2008 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.
Total number of companies registered in Australia
New company registrations
Registration statistics for other years
2008 Total number of companies registered in Australia
 | NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | TAS | NT | ACT | TOTAL |
Dec | 552730 | 523317 | 289933 | 91651 | 155211 | 17732 | 8686 | 29350 | 1668610 |
Nov | 552469 | 522284 | 289359 | 91538 | 154982 | 17706 | 8665 | 29340 | 1666343 |
Oct | 551992 | 521337 | 288671 | 91389 | 154686 | 17692 | 8633 | 29307 | 1663707 |
Sep | 551467 | 520027 | 287636 | 91255 | 154342 | 17667 | 8597 | 29273 | 1660264 |
Aug | 551130 | 518547 | 286472 | 91073 | 153914 | 17619 | 8583 | 29260 | 1656598 |
July | 549968 | 516935 | 285267 | 90847 | 153361 | 17582 | 8559 | 29227 | 1651746 |
June | 548670 | 514890 | 283861 | 90580 | 152604 | 17499 | 8533 | 29168 | 1645805 |
May | 545762 | 510592 | 280848 | 89915 | 151058 | 17387 | 8466 | 28911 | 1632939 |
April | 543269 | 507628 | 278883 | 89492 | 149990 | 17295 | 8419 | 28751 | 1623727 |
March | 541833 | 505665 | 277305 | 89117 | 149282 | 17258 | 8406 | 28701 | 1617567 |
Feb | 540855 | 504171 | 275891 | 88882 | 148739 | 17236 | 8380 | 28629 | 1612783 |
Jan | 538890 | 501632 | 273912 | 88581 | 147858 | 17190 | 8340 | 28482 | 1604885 |
| NSW | VIC | QLD | SA | WA | TAS | NT | ACT | Total |
Dec | 2794 | 2799 | 1698 | 371 | 740 | 72 | 48 | 125 | 8647 |
Nov | 3097 | 3001 | 1945 | 446 | 813 | 79 | 65 | 151 | 9597 |
Oct | 3401 | 3443 | 2360 | 507 | 911 | 95 | 70 | 156 | 10943 |
Sep | 3738 | 3555 | 2418 | 505 | 1001 | 108 | 52 | 164 | 11541 |
Aug | 3536 | 3367 | 2274 | 512 | 1033 | 99 | 49 | 139 | 11009 |
July | 4187 | 4062 | 2692 | 596 | 1280 | 145 | 59 | 224 | 13245 |
June | 5182 | 5830 | 3995 | 927 | 1971 | 167 | 89 | 356 | 18517 |
May | 4233 | 4203 | 2849 | 643 | 1427 | 135 | 60 | 239 | 13789 |
April | 3734 | 3667 | 2650 | 617 | 1167 | 97 | 51 | 189 | 12172 |
March | 3538 | 3292 | 2478 | 477 | 992 | 79 | 57 | 169 | 11082 |
Feb | 3712 | 3702 | 2729 | 518 | 1173 | 90 | 63 | 210 | 12197 |
Jan | 2939 | 2786 | 2248 | 439 | 1003 | 86 | 51 | 178 | 9730 |