businesses per year - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's new business formations was 437 businesses per year as of January 2025, and the trend is improving. Number of new business entries registered in Australia each year. Business formation is a leading indicator of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism. Data is sourced from ABS Counts of Australian Businesses (Cat. 8165.0) and updated annually.
Ranked by latest value (higher is better)
| Rank | State | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South WalesNSW | 120,000businesses per year | 36mo |
| 2 | VictoriaVIC | 100,000businesses per year | 36mo |
| 3 | QueenslandQLD | 85,000businesses per year | 36mo |
| 4 | Western AustraliaWA | 45,000businesses per year | 36mo |
| 5 | South AustraliaSA | 26,000businesses per year | 36mo |
| 6 | TasmaniaTAS | 7,400businesses per year | 36mo |
| 7 | Australian Capital TerritoryACT | 6,900businesses per year | 36mo |
| 8 | Northern TerritoryNT | 3,900businesses per year | 36mo |
Number of new business entries registered in Australia each year.
Business formation is a leading indicator of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism.
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Counts of Australian Businesses (Cat. 8165.0)), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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