As of June 2021, there were 2.4 million active businesses in Australia, up by 87,806 (3.8%) from one year earlier. In June 2021, 1.41 million businesses had no employees, down by 31,056 (-2.2%) from one year earlier. 992,205 businesses had at least 1 employee, up by 118,862 (13.6%) from one year earlier*. The change in active businesses over the year included 365,480 new businesses and 277,674 exiting businesses.