1367.0 - State and Territory Statistical Indicators, 2012  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/05/2012  Final
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COUNT OF BUSINESSES


Graph Image for Business counts by top 5 industries, ACT


Graph Image for Business counts by Employment Size Range, ACT


At June 2011 in ACT:
  • there were 25,600 operating businesses, or 400 more than June 2010
  • the majority of these were small businesses, with 59% of the total being non-employing businesses and 36% employing 1-19 employees
  • the industries with the highest number of businesses included: Construction, and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (19% of all businesses each), Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services (10%), Financial and Insurance Services, and Health Care and Social Assistance (6% each).

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Do you know how many businesses operate in your state or territory?

The ABS counts the number of businesses operating in the Australian economy, including rates of business entries and exits and business survival. These data are sourced from the ABS Business Register. They show the number of operating businesses at the end of June in each financial year and only include businesses which actively traded in goods or services during the reference period.

Where possible, businesses are also classified according to industry class (ANZSIC), main state of operation, type of legal organisation (TOLO), institutional sector (SISCA), size range by employment or turnover. Some complex or multi-locational businesses were not able to be classified to main state of operation or industry due to insufficient information being provided.

Component items in the graphs above may not sum to published totals due to rounding and confidentialisation of the data. Due to changes in scope, these counts are not directly comparable to previous releases. More detailed data are available from the ABS website.