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The table below shows the number of actively trading businesses in these industries in June 2007. These counts exclude: entities which had an active ABN but which did not have a GST role; and businesses with a GST role which had not returned a Business Activity Statement (BAS) for more than five quarters or had returned a BAS reporting zero dollar amounts. These figures are not comparable to Business Register Counts presented in previous editions of this publication due to this change in scope.
There were 13,110 actively trading businesses classified as being predominantly involved in Architectural services, with a further 10,314 involved in Advertising services, and 10,128 involved in Commercial art and display services. It is not possible to separately identify other design industries.
15.1 COUNTS OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES(a), Selected Design Industries(b) - June 2007 |
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| Architectual services | Advertising Services | Commercial art and display services | |
| no. | no. | no. | |
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New South Wales | 4 488 | 4 083 | 3 750 | |
Victoria | 3 513 | 2 739 | 2 934 | |
Queensland | 2 370 | 1 878 | 1 650 | |
South Australia | 612 | 558 | 717 | |
Western Australia | 1 632 | 738 | 738 | |
Tasmania | 225 | 147 | 153 | |
Northern Territory | 84 | 54 | 45 | |
Australian Capital Territory | 186 | 117 | 141 | |
Total(c) | 13 110 | 10 314 | 10 128 | |
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(a) After accounting for enteries and exits from register. |
(b) All businesses registered and active for GST and operating in one state or territory (i.e. it excludes entities with operations in more than one state or territory). |
(c) Includes businesses for which state or territory is not recorded. |
Source: ABS, Counts of Australian Businesses, Including Entries and Exits, Jun 2003 to June 2007, data available on request. |
The majority of the design businesses actively trading in June 2007 were non-employing (55%). Of the businesses that did have employees, 94% employed less than 20 people.
15.2 COUNTS OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES(a), Selected Design Industries(b) - By employment size and type - June 2007 |
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| | Architectual services | Advertising Services | Commercial art and display services | |
| | no. | no. | no. | |
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Employment size | | | | |
| 1-19 Employes | 6 435 | 4 215 | 3 429 | |
| 20-199 Employes | 240 | 390 | 165 | |
| 200 Employes or more | 12 | 42 | 6 | |
Type of employer | | | | |
| Employing | 6 687 | 4 647 | 3 600 | |
| Non Employing | 6 423 | 5 667 | 6 528 | |
Total | 13 110 | 10 314 | 10 128 | |
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(a) After accounting for enteries and exits from the register. |
(b) All businesses registered and active for GST purposes in only one state or territory (i.e. it excludes businesses operating in two or more states). |
Source: ABS, Counts of Australian Businesses, Including Entries and Exits, Jun 2003 to June 2007, data available on request. |