There are 8,589,731 companies and businesses in Australia in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 3,876,387 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Australia
Australia has 8,589,731 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. 3,876,387 of them are corporations. We build the records from ASIC + ABN Lookup and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 89% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Australia, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 8,589,731 Australian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Australian company database.
8,589,731 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026
Companies8,589,731
Corporations3,876,387
States8
Largest stateNew South Wales 29%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email9%
Phone14%
Website14%
Australian company list: all 8,589,731 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Australia, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Australian company directory.
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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 | Queensland Property Investments PTY LTD | Australia | Sydney | 1 Woolworths Way | New South Wales | 2153 | N/A | 1929 | $67,967,421,089 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 009661027 |
| 6 | Drumstar PTY LTD | Australia | Sydney | 1 Woolworths Way | New South Wales | 2153 | *****.au | 1998 | $67,967,421,089 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 085415032 |
| 7 | The Trustee For Experian Australia Unit Trust | Australia | Melbourne | 479 St Kilda Rd | Victoria | 3004 | *****.au | 2000 | $67,171,108,400 | 813 | Cooperative | N/A | 72256863039 |
| 8 | Robe River Ore Sales PTY. LTD. | Australia | Perth | L 27 152-158 St Georges Tce | Western Australia | 6000 | N/A | 1991 | $63,495,000,000 | 49,345 | Corporation | N/A | 053296254 |
| 9 | Mayfield Childcare LIMITED | Australia | Melbourne | Suite 1 Level 3 108 Power Street | Victoria | 3122 | *****.au | 2015 | $59,556,598,598 | 44 | Corporation | 3 | 604970390 |
| 10 | Rio Tinto LIMITED | Australia | Melbourne | L 43 120 Collins St | Victoria | 3000 | *****.com | 1959 | $57,638,000,000 | 61,230 | Corporation | 124 | 004458404 |
| 11 | Bhp Nickel West PTY LTD | Australia | Perth | L 42 125-137 St Georges Tce | Western Australia | 6000 | *****.com | 1933 | $57,017,248,008 | 91,304 | Corporation | 264 | 004184598 |
| 12 | Jbs Global Meat Holdings PTY LTD | Australia | Sydney | L 12 680 George St | New South Wales | 2000 | N/A | 1990 | $56,450,860,000 | 126,039 | Corporation | 1205 | 050207960 |
| 13 | Bhp Waio PTY LTD | Australia | Perth | L 37 125 St Georges Tce | Western Australia | 6000 | *****.com | 1977 | $53,817,000,000 | 28,926 | Corporation | 264 | 008852784 |
| 14 | W23 PTY LIMITED | Australia | Sydney | 1 Woolworths Way | New South Wales | 2153 | N/A | 2019 | $52,292,857,190 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 632667326 |
| 15 | Bhp Group LIMITED | Australia | Melbourne | 171 Collins St | Victoria | 3000 | *****.com | 1885 | $51,262,000,000 | 91,304 | Corporation | 264 | 004028077 |
| 16 | Swiss Re International SE | Australia | Sydney | L 36 Tower Two International Twrs 200 Barangaroo Ave | New South Wales | 2000 | *****.com | 2009 | $49,800,000,000 | 14,719 | Foreign company | N/A | 138873211 |
| 17 | Liberty Mutual Insurance Company | Australia | Sydney | L 38 Governor Phillip Tower 1 Farrer Pl | New South Wales | 2000 | *****.com | 1999 | $46,914,000,000 | 232 | Foreign company | 1190 | 086083605 |
| 18 | Woolworths Group LIMITED | Australia | Sydney | 1 Woolworths Way | New South Wales | 2153 | *****.au | 1924 | $44,827,035,611 | 197,773 | Corporation | 475 | 000014675 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | Wesfarmers Insurance Investments PTY LTD | Australia | Perth | Brookfield Place L 14 123 St Georges Terrace | Western Australia | 6000 | *****.au | 2003 | $40,494,360,000 | 120,000 | Corporation | 1475 | 105168876 |
| 21 | The Kitchenary PTY LTD | Australia | Sydney | 27 Holbeche Road | New South Wales | 2148 | *****.au | 2017 | $40,378,472,588 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 619485353 |
| 22 | Pfd Food Services PTY LTD | Australia | Melbourne | 6 Henderson Rd | Victoria | 3180 | *****.au | 1988 | $40,378,472,588 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 006972381 |
| 23 | Woolworths Property Double Bay PTY LIMITED | Australia | Sydney | 1 Woolworths Way | New South Wales | 2153 | *****.au | 2009 | $39,492,053,975 | 201,413 | Corporation | 475 | 137904048 |
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Companies and businesses in Australia
8,589,731
21 October 2026
There are 8,589,731 companies and businesses in Australia in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 3,876,387 corporations (Pty Ltd and Ltd), 2,581,002 sole traders (sole traders) and 352,161 partnerships (partnerships). On top of those come 1,491,608 cooperatives, 57,489 non-profit organisations, 4,524 branches of foreign companies and 8,515 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 8,280,269 96%
- Head offices
- 289,217
- Branch locations
- 20,245
Legal form
- Corporations
- 3,876,387 45%
- Sole traders
- 2,581,002
- Partnerships
- 352,161
Per working day this year
≈ 1,787
new companies registered · 375,304 so far in 2026
How to search the Australian company register, or pull these counts yourself with the ABN Lookup API.
Largest companies in Australia
Which are the largest companies in Australia? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Gembond Pty, with 201,413 staff, ahead of Shopper Data Group Pty and JBS Global Meat Holdings PTY. By yearly revenue the largest company is Queensland Property Investments PTY, ahead of Robe River Ore Sales Pty and Rio Tinto. Below are the top companies of Australia ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Australia. 973 Australian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 2,038 report more than $1 billion a year.
Gembond Pty has the largest headcount of any company in Australia in our data. 973 Australian companies list more than 10,000 people, 8,542 more than 500.
- 1201,413 staff
- 2201,413 staff
- 3126,039 staff
- 4120,000 staff
- 5113,000 staff
- 691,304 staff
- 761,230 staff
- 859,556 staff
- 953,222 staff
- 1053,222 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Queensland Property Investments PTY is the largest company in Australia by revenue; 2,038 Australian companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$68.0B
- 2$63.5B
- 3$57.6B
- 4$57.0B
- 5$56.5B
- 6$41.6B
- 7$40.5B
- 8$37.4B
- 9$35.3B
- 10$33.2B
Ministry of Health is the largest public body in our data for Australia, with 119,784 staff.
- 1119,784 staff
- 2111,000 staff
- 352,353 staff
- 420,725 staff
- 520,435 staff
- 618,146 staff
4,524 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Australia.
- 1126,825 worldwide
- 2112,406 worldwide
- 3102,597 worldwide
- 446,959 worldwide
- 525,000 worldwide
- 614,719 worldwide
- 713,636 worldwide
- 86,474 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Australia.
By employee size · 6,295,109 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 5,587,392 | 89% | |
| 5-9 | 457,108 | 7% | |
| 10-19 | 134,975 | 2% | |
| 20-49 | 74,134 | 1% | |
| 50-99 | 17,208 | 0.3% | |
| 100-199 | 9,849 | 0.2% | |
| 200-499 | 5,901 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 8,542 | 0.1% |
89% have 1 to 4 employees; 8,542 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 1,090,813 | 24% | |
| $100K-$500K | 1,652,070 | 36% | |
| $500K-$1M | 615,817 | 13% | |
| $1M-$5M | 1,149,369 | 25% | |
| $5M-$10M | 29,728 | 0.6% | |
| $10M-$100M | 31,739 | 0.7% | |
| $100M-$1B | 9,556 | 0.2% | |
| $1B+ | 2,038 | <0.1% |
11,594 companies report more than $100 million; 2,038 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Australia
Most companies in Australia are small businesses. Of the 6,295,109 with a known headcount, 6,044,500 (96%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 209,109 are small (10 to 49) and 32,958 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 8,542 employ 500 people or more, so 99.86% of Australian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 6,044,500 | 96% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 209,109 | 3% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 32,958 | 0.5% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 8,542 | 0.1% |
5,587,392
companies have 1 to 4 employees (89%). 1,090,813 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
2,581,002
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
99%
of the 375,304 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (111,641). Only 14 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Australia based?
New South Wales has more companies than any other state in Australia: 2,472,097, or 29% of the total, ahead of Victoria (2,162,228) and Queensland (1,455,408). Below you find all eight states and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
eight states
| State | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 2,472,097 | 29% | |
| Victoria | 2,162,228 | 25% | |
| Queensland | 1,455,408 | 17% | |
| Western Australia | 739,227 | 9% | |
| South Australia | 485,832 | 6% | |
| Tasmania | 131,559 | 2% | |
| Australian Capital Territory | 106,043 | 1% | |
| Northern Territory | 45,563 | 0.5% |
Main industries in Australia
Insurers is the biggest industry in Australia by number of companies: 750,053, or 16% of all firms with an industry code. Next come business services and IT (393,785) and holding and investment companies (390,338). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 143 industry lists for Australia.
- Insurers750,05316%
- Business services and IT393,7859%
- Holding and investment companies390,3389%
- Construction trades343,8838%
- Engineering, accounting and management283,6176%
- Health care252,0436%
- Restaurants and bars251,4065%
- Leisure and recreation153,3833%
- Real estate152,4393%
- Personal services140,0823%
- Other shops127,6563%
- Building construction109,4042%
- Agricultural services91,3402%
- Car repair87,4442%
- Social services87,2472%
- Other industries965,74921%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Australia
393,785
SIC 73: Business Services
- 1201,413 staff
- 2120,000 staff
- 3118,000 staff
343,883
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 1201,413 staff
- 239,000 staff
- 315,639 staff
283,617
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 153,222 staff
- 249,700 staff
- 327,000 staff
252,043
SIC 80: Health Services
- 1120,000 staff
- 222,736 staff
- 318,600 staff
251,406
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 1201,413 staff
- 2113,000 staff
- 316,299 staff
153,383
Leisure and recreation
SIC 79: Amusement And Recreation Services
- 111,772 staff
- 26,022 staff
Discover more: all Australian industries, cities and regions
Every Australian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Breweries
- Car parts companies
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Furniture companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Mattress companies
- Meat companies
- Medical device companies
- Office furniture companies
- Packaging companies
- Paper companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Printing companies
- Shoe companies
- Steel companies
- Tea companies
- Tools companies
- Toy companies
- Tyre companies
- Wine companies
E · Water and waste
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
A to D
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
New companies and startups in Australia in 2026
375,304 new companies and startups registered in Australia so far in 2026, about 1,787 every working day, after a record 585,332 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 99% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 253,479 of them are corporations (Pty Ltd and Ltd).
≈ 1,787
new companies register every working day in 2026
99%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
585,332
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 425,3722022
- 454,2302023
- 482,6452024
- 585,3322025
- 375,3042026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 113,000 staff
- 21,300 staff
- 31,196 staff
- 4891 staff
- 5706 staff
Oldest companies in Australia
The oldest organisation still active is NSW Police Force, from 1789. Our data holds 1 Australian organisations founded before 1800, 508 before 1900 and 3,671 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 178920,725 staff
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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187,529
Australian companies were founded before 1990
11,989
were founded in 1990
8,365,848 Australian companies, 98% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 187,529 are older.
Types of companies in Australia
Half of all Australian businesses in our data are corporations (Pty Ltd and Ltd), and three in ten are sole traders (sole traders). Partnerships (partnerships) make up 4%. 1,491,608 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations3,876,38745%
- No legal form on record218,0453%
- Sole traders2,581,00230%
- Partnerships352,1614%
- Foreign companies4,524<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations57,4890.7%
- Cooperatives1,491,60817%
- Public bodies8,515<0.1%
Which Australian companies are part of a group?
Most Australian companies stand alone: 96% are single-site businesses. The other 309,462 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 289,217 head offices or 20,245 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Eureka Operations PTY, with 1,978 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 11,978 companies
- 21,475 companies
- 31,205 companies
- 4475 companies
- 5441 companies
- 6270 companies
- 7264 companies
- 8193 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 8,589,731; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Australian companies
1,162,730 Australian companies have a website on record (14%), 1,179,533 a phone number (14%) and 733,434 an email address (9%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 17% have a website and 10% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 1,162,730 | 14% | |
| Phone | 1,179,533 | 14% | |
| 733,434 | 9% |
Questions about companies in Australia
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (21 October 2026).
8,589,731. That includes 2,581,002 sole traders and 352,161 partnerships.
3,876,387 corporations, 45% of all Australian businesses in our data (21 October 2026).
Of the 6,295,109 Australian companies with a known headcount, 6,286,567 have fewer than 500 employees: 6,044,500 micro, 209,109 small and 32,958 medium-sized. 8,542 are large enterprises.
Queensland Property Investments PTY, with $68.0 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Robe River Ore Sales Pty ($63.5B) and Rio Tinto ($57.6B).
Gembond Pty, with 201,413 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
2,472,097, 29% of all Australian companies (21 October 2026).
375,304 so far in 2026, about 1,787 per working day, after a record 585,332 in 2025.
From ASIC + ABN Lookup and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
1,162,730, 14% of all Australian companies. 1,179,533 have a phone number and 733,434 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 8,589,731 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Australian company database.
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