Data about corporations

The Australian Government’s public data policy requires ORIC to make non-sensitive data ‘open’ by default. Open means the data is freely available for anyone to use, reuse, and redistribute.

We publish data about corporations on data.gov.au

It includes each corporation’s:

  • registration status and status date
  • location
  • industries they operate in
  • number of members 
  • number of directors and their title 
  • general financial information for the last 3 years
  • size.

We aim to update this data monthly. 

Registered Native Title Body Corporate data 

We publish data on registered native title bodies corporate (RNTBCs). The data is based on reports from the last complete financial year.

View the data in the interactive, visual dashboard.

Complaints involving corporations

We produce regular statistical reports about complaints involving corporations. 

This helps us to:

  • monitor aspects of corporation performance over time
  • learn more about issues in the sector
  • do ongoing and yearly risk analysis to inform regulatory and support activities, for example, by geography, operating sector, size, frequency or recurring issues.

Corporations with overdue reports

If a corporation fails to provide its report in time, we publish its name and state on the list of corporations with overdue reports.

Benefits of open data

Open data support government agencies to work together on goals such as Closing the Gap. It means researchers and analysts can get information without relying on government officials to supply it. 

Having data available also frees up staff time in processing requests.

Principles of open data

We follow these principles to determine what goes into the public data set on data.gov.au:

  • De-identify people: we only use title (for example, Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr) for directors to capture gender representation.
  • Respect corporation sensitivities: financial information is not exact but provided by category.
  • Avoid feeding spammers: no address or other contact information is provided.

Uses for open data

By publishing a data set on data.gov.au, more people can use ORIC data to:

  • conduct research
  • combine our data with other sources
  • support collaborative research projects
  • generate new insights into the sector.

Give feedback on data

We may change the amount of data we share or the way we share it in response to feedback.

If you have any feedback or questions, contact us.

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