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Some information on businesses involved in the design sector is available from the Australian Business Register. The table below shows the number of businesses in these industries that were actively registered for GST purposes in June 2004. There were 19,483 businesses on the Register classified as being predominantly involved in Architectural services, with a further 15,155 involved in Commercial art and display services, and 14,945 involved in Advertising services. It is not possible to separately identify other design industries on the Register.
15.1 Australian Business Register Counts(a), Selected design industries - June 2004 |
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| Architectural services | Advertising services | Commercial art and display services | |
| no. | no. | no. | |
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| New South Wales | 6 785 | 5 838 | 5 796 | |
| Victoria | 5 526 | 3 979 | 4 439 | |
| Queensland | 3 075 | 2 756 | 2 221 | |
| South Australia | 1 012 | 805 | 962 | |
| Western Australia | 2 291 | 1 153 | 1 180 | |
| Tasmania | 329 | 167 | 206 | |
| Northern Territory | 128 | 67 | 94 | |
| Australian Capital Territory | 337 | 180 | 257 | |
| Australia(b) | 19 483 | 14 945 | 15 155 | |
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| (a) All businesses registered and active for GST and operating in only one state or territory (i.e. it excludes entities with locations in more than one state or territory). |
| (b) Includes businesses for which state/territory was not recorded. |
| ABS, Australian Business Register Counts, data available on request. |
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