Life and social counselling in Austria: trade licences by state
Austria has 14,447 trade licences for Life and social counselling at a main location, 1.5% of all 956,831 licences.
Most are in Vienna (3,698).
462 of them are held by companies and other legal persons, 0 are reported dormant.
Of the licences valid today, 1,231 took effect in 2025 and 1,192 in 2024.
Kind according to GISA: reglementiertes Gewerbe. GISA key 4601. What this means
By state
| Vienna | 3,698 |
| Lower Austria | 2,581 |
| Upper Austria | 2,202 |
| Styria | 1,863 |
| Tyrol | 1,165 |
| Salzburg | 913 |
| Carinthia | 899 |
| Vorarlberg | 604 |
| Burgenland | 522 |
The ten districts with the most licences
| Graz | 753 |
| Linz | 400 |
| Innsbruck-Land | 357 |
| Innsbruck | 354 |
| Mödling | 332 |
| Salzburg | 332 |
| Salzburg-Umgebung | 297 |
| Graz-Umgebung | 293 |
| Baden | 288 |
| Klagenfurt am Wörthersee | 277 |
Took effect, by year
| 2026 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 1,231 |
| 2024 | 1,192 |
| 2023 | 1,032 |
| 2022 | 1,102 |
| 2021 | 769 |
| 2020 | 671 |
| 2019 | 664 |
| 2018 | 603 |
| 2017 | 434 |
| 2016 | 439 |
Only licences valid today; ended ones are not in the dataset.
More trades
- Massage: 11,833
- Hairdresser: 11,403
- Electrical engineering: 11,344
Source: GISA (Austrian trade information system), Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, dataset "Gewerbe in Österreich" on data.gv.at, CC BY 4.0, as of November 2026. Counted are valid trade licences at main locations. data.gv.at. As of November 2026.
Source: Austrian company register (Firmenbuch), Republic of Austria, represented by the BMJ, open data under CC BY 4.0.