Insights

Original data reports on Australian business, built from the same public registers that power Uplook’s search.

We hold census-scale copies of the Australian business namescape — 20 million ABNs, 4.4 million companies, 2.9 million registered business names, .au domains and trade marks. These reports mine that data for questions no single government tool answers. All figures are aggregate counts, free to cite with a link.

• Nearly 2 Million .au Domains Could Break auDA’s New RulesauDA has proposed tightening the allocation rules. We tested all 3.1M .com.au/.net.au domains: 57% would no longer directly match their holder’s name or trade mark.
• The Most Common Surnames in AustraliaSingh leads, ahead of Smith — the top 50 sole-trader surnames from 11.1M ABNs.
• The Most Common First Names in AustraliaMichael and David top the list — the top 50 sole-trader first names.
• The 100 Oldest Companies in AustraliaFrom Westpac (1817) on — the oldest companies still on the ASIC register.