2016 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.

2016 Total number of companies registered in Australia

	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT	Total
December	781,662	791,188	436,345	113,967	225,062	23,814	12,061	41,719	2,425,818
November	778,910	788,707	435,304	113,758	224,711	23,750	12,038	41,563	2,418,741
October	775,154	785,478	433,651	113,375	224,080	23,679	11,998	41,449	2,408,864
September	772,598	783,224	432,324	113,065	223,573	23,605	11,992	41,357	2,401,738
August	769,093	780,952	430,894	112,687	223,140	23,555	11,967	41,280	2,393,568
July	765,356	777,777	429,179	112,291	222,459	23,435	11,942	41,122	2,383,561
June	761,275	774,264	427,166	111,838	221,723	23,319	11,911	40,948	2,372,444
May	755,428	767,707	423,285	110,804	220,204	23,101	11,840	40,566	2,352,935
April	750,806	762,596	420,790	110,217	219,104	23,007	11,789	40,323	2,338,632
March	747,165	758,755	418,851	109,763	218,332	22,936	11,760	40,115	2,327,677
February	742,902	754,526	416,478	109,187	217,328	22,843	11,739	39,856	2,314,859
January	740,174	751,848	415,110	108,883	216,764	22,787	11,719	39,692	2,306,977

	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	TAS	NT	ACT	Total
December	5,817	5,129	2,788	630	1,272	139	66	315	16,156
November	7,387	6,464	3,881	854	1,683	179	78	335	20,861
October	6,505	5,688	3,628	847	1,613	170	58	296	18,805
September	7,426	5,854	3,811	891	1,619	165	78	309	20,153
August	7,513	6,633	3,919	810	1,721	198	76	367	21,237
July	7,207	6,210	3,884	878	1,642	178	82	358	20,439
June	9,071	9,423	5,747	1,377	2,431	298	109	528	28,984
May	7,539	7,660	4,262	942	1,831	171	95	388	22,888
April	6,610	6,458	3,744	822	1,608	143	55	352	19,792
March	7,204	6,653	4,037	901	1,764	172	67	381	21,179
February	6,831	6,311	3,820	768	1,723	166	99	355	20,073
January	4,791	4,316	2,809	556	1,315	109	57	275	14,228