Based on ATO Official Benchmark Data

Small Business Benchmark Checker

Enter your client's financials and instantly compare them against the ATO's small business benchmarks across 100 industries. Identify risk areas before the ATO does.

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A–C

20

D–F

11

G–K

24

L–Q

16

R–Z

100

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Based on ATO small business benchmark data. For indicative purposes only — always consult a registered tax agent.

All Covered Industries

A–C

  • Air conditioning, refrigeration and heating services
  • Alarm systems installation – fire and security
  • Architectural services
  • Automotive electrical services
  • Bakeries and hot bread shops
  • Barber and men's hairdressing
  • Beauty services
  • Blocklaying services
  • Book retailing
  • Bottle shops and liquor retailing
  • Bricklaying services
  • Cabinet makers
  • Cake shops and patisseries
  • Carpentry services
  • Carpet laying services
  • Catering services
  • Cement rendering
  • Chicken shops
  • Child care services
  • Chiropractic and osteopathic services
  • Cleaning services – building and other industrial
  • Cleaning services – carpet, rug and furniture upholstery
  • Clothing retailing
  • Coffee shops
  • Computer retailing
  • Concreting services
  • Confectionery retailing
  • Courier services
  • Craft shops

D–F

  • Delicatessen
  • Delivery services
  • Dental specialists
  • Dental surgeons – general
  • Discount and variety stores
  • Domestic appliance repair and maintenance
  • Driving schools and instructors
  • Electrical and electronic product retailing
  • Electrical services
  • Entertainment media retailing
  • Fence construction
  • Fish and chips shops
  • Fish and seafood retailing – fresh
  • Floor covering retailing
  • Florists
  • Footwear retailing
  • Fruit and vegetable retailing
  • Fuel retailing
  • Furniture removalists
  • Furniture retailing

G–K

  • Garden supplies retailing
  • Gift stores
  • Glazing services
  • Grocery retailing and convenience stores
  • Hairdressers
  • Hardware and building supplies retailing
  • Health and fitness centres
  • Health food retailing
  • Homewares retailing
  • Ice cream retailing
  • Kebab shops

L–Q

  • Landscape construction
  • Laundry and dry-cleaning services
  • Lawn mower retailing
  • Lawn mowing and garden services
  • Machinery and equipment repair and maintenance
  • Manchester and other textile goods retailing
  • Meat and poultry retailing – fresh
  • Motor vehicle parts and batteries retailing
  • Motor vehicle retail – new and used
  • Musical instruments retail
  • Newsagents
  • Painting services
  • Panel beating and smash repairs
  • Pest control services
  • Pets and pet supply retailing
  • Pharmacy
  • Physiotherapy services
  • Picture framing retailing
  • Pizza shops – takeaway
  • Plastering and ceiling services
  • Plumbing services
  • Printing
  • Printing support services
  • Pubs, taverns and bars

R–Z

  • Restaurants
  • Road freight transport services
  • Roofing services – includes roof tiling, guttering and metal roofing
  • Sports, camping and fishing retailing
  • Sports and physical recreation instruction
  • Stationery goods retailing
  • Takeaway food services
  • Tiling services – floor and wall
  • Timber floor sanding
  • Tobacco retailing
  • Towing services
  • Toy and game retailing
  • Tutoring and coaching
  • Tyre retailing
  • Veterinary services
  • Watch and jewellery retailing

Disclaimer: Benchmark data is sourced from the ATO and is for indicative purposes only. Benchmark ranges are updated periodically by the ATO — always verify current figures at ato.gov.au. This tool does not constitute financial or taxation advice.