# Explore Australian business indicators

Find cited Australian figures for business counts, prices, employment, building activity, turnover and wage growth. Coverage varies by measure and region.

Canonical: https://aroai.com/tools/au_business_indicators/

## Tool reference

MCP tool ID: `au_business_indicators`. Availability: Live. Country: Australia.

Credit use: 1 credit.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "metric": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80,
      "description": "Supported metric ID. Unknown IDs fail closed and return the closest supported choices. Supported metric IDs: business_count, business_entries, business_exits, cpi_annual_inflation, cpi_monthly_inflation, ppi_final_demand_qoq, ppi_final_demand_yoy, unemployment_rate, employed_persons, building_approvals_dwellings, business_turnover_change, wage_price_index_yoy."
    },
    "geography": {
      "description": "National, a supported region/state, or an Electricity Authority network reporting region.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "industry": {
      "description": "A supported industry code or ANZSIC division letter/name (for example E or Construction) where the selected metric supports an industry breakdown.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "category": {
      "description": "A source category code for supported breakdown metrics.",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 80,
      "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9 _\\-&,.]*$"
    },
    "load_type": {
      "description": "Electricity Authority price assumption; defaults to standard user.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "standard",
        "low"
      ]
    },
    "period": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?:\\d{4}(?:-(?:\\d{1,2}|Q[1-4]))?|Q[1-4]\\s+\\d{4}|[A-Za-z]{3,9}\\s+\\d{4})$",
      "description": "Reference period: YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-Qn, Qn YYYY, or a month and year such as Sep 2026, according to the selected source series."
    },
    "period_start": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?:\\d{4}(?:-(?:\\d{1,2}|Q[1-4]))?|Q[1-4]\\s+\\d{4}|[A-Za-z]{3,9}\\s+\\d{4})$",
      "description": "Reference period: YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-Qn, Qn YYYY, or a month and year such as Sep 2026, according to the selected source series."
    },
    "period_end": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^(?:\\d{4}(?:-(?:\\d{1,2}|Q[1-4]))?|Q[1-4]\\s+\\d{4}|[A-Za-z]{3,9}\\s+\\d{4})$",
      "description": "Reference period: YYYY, YYYY-MM, YYYY-Qn, Qn YYYY, or a month and year such as Sep 2026, according to the selected source series."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "metric"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```