What this class covers
ANZSIC class 6619 covers Australian businesses primarily engaged in renting, hiring, or leasing various types of motor vehicles and transport equipment, excluding passenger cars. The key characteristic is that these businesses provide the equipment only – they do not provide drivers, pilots, crews, or operators as part of the service. This classification applies to both short-term rentals and longer-term leasing arrangements for the equipment itself.
Typical businesses in this class include companies that rent out trucks for logistics or construction, hire boats or jet skis for recreational use, lease aircraft to charter companies, or provide shipping containers for freight. For example, a business operating a fleet of utility trailers for hire at a hardware store, a marina renting out motorboats to tourists, or a company leasing refrigerated shipping containers to agricultural exporters would all fall under this classification. The activity is purely about providing access to the physical asset rather than providing a transport service.
Primary activities in plain English
Businesses classified under ANZSIC 6619 typically engage in one or more of the following activities:
- Renting aircraft without pilots (e.g., light planes for flight training)
- Hiring boats and watercraft without crews (e.g., pleasure boats, yachts, or jet skis)
- Renting buses (excluding minibuses) without drivers
- Renting caravans, motor homes, or campervans
- Renting motorcycles or scooters
- Leasing railway rolling stock
- Renting ships or large vessels without crews
- Renting shipping containers (including refrigerated units)
- Renting trailers of various types
- Renting trucks without drivers (e.g., utility trucks, moving trucks)
Exclusions and nearby codes
Several related but distinct activities are excluded from ANZSIC 6619 and classified elsewhere:
- Passenger car rental (including station wagons and minibuses) is classified under ANZSIC 6611: Passenger Car Rental and Hiring.
- Renting transport equipment with drivers, pilots, or operators falls under various classes in Division I (Transport, Postal and Warehousing).
- Bicycle rental is included in ANZSIC 6639: Other Goods and Equipment Rental and Hiring n.e.c..
- Financial leasing of transport equipment (where the primary business is providing financing) is classified under ANZSIC 6230: Non-Depository Financing.
Practical guidance
When registering your business with the Australian Business Register (ABR), you'll need to select an appropriate industry code. ANZSIC 6619 maps to BIC code 66190 for tax and reporting purposes. This classification may affect your Business Activity Statement (BAS) reporting requirements and the GST treatment of your rental activities.
For workers' compensation insurance, businesses in this class are typically classified under relevant transport or rental risk categories. State-based regulators like WorkSafe Australia use ANZSIC classifications to determine premium rates, so accurate classification is important for insurance purposes.
When applying for business grants or industry assistance programs, government agencies may use your ANZSIC classification to determine eligibility. Some COVID-19 support programs and industry-specific grants have used ANZSIC codes to target assistance to affected sectors.