List of Driving Schools in Australia

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 2,322 driving schools in Australia, one in every 3,699 Australian companies. Most of them are small: three in four work as sole traders, and only 1 firm employs 50 people or more. Two in three of all driving schools are based in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Below you find the largest driving schools in Australia, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Australian company database or through the ABN Lookup API.

2,322 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies2,3221 in3,699 Australian companiesCities217Largest citySydney 649Sole traders74%Employees1-4 (88%)Revenue< $100K (77%)Email55%Phone21%Website82%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Motorcycle Holdings Operations PTY LTD	Australia	Brisbane	68 Moss Street	Queensland	4127	*****.au	2011	$67,253,400	900	Corporation	24	150970344
2	Stay Upright PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Suite A9 24-32 Lexington Drive	New South Wales	2153	*****.au	1981	$4,561,657	75	Corporation	N/A	002099069
3	The Trustee For Roberts Family Trust	Australia	Melbourne	4/161 Princes Highway	Victoria	3803	*****.au	2000	$4,013,389	30	Cooperative	N/A	29162576826
4	Murcott PTY. LTD.	Australia	Melbourne	265 Sunshine Road	Victoria	3012	*****.au	1994	$3,900,367	30	Corporation	N/A	065168489
5	The Australian Driving Institute PTY LTD	Australia	Adelaide	7 Benjamin Street	South Australia	5042	*****.com	2011	$2,386,439	29	Corporation	3	152174984
6	Armstrongs Driver Education PTY. LIMITED	Australia	Melbourne	356 Settlement Road	Victoria	3074	*****.au	1992	$2,278,512	15	Corporation	N/A	057269217
7	Burleigh Driver Training School	Australia	Surfers Paradise	88 Waitomo St	Queensland	4218	*****.au	1984	$2,062,000	9		N/A	BN5444524
8	Yugo Driving School PTY. LIMITED	Australia	Melbourne	79 Hallam Valley Road	Victoria	3175	*****.au	1985	$2,029,819	15	Corporation	N/A	006438848
9	Om Enterprises Syd PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	4 Noeline Ave	New South Wales	2564	*****.au	2015	$1,834,000	4	Corporation	N/A	607543608
10	Sunshine Brisbane Driving School PTY LTD	Australia	Gatton	53 Woodlands Rd	Queensland	4343	N/A	2015	$1,834,000	4	Corporation	N/A	609697921
11	Aaa Optimum Goc PTY LTD	Australia	Perth	119 Broadway	Western Australia	6054	N/A	2016	$1,793,000	1	Corporation	N/A	613669284
12	Ltrent PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Se 201 32-38 Delhi Road	New South Wales	2113	*****.au	2013	$1,659,106	29	Corporation	5	164091105
13	The Trustee For G & R Singh Family Trust	Australia	Adelaide	U 7 7 Streiff Road	South Australia	5013	N/A	2010	$1,526,000	9	Cooperative	N/A	66230266241
14	B.A Obst & G.S Obst	Australia	Geelong	40 Madeley Street	Victoria	3226	*****.au	2010	$1,454,000	2	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	91851576227
15	L.B. & S.K. School Of Motoring PTY. LTD.	Australia	Melbourne	55-59 Westwood Drive	Victoria	3023	*****.au	1979	$1,231,422	7	Corporation	2	005578503
16	Arushi Enterprises PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	7 Hagen Close	Victoria	3029	*****.au	2011	$1,128,259	9	Corporation	N/A	149343975
17	Leah Bell	Australia	N/A	N/A	Victoria	3844	*****.au	2014	$1,093,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	91989842493
18	Wonnah Sahn	Australia	Melbourne	7 Nebula Ct	Victoria	3021	*****.au	2013	$1,080,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	13312664301
19	Surendra N Prabhakar	Australia	Sydney	28 Erin Place	New South Wales	2170	*****.au	2013	$1,080,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	59614891135
20	Ali Sakkour	Australia	Melbourne	2a Hastings Street	Victoria	3188	*****.au	2012	$1,078,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	17845904874
21	Gerald Ronald Vanderhorst	Australia	Benalla	N/A	Victoria	3672	N/A	2012	$1,078,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	39881053460
22	Israel Gebremichael	Australia	N/A	N/A	Western Australia	6062	N/A	2015	$1,078,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	69536065614
23	Eihab Ahmed Hanin	Australia	Sydney	8-10 Fifth Avenue	New South Wales	2148	N/A	2012	$1,078,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	60689262596
24	Arunkumar Kalappuravil Kalappurayil Kunjachen	Australia	Melbourne	37 Stately Drive	Victoria	3977	*****.au	2012	$1,078,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	56443808230
25	Md Nazim Uddin	Australia	Sydney	1 Meharry Place	New South Wales	2566	N/A	2011	$1,074,000	1	Proprietorship	N/A	79469262329

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How many driving schools are there in Australia?

Driving schools in Australia

2,322

21 October 2026

There are 2,322 driving schools in Australia in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 3,699 Australian companies. 3 were entered in the register so far in 2026.

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,314 100%
Head offices: 8
Branch offices: 0

Classification

ANZSIC code 8212. Our platform filter is SIC 8299.

370 of the 2,322 are Pty Ltd and Ltd (16%); 1,719 are sole traders. They come from ASIC + ABN Lookup and our Australian register data, through the ABN Lookup API.

Where in Australia?

Sydney has the most driving schools in Australia (649), ahead of Melbourne (377), Perth (195), Brisbane (162) and Adelaide (129). Together the five hold two in three of them. Relative to their size, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth have the most: 1.8 to 2.1 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

217 Australian cities have at least one driving school; 20 have ten or more; 132 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Driving schools per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.03. Sydney has 2.1 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

Largest driving schools in Australia

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Sydney. Click a name for the record.

Stay Upright PTY is the largest driving school in Australia by headcount. 1 firm employs 50 people or more; 0 employ 100 or more.

1Sydney75 staff
2Melbourne30 staff
3Melbourne30 staff
4Sydney29 staff
5Brisbane29 staff
6Gympie17 staff
7Melbourne15 staff
8Gold Coast15 staff
9Melbourne15 staff
10Sydney14 staff

By employee size · 2,320 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,049	88%
5-9	249	11%
10-19	15	0.6%
20-49	6	0.3%
50-99	1	<0.1%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

88% have 1 to 4 people; 6 have 20 to 49; 1 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,782	77%
$100K-$500K	450	19%
$500K-$1M	48	2%
$1M-$5M	41	2%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%

77% under $100,000; 41 between $1M and $5M; 1 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Australia

Of the 2,320 Australian driving schools with a known headcount, 2,049 (88%) have one to four people, 249 have five to nine, 21 have ten to 49 and 1 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,782, 77%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Australian companies

Micro under 102,298 99%
Small 10 to 4921 0.9%
Medium 50 to 2491 <0.1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

Grey line: the share among all Australian companies (96% have under ten staff).

firm turns over more than $5 million a year; 1 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Driving schools in Sydney

Sydney has 649 driving schools, <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 108% above the national share. Nine in ten Sydney firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 2 new firms were entered in 2026, 4 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 588 · 91%
5-9: 57 · 9%
10-19: 1 · 0.2%
20-49: 2 · 0.3%
50+: 1 · 0.2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 508 · 78%
Partnerships: 24 · 4%
Pty Ltd and Ltd: 111 · 17%
Other or none: 6 · 0.9%

Of the Australian total: 28.0%
Of all Sydney companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 2.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 2
Entered 2025: 4
Of Australia's 2026 entries: 66.7%

Old

Before 1990: 4 · 0.6%
1990 or later: 645 · 99%
Of Australia's pre-1990 firms: 33.3%

Reachable

Email: 335 · 52%
Phone: 104 · 16%
Website: 531 · 82%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 511 · 79%
$100K-$500K: 120 · 18%
$500K-$1M: 6 · 0.9%
$1M and more: 12 · 2%

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Sole traders or Pty Ltd: how they are organised

Three in four Australian driving schools work as sole traders, against 30% of all Australian companies. Only one firm in six is a Pty Ltd or Ltd.

Sole traders1,71974%
Partnerships1215%
Pty Ltd and Ltd37016%
No form on record or other1125%

Single-site: 100%
Head offices: 8
Branches: 0

All Australian companies: 30% sole traders, 4% partnerships, 45% Pty Ltd and Ltd.

The oldest firms in Australia

Our data holds 0 Australian driving schools from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 12 from before 1990.

1968
1. Sydney
1979
1. Melbourne
1979
1. Gympie
1981
1. Sydney
1981
1. Melbourne
1981
1. Sydney

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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Australian driving schools date from before 1990

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 20 hotels for every driving school in Australia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Hotels	45,286	48%	63%
Hairdressers	18,744	74%	94%
Colleges	4,427	46%	38%
Driving Schools	2,322	82%	88%
Secondary Schools	1,175	99%	9%
Libraries	636	54%	42%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Germany	12,369	1.8
France	9,509	0.7
The UK	8,322	0.9
Brazil	7,679	0.3
The USA	6,731	0.1
Australia	2,322	0.3

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How reachable are they?

Driving schools are easier to reach than the average Australian company: 21% list a phone number and 82% a website.

Email1,272 55%
Phone485 21%
Website1,895 82%

Grey line: all Australian companies (email 9%, phone 14%, website 14%).

The full list with these fields is in our Australian company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many driving schools are there in Australia?

There are 2,322 driving schools in Australia in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 3,699 Australian companies.

Which is the largest driving school in Australia?

Stay Upright PTY in Sydney, with 75 staff. By revenue Motorcycle Holdings Operations PTY in Brisbane leads with $67.3 million a year.

Which Australian city has the most driving schools?

Sydney, with 649, ahead of Melbourne (377), Perth (195), Brisbane (162) and Adelaide (129).

How many driving schools are there in Sydney?

649, which is <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 108% above the national share.

How big is a typical driving school?

Small. 88% of the 2,320 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Australian driving schools sole traders or companies?

Three in four (1,719) are sole traders, 5% are partnerships and 16% (370) are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

How many driving schools started in 2026?

3 were entered in the Australian register so far in 2026, after 28 in 2025. 1 of them is a Pty Ltd or Ltd.

What is the oldest driving school in Australia?

Creative Energy PTY in Sydney, 1968, followed by L.B. & S.K. School of Motoring Pty in Melbourne (1979) and Roadcraft-Queensland Driver Training Complex in Gympie (1979). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers driving schools?

Australian driving schools are classified under ANZSIC code 8212. Our platform filters them on SIC 8299 (schools and educational services, not elsewhere classified).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 2,322 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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