Northern Territory economy · Business indicators
Northern Territory business aggregates can be affected by a relatively small number of employers and projects. Showing the complete two-series family makes that concentration visible instead of presenting a solitary result.
2 published series · abs-business-indicators
business.sales.total.nt.seasadj
Latest value
$12.6B
Change from prior period
+$599M
from Jan 2026
business.wages.total.nt.seasadj
Latest value
$2.3B
Change from prior period
+$80M
from Jan 2026
Business indicators describe selected parts of firms' recorded activity rather than a single measure of business health. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes the underlying business collections, generally on a quarterly timetable, using survey and administrative inputs that are aggregated for each jurisdiction. This page keeps the two available state series together and prints each series' own unit, frequency and adjustment because the measures should not be assumed to be interchangeable. Initial estimates can be revised when businesses provide updated returns, administrative records are refreshed, seasonal patterns are recalculated or benchmark information becomes available. Movements may also reflect industry composition and the concentration of large employers within a state. These indicators do not directly measure every small business, profitability for a particular company, confidence, insolvency risk or the value of listed shares. They describe published historical aggregates and are not a forecast, investment signal or assessment of an individual firm's prospects.
Coarse operating-exposure bands are AI estimates based on public company information. Headquarters-only matches are withheld.
NST Northern Star ResourcesMaterials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Tanami gold mine operations
RIO Rio TintoMaterials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Gove bauxite operations
STO SantosEnergy
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Barossa and Darwin LNG interests
S32 South32Materials
Some operations exposure (estimate)
Basis: Groote Eylandt manganese operations
ARU Arafura Rare EarthsMaterials
Majority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Nolans rare earths project development
TBN Tamboran ResourcesEnergy
Majority of operations (estimate)
Basis: Northern Territory shale gas exploration
Every chart reports its source, unit, frequency, adjustment and source licence from the economic-series catalogue. Latest periods may be preliminary or revised by the publisher. Historical data only; not a forecast or financial advice.
