroll tax threshold in Western Australia, 2026-27
- $1,000,000Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
- Payroll tax rate in Western Australia, 2026-27
- 5.5%Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
- Long service leave in Western Australia: years of service for the full entitlement
- 10 yearsParliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Checked 15 Oct 2026.
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Services for Geraldton businesses
Small business bookkeeping
Your books kept current, every month.
Catch-up bookkeeping
Missing months entered and every account reconciled.
Xero bookkeeping
Your Xero file reconciled and kept current.
MYOB bookkeeping
MYOB tidied up, then kept reconciled month by month.
NDIS provider bookkeeping
Each payment matched to the invoices or claims it covers.
QuickBooks bookkeeping
QuickBooks Online reconciled to your statements each month.
What Geraldton business owners want to know
We have several equipment loans. Can you keep track of them?
Our books haven't been reconciled since harvest started. Can you catch up?
Are businesses outside the urban area counted?
Who else can see the loan records?
How do we get a price?
Sources
- 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.
- 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.
- Pay-roll Tax Assessment Act 2002 (WA), version 04-d0-03
Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-d0-03, as at 1 July 2019, released 1 July 2019. Checked 15 October 2026.
Sourced from the Western Australian Legislation website (www.legislation.wa.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Pay-roll Tax Act 2002 (WA), version 00-d0-02
Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 00-d0-02, as at 14 December 2017, released 14 December 2017. Checked 15 October 2026.
Sourced from the Western Australian Legislation website (www.legislation.wa.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Long Service Leave Act 1958 (WA), version 04-m0-00
Parliamentary Counsel's Office, Western Australia. Version 04-m0-00, as at 31 January 2025, released 30 January 2025. Checked 15 October 2026.
Sourced from the Western Australian Legislation website (www.legislation.wa.gov.au), licensed under CC BY 4.0 Licence: CC BY 4.0.