Greater Brisbane had 242,271 actively trading market-sector businesses at 30 June 2025. That was 6,848 more than the 2024 snapshot, a derived increase of 2.9%.
The headline is only the start. Non-employing businesses contributed 6,204 of the annual increase, the higher turnover bands grew faster than the lower bands, and Logan LGA recorded a higher annual business growth rate than Brisbane LGA within a separate same-level comparison.
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Greater Brisbane business structure at a glance
Greater Brisbane had 242,271 actively trading market-sector businesses at 30 June 2025. The count was 6,848 higher than in 2024, a derived increase of 2.9%.
Geography note: Greater Brisbane GCCSA is the functional capital city region defined by the ABS. It is not the Brisbane local government area, Brisbane City centre, East Brisbane suburb or Logan local government area. It is not the whole of Queensland.
Active market sector businesses
242,271
At 30 June 2025
Increase from the 2024 count
+6,848
Derived 2.9% increase
Estimated resident population
2,833,524
At 30 June 2025
Annual population growth
+2.1%
+58,223 people
Evidence limit: Business and population statistics can frame a market question. They do not prove search demand, customer intent, ranking difficulty, marketing budgets or SEO opportunity.
Five-year Greater Brisbane business count
The published count changed from 211,944 in 2021 to 242,271 in 2025, an end-point increase of 30,327 or 14.3%. Historical values may be revised between ABS releases.
| Year | Proportional count bar | Businesses |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 211,944 | |
| 2022 | 221,253 | |
| 2023 | 228,370 | |
| 2024 | 235,423 | |
| 2025 | 242,271 |
Business structure by employment size
Non-employing businesses and businesses with 1 to 4 employees accounted for 213,449 of the Greater Brisbane total, or 88.1%. These bands describe business structure, not workforce size or buying intent.
| Employment size | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Non-employing | 149,979 | 61.9% |
| 1 to 4 employees | 63,470 | 26.2% |
| 5 to 19 employees | 21,756 | 9.0% |
| 20 or more employees | 7,066 | 2.9% |
Business structure by annual turnover
The two turnover bands at $200,000 or more contained 108,536 businesses, or 44.8% of the total. Turnover does not reveal profit, marketing budget or channel preference.
| Annual turnover range | Businesses | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zero to under $50,000 | 56,307 | 23.2% |
| $50,000 to under $200,000 | 77,428 | 32.0% |
| $200,000 to under $2 million | 88,027 | 36.3% |
| $2 million or more | 20,509 | 8.5% |
Largest industries by business count
The five largest published industry divisions accounted for 150,328 businesses, or 62.1% of the total. Each business is assigned one main ANZSIC industry, and these counts do not measure jobs or revenue.
| Industry | 2025 count | Share | Change from 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Construction | 39,935 | 16.5% | +11.6% |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 36,473 | 15.1% | +12.3% |
| Rental, hiring and real estate services | 27,913 | 11.5% | +13.3% |
| Transport, postal and warehousing | 23,677 | 9.8% | +21.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 22,330 | 9.2% | +33.5% |
| Retail trade | 13,815 | 5.7% | +8.6% |
| Other services | 12,254 | 5.1% | +17.9% |
| Administrative and support services | 12,153 | 5.0% | +16.6% |
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Business tables use Australian Bureau of Statistics Data by Region for Greater Brisbane, GCCSA code 3GBRI. Population is from ABS Regional population. The Brisbane and Logan inset uses two LGAs on the same LGA 2021 boundary reference. SEO Guys selected, checked and explained the figures. The ABS did not produce or endorse this analysis.
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Read the business growth and employment structure together
The published Greater Brisbane business count changed from 235,423 in 2024 to 242,271 in 2025. The derived increase was 6,848 businesses or 2.9%. Across the longer 2021 to 2025 comparison, the count increased by 30,327 or 14.3%.
Non-employing businesses increased by 6,204 between the two latest snapshots. That was 90.6% of the total annual count increase. The 1 to 4, 5 to 19 and 20 or more employee bands also increased, so the pattern is not a claim that employing businesses declined.
Non-employing businesses and businesses with 1 to 4 employees represented 213,449 of the total, or 88.1%. Employment-size bands describe the business population. They do not reveal total jobs, capacity, profit, buying intent or demand for marketing services.
+6,848 businesses
Derived annual increase between the published 2024 and 2025 Greater Brisbane snapshots.
88.1% in the two smallest bands
Non-employing businesses and businesses with 1 to 4 employees combined at 30 June 2025.
90.6% of the annual increase
The share of the total snapshot increase represented by the change in the non-employing band, not an entry or survival rate.
+58,223 people
Published Greater Brisbane population increase to 2,833,524 people at 30 June 2025, with the latest estimate marked preliminary.
Keep turnover and industry movement in context
The $2 million or more turnover band increased from 19,339 businesses in 2024 to 20,509 in 2025, a derived increase of 6.1%. The $200,000 to under $2 million band increased by 3,980 or 4.7%. Turnover bands do not reveal profit, marketing budgets or willingness to buy SEO services.
Health care and social assistance, transport, postal and warehousing, and construction recorded the three largest annual industry count increases. Their combined increase of 3,515 represented 51.3% of the total business count increase. The finding describes published snapshots, not entries, jobs, revenue or a growth forecast.
Industry evidence can help a journalist, planner or business owner ask better questions. Page and campaign decisions still require query evidence, customer records, competition, conversion capacity and the service areas the business can fulfil profitably.
Compare Brisbane and Logan at the same geography level
Greater Brisbane GCCSA, Brisbane LGA and Logan LGA are different geographies. The main report uses the functional Greater Brisbane capital-city region. This inset compares Brisbane and Logan only because both records use the same Local Government Area level and LGA 2021 boundary reference.
Brisbane LGA had 145,916 businesses in 2025, up 3,354 or 2.4% from 2024. Logan LGA had 29,449 businesses, up 1,638 or 5.9%. Logan's annual growth rate was about 2.5 times Brisbane LGA's rate, but the regions differ materially in size, population, industry mix and operating context.
East Brisbane is not an LGA. Do not compare an East Brisbane suburb or SA2 value directly with Brisbane or Logan LGA values. Any East Brisbane analysis must name one same-level geography and code.
The comparison does not prove where search demand, customers, premises, employment or SEO opportunity grew. Multi-location businesses are assigned to one geography, published cells can be confidentialised and historical values can be revised.
Brisbane LGA, code 31000
145,916 businesses at 30 June 2025, up 3,354 or 2.4% from 2024. Population was 1,375,301.
Logan LGA, code 34590
29,449 businesses at 30 June 2025, up 1,638 or 5.9% from 2024. Population was 403,515.
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Methodology, geography and responsible reuse
Business, employment-size, turnover and industry evidence comes from the ABS Data by Region 2011 to 2025 release. Population uses the current ABS Regional population release. Every derived value is labelled in the downloadable CSV.
The release uses ASGS Edition 3 for Greater Brisbane, while the LGA inset retains LGA 2021 boundaries. Greater Brisbane is not Brisbane City Council, and neither geography should be relabelled as East Brisbane or all of South East Queensland.
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Sources and further reading
Primary and authoritative sources used to support the factual guidance in this resource.
- Source 01ABS Data by Region Greater Brisbane profile, opens in a new tabOfficial Greater Brisbane profile and download route.
- Source 02ABS Data by Region Greater Brisbane CSV, opens in a new tabBusiness totals, employment size, turnover, industry and population time series.
- Source 03ABS Data by Region methodology 2011 to 2025, opens in a new tabScope, confidentiality, geography, revisions and multi-location business limitations.
- Source 04ABS Regional population 2024 to 2025, opens in a new tabPublished population total, annual change and three components of change.
- Source 05ABS Regional population methodology 2024 to 2025, opens in a new tabPopulation estimation methods, preliminary status and revision information.
- Source 06ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas Edition 3, opens in a new tabDefinition of the functional capital city geography used by the current Data by Region release.
- Source 07ABS Local Government Areas Edition 3, opens in a new tabLGA definition and the limitation that ABS LGAs approximate gazetted boundaries.
- Source 08ABS Data by Region Brisbane LGA CSV, opens in a new tabOfficial Brisbane LGA business and population values for the same-level comparison.
- Source 09ABS Data by Region Logan LGA CSV, opens in a new tabOfficial Logan LGA business and population values for the same-level comparison.
- Source 10ABS website copyright and Creative Commons terms, opens in a new tabCC BY 4.0 terms, attribution requirements and excluded logos, branding and third-party material.