Merrylands - Holroyd Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2) · Includes Merrylands and Holroyd
NSW · SA2 125031714 · Merrylands - Guildford (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 3,277
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 27,002
- Per 1,000 residents
- 121.4
- Business growth YoY
- 5.7%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 3,100
- Change vs prior year
- +177
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 16,053
≠ currently trading
If you searched for a suburb, these numbers are for the whole statistical area (includes merrylands and holroyd), not a council suburb boundary. ABS publishes business and population counts at SA2, not suburb. Why SA2, not suburb?
New ABN status (12m cohort): 2,752.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 2,282 | 69.6% |
| 1–4 | 860 | 26.2% |
| 5–19 | 116 | 3.5% |
| 20–199 | 27 | 0.8% |
| 200+ | 0 | 0.0% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (16,053). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Individual / sole trader | 9,384 | 58.5% |
| Private company | 4,315 | 26.9% |
| Self-managed super fund | 537 | 3.3% |
| Strata title | 537 | 3.3% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 347 | 2.2% |
| Discretionary services trust | 209 | 1.3% |
| Family partnership | 184 | 1.1% |
| Fixed unit trust | 161 | 1.0% |
| Other | 379 | 2.4% |
Businesses by industry
ABS CABEE — ANZSIC division (data as at 2025-06-30)
All industries
| Industry | Businesses | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 934 | 28.5% | 1.1% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 718 | 21.9% | 14.5% |
| Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | 267 | 8.1% | 6.4% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 248 | 7.6% | 2.1% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 194 | 5.9% | 10.2% |
| Retail Trade | 187 | 5.7% | 3.3% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 168 | 5.1% | 10.5% |
| Other Services | 129 | 3.9% | 4.0% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 127 | 3.9% | 1.6% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 85 | 2.6% | 16.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 67 | 2.0% | 3.1% |
| Manufacturing | 49 | 1.5% | -2.0% |
| Education and Training | 25 | 0.8% | -10.7% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 21 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 20 | 0.6% | 17.6% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 16 | 0.5% | 6.7% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 15 | 0.5% | -28.6% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 7 | 0.2% | 16.7% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Arts and Recreation Services17.6%
- Financial and Insurance Services16.4%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing14.5%
- Administrative and Support Services10.5%
- Health Care and Social Assistance10.2%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Recreation Services | 0.7 | 0.61× | 20 |
| Education and Training | 0.9 | 0.61× | 25 |
| Manufacturing | 1.8 | 0.71× | 49 |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 0.6 | 0.72× | 16 |