Cooma Surrounds Business Statistics 2025

Name: Cooma Surrounds
Address: NSW, AU

Statistical area (SA2)

NSW · SA2 101031015 · Snowy Mountains (SA3) · Area overview

Actively trading businesses: 537
Population (SA2 ERP): 3,577
Per 1,000 residents: 150.1
Business growth YoY: -2.9%

Prior year businesses: 553
Change vs prior year: -16
Active ABNs (mapped): —

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?

Businesses by employment size

ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)

Employment size	Businesses	Share
Non-employing	353	65.7%
1–4	136	25.3%
5–19	40	7.4%
20–199	0	0.0%
200+	0	0.0%

Businesses by industry

ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)

All industries

Industry	Businesses	Share	YoY
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing	255	47.5%	-3.0%
Construction	82	15.3%	-1.2%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services	34	6.3%	0.0%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing	26	4.8%	4.0%
Accommodation and Food Services	23	4.3%	4.5%
Manufacturing	22	4.1%	15.8%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	18	3.4%	-14.3%
Administrative and Support Services	14	2.6%	27.3%
Health Care and Social Assistance	14	2.6%	16.7%
Retail Trade	13	2.4%	-7.1%
Other Services	11	2.0%	-8.3%
Education and Training	7	1.3%	0.0%
Wholesale Trade	6	1.1%	0.0%
Information Media and Telecommunications	5	0.9%	0.0%
Arts and Recreation Services	4	0.7%	-33.3%
Public Administration and Safety	3	0.6%	0.0%

Fastest-growing industries

Manufacturing15.8%
Accommodation and Food Services4.5%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing4.0%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services0.0%
Construction-1.2%

Industries with more relative room

Under-indexed vs similar SA2s in NSW (density per 1,000). Use as a research starting point — not investment advice.

Industry	Local /1,000	vs peers	Businesses
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services	5.0	0.74×	18
Other Services	3.1	0.74×	11