List of Financial Companies in Australia

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 58,460 financial companies in Australia, one in every 147 Australian companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 987 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in three of all financial firms are based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. Below you find the largest financial firms 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.

58,460 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies58,4601 in147 Australian companiesCities1,517Largest citySydney 15,278Sole traders15%Employees1-4 (75%)Revenue$100-500K (38%)Email17%Phone29%Website29%

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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	Bank Of China LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	140 Sussex St	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	1985	$159,571,086,500	582	Foreign company	30864	002979955
2	Jpmorgan Chase Bank National Association	Australia	Sydney	L 18 83-85 Castlereagh St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	1996	$134,227,338,804	700	Foreign company	6	074112011
3	China Development Bank	Australia	Sydney	L 49 Governor Phillip Tower 1 Farrer Pl	New South Wales	2000	N/A	2018	$89,748,239,328	25	Foreign company	N/A	628288308
4	Royal Bank Of Canada	Australia	Sydney	L 59 25 Martin Pl	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	1997	$87,291,157,692	94,000	Foreign company	2	076940880
5	Australia And New Zealand Banking Group LIMITED	Australia	Melbourne	L 9 Anz Centre Melbourne 833 Collins St	Victoria	3008	*****.au	1977	$41,630,657,264	42,142	Corporation	441	005357522
6	New Price Retail Finance PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	Level 4 637 Flinders Street	Victoria	3008	N/A	2003	$36,680,640,000	120,000	Corporation	1475	107444315
7	Westpac Banking CORPORATION	Australia	Sydney	L 18 275 Kent St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	1817	$33,226,288,112	36,146	Corporation	104	007457141
8	Mufg Bank, LTD.	Australia	Sydney	L 25 1 Macquarie Pl	New South Wales	2000	*****.jp	2003	$31,167,098,607	0	Foreign company	1932	103418882
9	Barclays Bank PLC	Australia	Melbourne	L 7, 330 Collins Street	Victoria	3000	N/A	2020	$24,019,141,650	16	Foreign company	N/A	644502170
10	Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce	Australia	Sydney	Se 4501 L 45 Gateway Building 1 Macquarie Pl	New South Wales	2000	N/A	2015	$22,794,137,229	0	Foreign company	1416	608235847
11	Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A.	Australia	Sydney	L 16 201 Sussex St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	1990	$21,576,686,475	46,959	Foreign company	7	003917655
12	Macquarie Bank LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	L 1 1 Elizabeth St	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	1983	$19,183,972,528	19,735	Corporation	247	008583542
13	Macquarie Group LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	L 1 1 Elizabeth St	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	2006	$19,183,972,528	19,735	Corporation	1211	122169279
14	Commonwealth Bank Of Australia	Australia	Sydney	L 1 11 Harbour St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	1991	$17,426,715,322	48,887	Corporation	116	123123124
15	The Bank Of New York Mellon	Australia	Melbourne	L33 101 Collins St	Victoria	3000	N/A	1998	$16,377,000,000	150	Foreign company	N/A	084066419
16	Dbs Bank LTD.	Australia	Sydney	Se 1901 L 19 Chifley Tower 2 Chifley Sq	New South Wales	2000	N/A	2014	$15,582,770,830	11	Foreign company	N/A	601105373
17	American Express International INC	Australia	Sydney	L 40 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Pl	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	1968	$14,059,000,000	335	Foreign company	28	000618208
18	Hochtief Australia Holdings LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Level 13 68 York Street	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	2002	$12,140,907,626	3	Corporation	1382	103181675
19	The Korea Development Bank	Australia	Sydney	Se 3304 L 33 25 Martin Pl	New South Wales	2000	N/A	2015	$10,287,644,728	16	Foreign company	N/A	607658695
20	National Australia Bank LIMITED	Australia	Melbourne	L 28 395 Bourke St	Victoria	3000	N/A	1893	$8,730,468,048	28,979	Corporation	206	004044937
21	Dac Finance (vic) PTY LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Level 13 50 Bridge Street	New South Wales	2000	N/A	2008	$6,949,758,592	22,736	Corporation	32	129420506
22	Macquarie Financial LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	L 1 1 Elizabeth St	New South Wales	2000	*****.com	2007	$5,393,813,271	2,399	Corporation	1211	124071398
23	Probe Asia Pacific PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	South Tower L 7 485 la Trobe Street	Victoria	3000	*****.au	1998	$5,273,453,344	17,252	Corporation	29	082618148
24	Probe Group Finance PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	South Tower L 7 485 la Trobe Street	Victoria	3000	*****.group	2019	$5,273,453,344	17,252	Corporation	29	638108817
25	Probe Group Holdings PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	South Tower L 7 485 la Trobe Street	Victoria	3000	*****.group	2019	$5,273,453,344	17,252	Corporation	29	638108835

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Largest financial firms in Australia

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Sydney, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Royal Bank of Canada is the largest financial firm in Australia by headcount. 987 firms employ 50 people or more; 770 employ 100 or more.

1SydneyForeign company94,000 staff
2Perth66,000 staff
3Brisbane53,222 staff
4Sydney48,887 staff
5SydneyForeign company46,959 staff
6Sydney33,586 staff
7Sydney22,736 staff
8Melbourne17,252 staff
9Geelong16,623 staff
10Melbourne16,600 staff

By employee size · 57,559 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	43,353	75%
5-9	9,768	17%
10-19	2,006	3%
20-49	1,445	3%
50-99	217	0.4%
100-199	459	0.8%
200-499	130	0.2%
500-999	55	<0.1%
1,000+	126	0.2%

75% have 1 to 4 people; 1,445 have 20 to 49; 987 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	16,146	28%
$100K-$500K	22,396	38%
$500K-$1M	7,243	12%
$1M-$5M	10,356	18%
$5M-$10M	754	1%
$10M-$50M	856	1%
$50M-$100M	222	0.4%
$100M-$500M	256	0.4%
$500M+	126	0.2%

38% between $100,000 and $500,000; 10,356 between $1M and $5M; 2,214 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Australia

Of the 57,559 Australian financial firms with a known headcount, 43,353 (75%) have one to four people, 9,768 have five to nine, 3,451 have ten to 49 and 987 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (22,396, 38%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Australian companies

Micro under 1053,121 92%
Small 10 to 493,451 6%
Medium 50 to 249806 1%
Large 250+181 0.3%

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

2,214

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,460 more than $10 million.

217

firms were entered in 2026.

Financial firms in Sydney

Sydney has 15,278 financial companies and financial firms, 1.3% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 95% above the national share. Seven in ten Sydney firms have fewer than five people; 411 have 50 or more. 37 new firms were entered in 2026, 633 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 10,519 · 71%
5-9: 2,827 · 19%
10-19: 602 · 4%
20-49: 519 · 3%
50+: 411 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1,993 · 13%
Partnerships: 182 · 1%
Pty Ltd and Ltd: 12,123 · 79%
Other or none: 980 · 6%

Of the Australian total: 26.1%
Of all Sydney companies: 1.3%
Against the national share: 1.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 37
Entered 2025: 391
Of Australia's 2026 entries: 17.1%

Old

Before 1990: 633 · 4%
1990 or later: 14,645 · 96%
Of Australia's pre-1990 firms: 31.4%

Reachable

Email: 2,844 · 19%
Phone: 5,348 · 35%
Website: 5,103 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 4,177 · 27%
$100K-$500K: 6,131 · 40%
$500K-$1M: 2,031 · 13%
$1M and more: 2,913 · 19%

Largest

1Foreign company94,000
248,887
3Foreign company46,959
433,586
522,736

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Where in Australia?

Sydney has the most financial companies in Australia (15,278), ahead of Melbourne (13,450), Brisbane (4,417), Perth (3,932) and Adelaide (2,280). Together the five hold two in three of them. Relative to their size, Sydney, Gold Coast and Melbourne have the most: 1.6 to 1.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

1,517 Australian cities have at least one financial firm; 111 have ten or more; 910 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Financial firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.68. Sydney has 1.9 times the national share.

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

By state 9 states

State	Firms	%
New South Wales	20,279	35%
Victoria	16,623	28%
Queensland	9,334	16%
Western Australia	4,831	8%
South Australia	3,052	5%
Australian Capital Territory	577	1.0%
Tasmania	558	1.0%
Northern Territory	217	0.4%
Ocean Territories	1	<0.1%

How many financial companies are there in Australia?

Financial companies and financial firms in Australia

58,460

21 October 2026

There are 58,460 financial companies and financial firms in Australia in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 147 Australian companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (217 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 53,865 92%
Head offices: 3,985
Branch offices: 610

Classification

ANZSIC code 6229. Our platform filter is SIC major group 60, major group 61, major group 62.

41,854 of the 58,460 are Pty Ltd and Ltd (72%); 8,846 are sole traders. They come from ASIC + ABN Lookup and our Australian register data, through the ABN Lookup API.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 real estate companies for every financial firm in Australia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Real Estate Companies	152,439	21%	60%
Real Estate Agents	134,861	20%	59%
Financial Companies	58,460	29%	74%
Project Developers	8,394	31%	61%
Banks	7,051	23%	58%
Insurance Companies	890	53%	49%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	422,169	10.9
Brazil	307,868	10.7
South Africa	102,561	13.3
The UK	90,328	10.2
Italy	81,136	11.6
Australia	58,460	6.8

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How reachable are they?

Financial firms are easier to reach than the average Australian company: 29% list a phone number and 29% a website.

Email10,045 17%
Phone16,807 29%
Website16,932 29%

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

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

The oldest firms in Australia

Our data holds 13 Australian financial firms from before 1900, 46 from before 1950 and 2,013 from before 1990.

1817
1. Sydney
1880
1. Wollongong
1884
1. Sydney
1885
1. Sydney
1887
1. Brisbane
1887
1. Sydney

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2,013

Australian financial firms date from before 1990

120

were entered in 1990

Newcomers in Australia in 2026

217 financial firms were entered in the Australian register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 1,769 in 2025. Australia as a whole saw 375,304 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

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2,2252023
2,2872024
1,7692025
2172026 so far

106 of this year's 217 are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Perth20 staff
2Sydney20 staff
3Sydney13 staff
4Melbourne10 staff
5Melbourne8 staff

Sole traders or Pty Ltd: how they are organised

One in seven Australian financial firms work as sole traders, against 30% of all Australian companies. Seven in ten are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

Sole traders8,84615%
Partnerships1,0432%
Pty Ltd and Ltd41,85472%
No form on record or other6,71711%

Single-site: 92%
Head offices: 3,985
Branches: 610

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

Frequently asked questions

How many financial companies are there in Australia?

There are 58,460 financial companies and financial firms in Australia in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 147 Australian companies.

Which is the largest financial firm in Australia?

Royal Bank of Canada in Sydney, with 94,000 staff. By revenue Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Melbourne leads with $41.6 billion a year.

Which Australian city has the most financial companies?

Sydney, with 15,278, ahead of Melbourne (13,450), Brisbane (4,417), Perth (3,932) and Adelaide (2,280).

How many financial firms are there in Sydney?

15,278, which is 1.3% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 95% above the national share.

How big is a typical financial firm?

Small. 75% of the 57,559 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 987 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Australian financial companies sole traders or companies?

One in seven (8,846) are sole traders, 2% are partnerships and 72% (41,854) are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

How many financial firms started in 2026?

217 were entered in the Australian register so far in 2026, after 1,769 in 2025. 106 of them are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

What is the oldest financial firm in Australia?

Westpac Banking in Sydney, 1817, followed by Imb in Wollongong (1880) and Perpetual Trustees Victoria in Sydney (1884). 13 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers financial companies?

Australian financial companies are classified under ANZSIC code 6229. Our platform filters them on SIC major group 60 (depository institutions), major group 61 (non-depository credit institutions) and major group 62 (security and commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges, and services).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 58,460 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.