Brisbane City Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
QLD · SA2 305011105 · Brisbane Inner (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 10,902
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 17,502
- Per 1,000 residents
- 622.9
- Business growth YoY
- 3.6%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 10,520
- Change vs prior year
- +382
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 43,622
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area, not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 7,352.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 6,777 | 62.2% |
| 1–4 | 2,327 | 21.3% |
| 5–19 | 1,203 | 11.0% |
| 20–199 | 548 | 5.0% |
| 200+ | 44 | 0.4% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (43,622). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 15,008 | 34.4% |
| Private company | 14,003 | 32.1% |
| Self-managed super fund | 5,722 | 13.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 1,999 | 4.6% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 1,732 | 4.0% |
| Discretionary services trust | 1,094 | 2.5% |
| Strata title | 590 | 1.4% |
| Public company | 566 | 1.3% |
| Other | 2,908 | 6.7% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 2,943 | 27.0% | 1.9% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1,766 | 16.2% | 3.2% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 1,687 | 15.5% | 3.2% |
| Construction | 865 | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 558 | 5.1% | 1.1% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 508 | 4.7% | 5.0% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 439 | 4.0% | 3.5% |
| Retail Trade | 367 | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Wholesale Trade | 261 | 2.4% | 15.0% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 242 | 2.2% | 9.0% |
| Mining | 229 | 2.1% | 3.2% |
| Other Services | 229 | 2.1% | 5.5% |
| Education and Training | 200 | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Manufacturing | 172 | 1.6% | 6.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 136 | 1.2% | -2.2% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 120 | 1.1% | -4.8% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 78 | 0.7% | -4.9% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 76 | 0.7% | 11.8% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 16 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Currently Unknown | 10 | 0.1% | -28.6% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Wholesale Trade15.0%
- Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services11.8%
- Construction9.6%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing9.0%
- Manufacturing6.8%