City of Adelaide

Business locations - All industries

There are a total of 13,531 active and registered for GST businesses in the City of Adelaide. The largest subcategory within this is Professional, Scientific and Technical Services.

The Australian Business Register is a register of all business entities and sole traders in Australia, based on Australian Business Numbers (ABNs), maintained by the Australian Taxation Office.

Data from the ABR is useful in planning and economic development, to identify the spatial patterns of businesses across the City of Adelaide, clusters and change in business growth patterns across the area.

The raw business register dataset contains large numbers of ABNs which are not relevant to local government planning, including trusts, superannuation funds, non-active businesses and micro businesses not registered for GST. These have been filtered out of the data presented here, to provide a more meaningful dataset for Local Government Decision making.

Data are presented as aggregates of ABNs at the Destination Zone level, for the most recent time period. The distribution of industries shown here can be selected at the 1 or 2-digit ANZSIC classification level, and the table below the map shows a further breakdown into more detailed business categories. For more information, including actual business locations and name and address details, LGAs are entitled to access the raw ABR unit record dataset directly from the ATO.

Data source

Australian Business Register - filtered counts - Current at October 2025

Industry:
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Australian business register by industry sector
City of Adelaide - All industriesCity of Adelaide
IndustryANZSIC codeNumber%.
Agriculture, Forestry and FishingA2451.8
MiningB2091.5
ManufacturingC2611.9
Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste ServicesD770.6
ConstructionE1,1628.6
Wholesale TradeF6815.0
Retail TradeG5824.3
Accommodation and Food ServicesH9406.9
Transport, Postal and WarehousingI3052.3
Information Media and TelecommunicationsJ1741.3
Financial and Insurance ServicesK1,3259.8
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate ServicesL2,50418.5
Professional, Scientific and Technical ServicesM2,63719.5
Administrative and Support ServicesN4253.1
Public Administration and SafetyO250.2
Education and TrainingP2461.8
Health Care and Social AssistanceQ1,1328.4
Arts and Recreation ServicesR1361.0
Other ServicesS4653.4
Total Industries-13531100

Source: Australian Business Register. Compiled and presented in economy.id by .id (informed decisions).

Please refer to specific data notes for more information

City of Adelaide

economic profile