PPSR quarterly statistics

Access quarterly statistics on the operation of Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR).

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PPSR snapshot in March quarter 2025

Chart showing quarterly trends in Personal Property Securities Register activity. Full data available in accompanying spreadsheet.

Media release

You can read our commentary for this quarter in our media release: Australia’s Personal Property Securities Register – AFSA statistics release March quarter 2025.

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Full dataset

This zip file contains the full set of quarterly PPSR statistics. Associated commentary and charts are drawn exclusively from this data set.

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Individual datasets

The time series for the PPSR quarterly statistics is available in CSV format.

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*Note: from 1 July 2015, only account users are able to create registrations on the PPSR. The CSV file has been revised to reflect this change, starting with the September quarter 2015 release.

Data tables

Table 1 Searches conducted on the PPSR by type
Search type Number of searches in January 2025 Number of searches in February 2025 Number of searches in March 2025 Number of searches in the March quarter 2025
Serial number 581,651 595,979 613,091 1,790,721
Comprising:
motor vehicle 577,179 591,854 609,383 1,778,416
- Quick motor vehicle searches 87,114 87,037 91,153 265,304
- Other motor vehicle searches 490,065 504,817 518,230 1,513,112
watercraft 4,033 3,582 3,093 10,708
aircraft 246 268 343 857
intellectual property 193 275 272 740
Individual grantor 16,451 18,424 19,867 54,742
Organisational grantor 371,235 437,272 470,491 1,278,998
PPSR registration number 14,883 16,545 16,965 48,393
Other searches 147 141 7 295
Total searches 984,367 1,068,361 1,120,421 3,173,149
Table 2 Searches conducted on the PPSR by type of user
Type of PPSR user Number of searches in January 2025 Number of searches in February 2025 Number of searches in March 2025 Number of searches in the March quarter 2025
Searches performed by external user 981,454 1,065,426 1,118,225 3,165,105
By type of user:
Casual user 101,123 101,213 106,039 308,375
Account customer 880,331 964,213 1,012,186 2,856,730
By type of account user:
B2G customer 763,473 842,951 888,634 2,495,058
Web UI customer 116,858 121,262 123,552 361,672
Searches performed by the National Service Centre/Internal 2,913 2,935 2,196 8,044
Total searches 984,367 1,068,361 1,120,421 3,173,149
Table 3 Activity regarding PPSR registrations
Activity Number of activities in January 2025 Number of activities in February 2025 Number of activities in March 2025 Number of activities in the March quarter 2025
Transactions to create registrations
(financing statements)
155,142 171,134 199,247 525,523
By kind of interest1:
Transitional registrations 268 344 248 860
Non-transitional registrations 154,874 170,790 198,999 524,663
By type of PPSR account user2:
B2G account customer 121,910 135,755 162,147 419,812
Web UI account customer 33,231 35,379 37,100 105,710
Transactions to amend registrations
(financing change statements, excluding to end the effect of the registration)
90,382 74,566 183,879 348,827
By type of amendment:
Change address for service 64,709 53,778 62,372 180,859
Change registration attribute 23,396 19,048 22,655 65,099
Transfer all registrations 1,252 303 1,060 2,615
Transfer multiple registrations 423 271 285 979
Transfer single registration 602 1,166 97,506 99,274
Transactions to discharge or remove registrations
(financing change statements to end the effect of the registration)
138,033 137,525 138,743 414,301

1 The transitional period which provided secured parties temporary perfection of security interests, ended at midnight on 31 January 2014 (Canberra time).

2 From 01 July 2015, only account users are able to create registrations on the PPSR.

Table 4 PPSR registrations by registration state
Registration state Number of registrations as at 31 March 2025
Current 10,635,580
Expired or removed 23,959,206
Total 34,594,786
Table 5 PPSR registrations by kind of interest
Kind of interest Number of current registrations as at 31 March 2025
Transitional security interest 1,717,492
Non-transitional security interest 8,887,566
Prescribed property 30,522
Total 10,635,580
Table 6 PPSR registrations by collateral class
Collateral class listed in registration Number of current registrations as at 31 March 2025
Agriculture 94,872
Aircraft 12,200
All present and after acquired property 1,704,898
All present and after acquired property, except 311,622
Financial property 57,526
Intangible property 123,281
Motor vehicle 5,030,997
Other goods 3,272,498
Watercraft 27,686
Total 10,635,580
Table 7 PPSR registrations by collateral type
Collateral type Number of current registrations as at 31 March 2025
Consumer property 2,154,004
Commercial property 8,422,525
Unknown 59,051
Total 10,635,580

Guide

PPSR quarterly statistics

Introduction

We publish information every quarter on PPSR transactions, including searches and registrations.

We also publish annual statistics on PPSR transactions in the AFSA annual report.

Revisions

We publish statistics on PPSR transactions (searches and registrations) by month from the December quarter 2017. We updated the time series spreadsheets to include this monthly breakdown, and revised previous data.

We publish statistics on PPSR transactions to amend registrations by type and month from the June quarter 2019. We updated the “Activity regarding PPSR registrations” time series spreadsheet to include this monthly breakdown, and revised previous data on total amendments. Data on transactions to create and discharge registrations were not affected.

These revisions replaced previously published information.

Scope and coverage

Personal property is generally all forms of property other than land, buildings and fixtures. A security interest is an interest in personal property that secures payment or performance of an obligation. It also includes PPS leases. The PPSR is a national online register of security interests in personal property. It commenced operations on 30 January 2012. Use of the PPSR is voluntary.

Unless otherwise stated, we report on every search and registration transaction that occurred on the PPSR in the reporting period.

PPSR searches

We classify PPSR searches based on the search criteria entered.

The search criteria are:

  • serial number
  • individual grantor
  • organisational grantor
  • PPSR registration number
  • other searches.

Grantor searches

A grantor is a person who has granted a security interest in personal property that it/he/she owns or has an interest in. Examples of grantors are debtors, lessees and guarantors.

Individual grantor searches return current PPSR registrations that list the natural person identified in the search criteria as a grantor. To conduct an individual grantor search, users must have an authorised purpose in accordance with section 172 of the PPS Act.

Organisational grantor searches return current PPSR registrations that list the organisation identified in the search criteria (for example a company) as a grantor.

Other searches

Other searches include ordinal searches. Users can use an ordinal search to compare two registration events of either the same registration or two separate registrations. For example, users can compare any combination of the following:

  • start time
  • amendment (by change number)
  • end time.

Types of PPSR users

Both internal and external users can search the PPSR.

Internal users are generally employees of the agency that administers the PPSR, the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA).

External users of the PPSR include:

  • casual users: generally infrequent users who transact online using a credit card
  • account customers: generally regular users who transact either online (Web UI) or through a Business to Government (B2G) connection. An account customer may have a pre-pay, pay-as-you-go or credit account.

PPSR registrations

Current registrations have an end date in the future and are not expired or removed.

Transactions

PPSR registrations require transactions to create, amend or discharge. We publish statistics on PPSR transactions by type and month each quarter.

Transactions to amend registrations

The following types of amendments can be made to a PPSR registration:

Change address for service – The address for service is email, mailing and if provided physical address used for giving notices to the secured party.

Change registration attributes – Secured parties can amend some registration attributes; for example, registration end dates can be changed, and grantors can be added and removed. Some attributes cannot be changed, such as the Grantor Identifier, collateral type, start date/time and any serial number. 

Transfer all registrations from a secured party – All registrations within a secured party group (SPG) are transferred to another secured party. This happens when the security interests are assigned to or purchased by another secured party.

Transfer multiple registrations from a secured party – Some registrations within a SPG are transferred to another secured party. This happens when the security interests are assigned to or purchased by another secured party.

Transfer single registration from a secured party – A single registration within a SPG is transferred to another secured party. This happens when the security interests are assigned to or purchased by another secured party. Account customer default users are limited to single transfers.

Kinds of interest

PPSR registrations may be categorised into three kinds of interest:

  • transitional security interest
  • non-transitional security interests
  • prescribed property (other registration kinds).

Security interests that existed, or were created under a security agreement that existed, before 30 January 2012 are transitional security interests. All other security interests are non-transitional.

The vast majority of registrations on the PPSR are security interests.  The other registration kinds are:

  • proceeds of crime
  • hoon liens
  • court orders
  • other prescribed property.

Collateral types

The PPSR categorises collateral as:

  • consumer property: property that is used by an individual and not in connection with an enterprise that has an ABN
  • commercial property: property held by a person other than an individual or held by an individual in connection an enterprise that has an ABN.

Some migrated registrations record the collateral type as unknown because they are from transitional registers that did not record this information.

The number of registrations with collateral type listed as unknown will continue to fall as migrated registrations expire or are discharged and re-registered with accurate information.

Collateral class

Registrations must describe collateral by class. Collateral classes are:

  • agriculture
  • aircraft
  • all present and after-acquired property
  • all present and after-acquired property, except
  • financial property
  • intangible property
  • motor vehicles
  • other goods
  • watercraft.