Regional guide · Logan
Business broker, Logan
This page covers the whole Logan City Council area, including Beenleigh and Eagleby, which transferred into Logan on 15 March 2008. The figures below come from the ABS, Logan City Council and the Queensland Government, with the source named against each one.
Every figure on this page is sourced and dated. Where a figure is not published for this region, the page says so. Last updated 15 September 2026.
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What is different about selling a business in Logan?
Logan is a freight city. Transport, postal and warehousing was 16.1 per cent of Logan businesses at 30 June 2024 against 7.7 per cent for Queensland, an index of 2.10. Construction was another 24.8 per cent. So your likely buyer is a trade or logistics buyer. Two Logan approvals decide your settlement date: the trade waste approval does not transfer, and neither does a footpath dining permit.
Logan at a glance
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At a glance
- The business base
- There were 29,449 actively trading businesses in the Logan City local government area at 30 June 2025, up 1,638 businesses (5.9 per cent) over 2024-25. Of the ten Queensland local government areas with the largest business counts, only Ipswich grew faster in percentage terms that year. In absolute terms Logan added more businesses than the Gold Coast.
- What is over represented
- Transport, postal and warehousing. There were 4,468 of them at 30 June 2024, 16.1 per cent of the Logan base against 7.7 per cent for Queensland, an index of 2.10. That is 11.5 per cent of every transport, postal and warehousing business in the state, sitting on 958.1 square kilometres. Construction follows at 1.45 and manufacturing at 1.26.
- Where the businesses are
- Council’s Employment Lands Strategy (2020) identifies approximately 1,370 hectares of employment land, 753 hectares developed and 617 hectares vacant, and names Crestmead, Berrinba, Park Ridge and North Maclean as the Major Enterprise and Industrial Areas, with smaller pockets at Loganholme, Meadowbrook, Loganlea, Kingston and Logan Village. Springwood is the office centre, Slacks Creek and Underwood carry the highway showroom corridor, and Beenleigh, Browns Plains and Shailer Park carry the retail centres.
- Who the buyers are
- Trade buyers, competitors buying capacity, and interstate logistics groups after a footprint on the Brisbane to Gold Coast corridor. The industry mix points that way: construction, transport and manufacturing together were 45.3 per cent of the Logan base at 30 June 2024, against 28.3 per cent for Queensland. At the top end, 423 Logan businesses turned over $10 million or more, while only 667 businesses (2.4 per cent) employed 20 or more people.
- The local friction
- Logan City Council’s trade waste approval is not transferable, and it is billed to the property owner on the rates notice. The food business licence has a named change of ownership application at $562.00 plus the licence fee, decided within 30 days or in 10 business days for a further $261.00. A footpath dining permit requires a new application, not a transfer. A devolved environmentally relevant activity does transfer, at $345.
- What decides the price
- For a transport or industrial business, contract security, sub contractor arrangements and vehicle finance, because machinery operators and drivers were the largest occupation group among Logan personal insolvency debtors in 2021 at 42 of 278. After that, the mapped flood risk on your site, and whether your value depends on a zoning or an expansion right under the Logan Planning Scheme 2015 while the replacement Logan Plan is still being written.
What Logan actually runs on
| Industry division | Businesses | Share of the base | Against Queensland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport, postal and warehousing | 4,468 | 16.1% | 2.10 |
| Public administration and safety | 119 | 0.4% | 1.73 |
| Construction | 6,885 | 24.8% | 1.45 |
| Manufacturing | 1,252 | 4.5% | 1.26 |
| Administrative and support services | 1,540 | 5.5% | 1.20 |
| Other services | 1,767 | 6.4% | 1.14 |
| Wholesale trade | 861 | 3.1% | 1.11 |
| Retail trade | 1,768 | 6.4% | 1.10 |
| Accommodation and food services | 866 | 3.1% | 0.80 |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,601 | 5.8% | 0.72 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 2,392 | 8.6% | 0.69 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 384 | 1.4% | 0.17 |
Counts are for the Logan City local government area at 30 June 2024, from ABS Data by Region drawing on Counts of Australian Businesses, including Entries and Exits, July 2021 to June 2025, released 26 August 2025; the index compares the Logan share of businesses with the Queensland share, and it counts businesses on the register, not businesses that were sold.
Where the businesses actually are
The estates and corridors that hold the business base, and the industries that carry them.
Where the businesses actually are in Logan, 934 words, on its own page.
Local knowledge
What I know about this market that a data table does not carry
What trades in Logan
The industrial estates through Crestmead, Berrinba, Slacks Creek, Meadowbrook and Yatala carry warehousing, distribution, light manufacturing, transport depots and equipment businesses. Yatala in particular has become a serious industrial corridor in its own right. Alongside that sits a large trade services base, civil and earthmoving contractors working the southern growth areas, and a growing e-commerce and fulfilment presence taking advantage of the position between two major markets.
The e-commerce and fulfilment angle
Logan has become a natural home for online retail because of warehouse availability and access to both Brisbane and the Gold Coast. If you run an e-commerce business out of Logan, the things buyers scrutinise are specific. Customer acquisition cost and whether it is trending the wrong way. Platform and channel concentration, particularly if a large share of revenue comes through one marketplace. Supplier agreements and whether they transfer on sale. Repeat purchase rate. Inventory position and how it is priced. These are not the questions a buyer asks of a transport business, and the preparation is different.
Transport and logistics in the southern corridor
Logan transport operators have the advantage of position and the disadvantage of a crowded market. What separates the businesses that sell well is contracted work, compliance history, fleet condition and whether the customer relationships sit with the business or with the owner personally. That last point is the one I spend the most time on before a Logan business goes to market, because it is the one a buyer prices rather than argues about.
Working with Logan owners
Everything starts with a conversation. Phone, video or a coffee somewhere quiet, whatever suits you and whatever keeps it discreet. From there, buyers are approached directly and confidentially, in Queensland and interstate, which means your business is never limited to the people who happen to live nearby.
Crestmead, Berrinba and the warehouse belt
The estates through Crestmead, Berrinba and Heathwood carry a great deal of the region's third party logistics, storage and distribution. These businesses sell on contract quality more than anything else. How long are the agreements, how much notice can a client give, and how much of the revenue sits with the largest one. Owners who tidy that up across twelve months usually see it turn up in the price.
The Slacks Creek automotive strip
The corridor through Slacks Creek and Underwood holds one of the denser concentrations of automotive retail, parts and service in the state. Buyers here know the market well and negotiate accordingly. Your stock position, workshop equipment, technician retention and any franchise or dealership agreement all get examined closely. Franchise approval in particular can add weeks, so start that conversation with the franchisor before you list rather than after.
Succession in a first generation business base
A lot of Logan businesses were built from nothing by people who arrived, worked and never stopped. Twenty five years later the business runs entirely through the founder and the children have gone into other things. That is the most common structural issue I see here and it is fixable. Documenting the process, promoting a second in charge and stepping back from daily operations for twelve months makes a measurable difference to what a buyer will pay.
A customer base built on community
Many Logan businesses trade heavily within particular communities, and the relationships behind that revenue are real and valuable. They are also the part a buyer worries most about transferring. Where the connection runs through you personally, a longer handover and a proper introduction programme matters more than usual. Where it runs through staff who are staying, say so plainly and make sure those people are on terms that give a buyer confidence they will remain.
Questions people ask
3 of the 19 answered in full on the questions page for this topic.
Does my Logan trade waste approval pass to the buyer?
No. Logan City Council’s trade waste approval is issued under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Qld) and is not transferable. The published position is that if you change property ownership or lease a business establishment, you have to reapply for a new approval.
What does a change of ownership of a food business licence cost in Logan?
Council’s 2026-27 food business licence form sets an application fee of $562.00 plus a licence fee. The licence fee is $1,041.00 for a bakery, cafe or restaurant, $999.00 for a food shop or takeaway, $957.00 for a supermarket and $566.00 for a food vehicle or vending machine.
Can the buyer use my footpath seating from settlement day?
Only if the new permit has already issued. Council’s guidance tells the incoming operator to apply for a new outdoor dining licence, pay the fee, and wait until the permit is in their name before using tables and chairs on the footpath.
Questions owners in Logan ask, all 19 of them.
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