Adelaide Business Statistics 2025
Statistical area (SA2)
SA · SA2 401011001 · Adelaide City (SA3) · Area overview
- Actively trading businesses
- 11,329
- Population (SA2 ERP)
- 22,657
- Per 1,000 residents
- 500.0
- Business growth YoY
- 2.3%
Whole SA2, not a single suburb
- Prior year businesses
- 11,079
- Change vs prior year
- +250
- Active ABNs (mapped)
- 36,659
≠ 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): 3,727.
Businesses by employment size
ABS CABEE employment size bands (data as at 2025-06-30)
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 7,326 | 64.7% |
| 1–4 | 2,180 | 19.2% |
| 5–19 | 1,325 | 11.7% |
| 20–199 | 466 | 4.1% |
| 200+ | 29 | 0.3% |
ABN entity types
Active ABNs mapped to this SA2 via postcode (36,659). Entity type is from the ABR public extract — not the same as ABS actively trading businesses.
| Entity type | Active ABNs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Private company | 11,123 | 30.3% |
| Self-managed super fund | 8,114 | 22.1% |
| Individual / sole trader | 7,758 | 21.2% |
| Discretionary investment trust | 2,534 | 6.9% |
| Fixed unit trust | 1,732 | 4.7% |
| Discretionary services trust | 1,412 | 3.9% |
| Other incorporated entity | 909 | 2.5% |
| Partnership | 639 | 1.7% |
| Other | 2,438 | 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 | 2,212 | 19.5% | 1.5% |
| Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services | 2,131 | 18.8% | -1.4% |
| Financial and Insurance Services | 1,096 | 9.7% | -0.3% |
| Construction | 1,063 | 9.4% | 8.9% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 832 | 7.3% | 1.2% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 797 | 7.0% | 2.8% |
| Wholesale Trade | 615 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| Retail Trade | 523 | 4.6% | 1.9% |
| Administrative and Support Services | 365 | 3.2% | 3.1% |
| Other Services | 318 | 2.8% | -0.6% |
| Manufacturing | 284 | 2.5% | 6.4% |
| Education and Training | 238 | 2.1% | 5.8% |
| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 214 | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Transport, Postal and Warehousing | 214 | 1.9% | 15.7% |
| Information Media and Telecommunications | 140 | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Arts and Recreation Services | 106 | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Mining | 84 | 0.7% | 2.4% |
| Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services | 53 | 0.5% | 20.5% |
| Public Administration and Safety | 26 | 0.2% | -10.3% |
| Currently Unknown | 18 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Fastest-growing industries
- Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services20.5%
- Transport, Postal and Warehousing15.7%
- Construction8.9%
- Wholesale Trade6.6%
- Manufacturing6.4%