PPSR quarterly statistics tables

Read more about the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) statistics.

Table 1 Searches conducted on the PPSR by type

Search type	Number of searches in April 2023	Number of searches in May 2023	Number of searches in June 2023	Number of searches in the June quarter 2023
Serial number	458,259	591,951	604,973	1,655,183
Comprising:
motor vehicle	455,384	588,655	601,800	1,645,839
- Quick motor vehicle searches	73,736	84,644	83,091	241,471
- Other motor vehicle searches	381,648	504,011	518,709	1,404,368
watercraft	2,509	2,722	2,386	7,617
aircraft	271	418	631	1,320
intellectual property	95	156	156	407
Individual grantor	17,718	23,907	22,532	64,157
Organisational grantor	393,200	526,619	510,477	1,430,296
PPSR registration number	15,862	19,531	19,739	55,132
Other searches	39	70	37	146
Total searches	885,078	1,162,078	1,157,758	3,204,914

Table 2 Searches conducted on the PPSR by type of user

Type of PPSR user	Number of searches in April 2023	Number of searches in May 2023	Number of searches in June 2023	Number of searches in the June quarter 2023
Searches performed by external user	883,870	1,160,234	1,156,236	3,200,340
By type of user:
Casual user	85,213	98,725	96,900	280,838
Account customer	798,657	1,061,509	1,059,336	2,919,502
By type of account user:
B2G customer	707,977	936,080	936,085	2,580,142
Web UI customer	90,680	125,429	123,251	339,360
Searches performed by the National Service Centre/Internal	1,208	1,844	1,522	4,574
Total searches	885,078	1,162,078	1,157,758	3,204,914

Table 3 Activity regarding PPSR registrations

Activity	Number of activities in April 2023	Number of activities in May 2023	Number of activities in June 2023	Number of activities in the June quarter 2023
Transactions to create registrations (financing statements)	140,332	198,946	219,388	558,666
By kind of interest1:
Transitional registrations	184	304	295	783
Non-transitional registrations	140,148	198,642	219,093	557,883
By type of PPSR account user2:
B2G account customer	110,878	159,443	175,714	446,035
Web UI account customer	29,454	39,503	43,674	112,631
Transactions to amend registrations (financing change statements, excluding to end the effect of the registration)	127,180	124,038	218,446	469,664
By type of amendment:
Change address for service	107,242	78,313	182,066	367,621
Change registration attribute	17,101	27,383	23,800	68,284
Transfer all registrations	964	15,886	10,558	27,408
Transfer multiple registrations	693	1,579	698	2,970
Transfer single registration	1,180	877	1,324	3,381
Transactions to discharge or remove registrations (financing change statements to end the effect of the registration)	117,728	143,131	144,588	405,447

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 30 June 2023
Current	10,248,392
Expired or removed	20,497,794
Total	30,746,186

Table 5 PPSR registrations by kind of interest

Kind of interest	Number of current registrations as at 30 June 2023
Transitional security interest	1,834,299
Non-transitional security interest	8,388,967
Prescribed property	25,126
Total	10,248,392

Table 6 PPSR registrations by collateral class

Collateral class listed in registration	Number of current registrations as at 30 June 2023
Agriculture	96,862
Aircraft	12,514
All present and after acquired property	1,700,774
All present and after acquired property, except	291,792
Financial property	52,108
Intangible property	115,414
Motor vehicle	4,772,023
Other goods	3,176,623
Watercraft	30,282
Total	10,248,392

Table 7 PPSR registrations by collateral type

Collateral type	Number of current registrations as at 30 June 2023
Consumer property	2,064,387
Commercial property	8,123,087
Unknown	60,918
Total	10,248,392