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Count of entities

Last updated 9 December 2021

Over the five years, increases in the number of entities in each industry has been a contributing factor to tax paid and income across all segments. The exception is the mining, energy and water segment, where commodity prices and export volumes have been key contributing factors to growth in this sector. Figure 13 shows the trend in count of entities by industry segment over the past five years, Table 4 summarises this data.

Figure 13: Count of entities by industry segment over five years

This column graph shows the trend in the number of entities in the population over the five years from 2015–16 to 2019–20, by industry segment (banking, finance and investment; insurance; manufacturing, construction and agriculture; wholesale, retail and services and mining, energy and water). The entity count across industry segments has remained broadly stable, with the exception of mining, energy and water which decreased in 2016-17. This graph also shows that over the five years there had been an overall increase in the entity count.

Table 4: Count of entities by industry segment

Industry segment

2015–16

2016–17

2017–18

2018–19

2019–20

BFI

193

204

217

220

239

ISR

61

62

62

67

69

MCA

467

485

503

530

541

WRS

1,084

1,126

1,190

1,238

1,263

MIN

236

232

242

256

258

All industry segments

2,041

2,109

2,214

2,311

2,370

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