2009 Company registration statistics
Statistics are allocated geographically, on the basis of the state companies are registered in rather than where their business is carried on.
Registration statistics for other years
2009 Total number of companies registered in Australia
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NSW |
VIC |
QLD |
SA |
WA |
TAS |
NT |
ACT |
Total |
December |
566,797 |
543,856 |
303,635 |
93,996 |
161,692 |
18,206 |
9029 |
30,142 |
1,727,353 |
November |
566,149 |
542,315 |
302,838 |
93,847 |
161,225 |
18,173 |
9027 |
30,106 |
1,723,680 |
October |
565,331 |
541,173 |
301,798 |
93,694 |
160,675 |
18,120 |
8980 |
30,054 |
1,719,825 |
September |
564,485 |
539,777 |
300,820 |
93,590 |
160,138 |
18,094 |
8971 |
30,037 |
1,715,912 |
August |
562,969 |
537,825 |
299,540 |
93,395 |
159,653 |
18,084 |
8948 |
30,987 |
1,711,401 |
July |
561,950 |
536,202 |
298,643 |
93,219 |
159,157 |
18,072 |
8923 |
29,918 |
1,706,084 |
June |
560,561 |
534,489 |
297,408 |
93,025 |
158,635 |
18,034 |
8902 |
29,837 |
1,700,891 |
May |
557,652 |
530,394 |
294,902 |
92,507 |
157,451 |
17,916 |
8843 |
29,645 |
1,689,310 |
Apr |
555,868 |
528,030 |
293,548 |
92,213 |
156,721 |
17,842 |
8811 |
29,514 |
1,682,547 |
Mar |
554,752 |
526,365 |
292,453 |
92,049 |
156,292 |
17,786 |
8765 |
29,449 |
1,677,911 |
Feb |
553,201 |
524,438 |
291,103 |
91,823 |
155,691 |
17,761 |
8721 |
29,361 |
1,672,099 |
Jan |
552,464 |
523,456 |
290,281 |
91,708 |
155,342 |
17,734 |
8704 |
29,341 |
1,669,030 |
2009 New company registrations
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NSW |
VIC |
QLD |
SA |
WA |
TAS |
NT |
ACT |
Total |
December |
3555 |
3726 |
2223 |
464 |
1054 |
107 |
43 |
179 |
11,351 |
November |
4095 |
3772 |
2652 |
524 |
1192 |
122 |
81 |
211 |
12,649 |
October |
3995 |
3872 |
2596 |
491 |
1221 |
121 |
53 |
181 |
12,530 |
September |
4296 |
4046 |
2709 |
549 |
1137 |
90 |
69 |
182 |
13,078 |
August |
3955 |
3836 |
2467 |
528 |
1085 |
86 |
65 |
206 |
12,228 |
July |
4377 |
4157 |
2743 |
557 |
1162 |
102 |
54 |
224 |
13,376 |
June |
5366 |
5889 |
3632 |
803 |
1678 |
180 |
106 |
303 |
17,957 |
May |
3986 |
4077 |
2463 |
524 |
1191 |
128 |
59 |
235 |
12,663 |
Apr |
3442 |
3606 |
2203 |
416 |
925 |
107 |
74 |
177 |
10,950 |
Mar |
3876 |
3605 |
2461 |
485 |
1074 |
85 |
69 |
194 |
11,849 |
Feb |
3510 |
3042 |
2093 |
429 |
853 |
83 |
47 |
144 |
10,201 |
Jan |
2675 |
2249 |
1627 |
367 |
690 |
68 |
41 |
105 |
7822 |