Corporate profits in Australia were unexpectedly flat quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2025, missing market forecasts of a 1.7% increase andfollowing an upwardly revised 2.6% contraction in Q2. Profit increases were observed in financial and insurance services (5.0% vs -7.2% in Q2), administrative and support services (4.2% vs -11.3%), mining (0.2% vs -0.9%), wholesale trade (0.8% vs -4.9%), electricity, gas, water, and waste services (4.7% vs -0.6%), rental and hiring services (2.5% vs -3.9%), arts and recreation services (5.8% vs -2.7%), and accommodation and food services (1.5% vs 3.5%). These gains were partly offset by declines in manufacturing (-2.2% vs -10.7%), retail trade (-1.0% vs -5.0%), and professional, scientific, and technical services (-5.4% vs 0.8%), while transport and warehousing remained flat (0.0% vs 1.2%).On an annual basis, profits rose 1.1% through the year to September, after an upwardly revised 3.9% drop in Q2, marking the first annual increase since Q1 2023. source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Corporate Profits in Australia decreased to 125980 AUD Million in the second quarter of 2025 from 129017 AUD Million in the first quarter of 2025. Corporate Profits in Australia averaged 61886.90 AUD Million from 1994 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 150525.00 AUD Million in the second quarter of 2022 and a record low of 12032.00 AUD Million in the first quarter of 1995. This page provides the latest reported value for - Australia Corporate Profits - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Australia Corporate Profits - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Corporate Profits in Australia decreased to 125980 AUD Million in the second quarter of 2025 from 129017 AUD Million in the first quarter of 2025. Corporate Profits in Australia is expected to be 131746.00 AUD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Australia Corporate Profits is projected to trend around 131488.00 AUD Million in 2027 and 134512.00 AUD Million in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-09-01 01:30 AM
Company Gross Profits QoQ
Q2 -2.4% -1.0% 1.2% 0.5%
2025-12-01 12:30 AM
Company Gross Profits QoQ
Q3 0.0% -2.6% 1.7% 1.0%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Building Capital Expenditure 2.10 0.30 percent Sep 2025
Business Inventories -0.90 0.10 percent Sep 2025
Changes in Inventories -1916.00 1748.00 AUD Million Sep 2025
Company Gross Profits 125152.00 125185.00 AUD Million Sep 2025
Industrial Production -0.20 -0.30 percent Sep 2025
Industrial Production Mom 0.50 6.50 percent Sep 2025
Manufacturing Production -1.90 -3.90 percent Sep 2025
Mining Production 0.00 1.30 percent Sep 2025
Plant Machinery Capital Expenditure 11.50 0.70 percent Sep 2025
Private Capital Expenditure 6.40 0.40 percent Sep 2025


Australia Corporate Profits
In Australia, corporate profits refers to the net operating profit or loss before income tax and extraordinary items and is net of capital profits or losses arising from the sale of businesses' own capital goods and dividends received.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
125152.00 125185.00 150525.00 12032.00 1994 - 2025 AUD Million Quarterly
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Australia Q3 Corporate Profits Unexpectedly Flat
Corporate profits in Australia were unexpectedly flat quarter-on-quarter in Q3 2025, missing market forecasts of a 1.7% increase andfollowing an upwardly revised 2.6% contraction in Q2. Profit increases were observed in financial and insurance services (5.0% vs -7.2% in Q2), administrative and support services (4.2% vs -11.3%), mining (0.2% vs -0.9%), wholesale trade (0.8% vs -4.9%), electricity, gas, water, and waste services (4.7% vs -0.6%), rental and hiring services (2.5% vs -3.9%), arts and recreation services (5.8% vs -2.7%), and accommodation and food services (1.5% vs 3.5%). These gains were partly offset by declines in manufacturing (-2.2% vs -10.7%), retail trade (-1.0% vs -5.0%), and professional, scientific, and technical services (-5.4% vs 0.8%), while transport and warehousing remained flat (0.0% vs 1.2%).On an annual basis, profits rose 1.1% through the year to September, after an upwardly revised 3.9% drop in Q2, marking the first annual increase since Q1 2023.
2025-12-01
Australia Corporate Profits Unexpectedly Drop in Q2
Corporate profits in Australia unexpectedly fell by 2.4% quarter-on-quarter in Q2 2025, missing market forecasts of a 1.2% increase, following an upwardly revised 1.0% contraction in Q1. The decline was driven by profit falls in financial and insurance services (-7.5% vs -11.9% in Q1), administrative and support services (-11.4% vs -7.2%), mining (-0.5% vs -6.3%), wholesale trade (-4.6% vs 3.7%), transport and warehousing (-1.6% vs 4.2%), rental and hiring services (-3.6% vs 0.8%), electricity, gas, water and waste services (-1.3% vs -3.0%), manufacturing (-9.3% vs 9.5%), arts and recreation services (-3.1% vs 0.5%), and retail trade (-5.8% vs 5.0%). By contrast, profits rose more strongly in accommodation and food services (3.5% vs 0.7%) and rebounded in professional, scientific, and technical services (1.8% vs - 1.9%). On an annual basis, profits declined by 3.3% through the year to June, after an upwardly revised 5.2% drop in Q1, marking the smallest yearly decline in a year.
2025-09-01
Australia Corporate Profits Unexpectedly Fall in Q1
Corporate profits in Australia unexpectedly dropped by 0.5% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2025, missing market forecasts of 1.1% growth and reversing an upwardly revised 6.0% expansion in Q4 2024. The decline was driven by profit falls in financial and insurance services (-10.6% vs 38.3% in Q4), administrative and support services (-6.1% vs 8.5%), mining (-6.0% vs 5.3%), electricity, gas, water and waste services (-3.2% vs 4.6%), and professional, scientific, and technical services (-1.9% vs 1.5%). Additionally, corporate profit growth slowed for wholesale trade (4.4% vs 20.3%), accommodation and food services (0.7% vs 10.0%), transport and warehousing (4.8% vs 9.0%), rental and hiring services (1.2% vs 10.1%), and arts and recreation services (1.2% vs 12.8%). By contrast, profits rose more strongly in retail trade (5.4% vs 2.8%) and information media and telecommunications (5.0% vs 4.6%). Through the year to March, corporate profits shrank by 5.0%, following a 6.2% decline in Q4.
2025-06-03