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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

2008 New company registrations

	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

Registration statistics for other years
Insolvency statistics

ASIC Website: Printed 03/17/2010