List of Catering Companies in Australia

Last updated 20 October 2026

There are 1,790 catering companies in Australia, one in every 4,799 Australian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 21 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in three of all caterers are based in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. Below you find the largest caterers 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.

1,790 companies indexed · Data counted on 20 October 2026

Companies1,7901 in4,799 Australian companiesCities222Largest citySydney 411Sole traders41%Employees1-4 (79%)Revenue< $100K (48%)Email52%Phone38%Website83%

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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	Cater Care Holdings PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Level 4 20 Charles Street	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	2014	$300,537,226	3,000	Corporation	12	603124812
2	Gate Gourmet (holdings) PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	298-300 Coward Street	New South Wales	2020	*****.com	1926	$210,489,791	762	Corporation	262	004122892
3	Trippas White Group Holdings PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	L 7 160 Sussex St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	2021	$185,227,152	2,566	Corporation	31	654241522
4	Trippas White Catering PTY. LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	L 7 160 Sussex Street	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	1990	$172,800,668	187	Corporation	31	003968492
5	Dnata Catering Australia Subsidiary 1 PTY LTD	Australia	Surfers Paradise	Niecon Tower L 8 17-19 Victoria Ave	Queensland	4218	*****.com	1988	$96,010,708	3,293	Corporation	1034	003530685
6	Fresh Catering PTY LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	13 Woodburn St	New South Wales	2016	*****.au	1998	$93,686,328	70	Corporation	2	081900003
7	Cater Care Retail PTY LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Level 4 20 Charles Street	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	2017	$87,468,000	3,000	Corporation	12	620229049
8	Cater Care Services PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	L 1 20 Charles St	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	2004	$87,468,000	3,000	Corporation	12	109553504
9	Cater Care Australia Operations PTY. LTD.	Australia	Sydney	Level 4 20 Charles Street	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	2009	$87,468,000	3,000	Corporation	12	136377930
10	Cater Care Investments PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Level 4 20 Charles Street	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	2014	$87,468,000	3,000	Corporation	12	603124885
11	Cater Care Australia PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Level 4 20 Charles Street	New South Wales	2150	*****.au	1999	$87,468,000	3,000	Corporation	12	090462570
12	Trippas White Group PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	L 7 160 Sussex St	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	2006	$75,784,861	1,383	Corporation	31	119225026
13	Action Industrial Catering PTY LTD	Australia	Perth	Level 3 71 Walters Drive	Western Australia	6017	*****.com	1995	$71,373,888	2,448	Corporation	5	071228807
14	Western Hwy PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Level 2 31 Cowper Street	New South Wales	2150	N/A	2009	$38,947,526	4	Corporation	22	139894483
15	Matson Catering Tasmania PTY LTD	Australia	Launceston	10 South Street	Tasmania	7248	*****.au	2021	$27,887,202	84	Corporation	25	655505276
16	Gate Gourmet Services PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	300 Coward St	New South Wales	2020	*****.com	1968	$22,216,872	762	Corporation	262	009767408
17	Sirrom CORPORATION (aust.) PTY LTD	Australia	Brisbane	'Freeway Park Building 6' Office 6e 2728 Logan Road	Queensland	4113	*****.au	1996	$21,925,312	752	Corporation	11	074914560
18	Delaware North Australia Parks & Resorts PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	L 5 380 Docklands Dr	Victoria	3008	*****.au	2009	$18,652,195	272	Corporation	23	137854561
19	Okami Distribution PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	24 Cleeland Road	Victoria	3167	*****.au	2016	$16,566,832	15	Corporation	15	614594731
20	Australian International Hospitality (aih) Group PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	Level 7 160 Sussex Street	New South Wales	2000	*****.au	2006	$15,983,544	15	Corporation	31	119225580
21	J & CO Sydney PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	62 Parramatta Road	New South Wales	2037	*****.au	2014	$13,975,679	40	Corporation	3	602950827
22	Damm Fine Food CO. PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	31-37 Russell St	Victoria	3067	*****.au	2018	$12,143,948	15	Corporation	3	628808113
23	Australian Commercial Catering PTY. LTD.	Australia	Melbourne	1221-1223 Toorak Rd	Victoria	3124	*****.au	1992	$11,927,066	261	Corporation	N/A	057735421
24	Maze Group Australia PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	8 Tindale Street	New South Wales	2750	*****.au	2015	$11,400,135	15	Corporation	8	604744461
25	The Trustee For Kitchen Food Company Unit Trust	Australia	Brisbane	U 1 5-79 Nealdon Dr	Queensland	4131	*****.com	2005	$10,195,536	73	Cooperative	N/A	62796697382

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How many catering companies are there in Australia?

Catering companies and caterers in Australia

1,790

20 October 2026

There are 1,790 catering companies and caterers in Australia in our data (20 October 2026). That is one in every 4,799 Australian companies. 2 were entered in the register so far in 2026.

Structure

Single-site firms: 1,757 98%
Head offices: 31
Branch offices: 2

Classification

ANZSIC code 4513. Our platform filter is SIC 5812.

681 of the 1,790 are Pty Ltd and Ltd (38%); 742 are sole traders. They come from ASIC + ABN Lookup and our Australian register data, through the ABN Lookup API.

Largest caterers in Australia

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

Dnata Catering Australia Subsidiary 1 PTY is the largest caterer in Australia by headcount. 21 firms employ 50 people or more; 11 employ 100 or more.

1Gold Coast3,293 staff
2Sydney3,000 staff
3Perth2,448 staff
4Perth305 staff
5Melbourne261 staff
6Sydney187 staff
7Darwin173 staff
8Sydney110 staff
9Perth100 staff
10Adelaide80 staff

By employee size · 1,779 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,411	79%
5-9	255	14%
10-19	64	4%
20-49	28	2%
50-99	10	0.6%
100-199	4	0.2%
200-499	2	0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	5	0.3%

79% have 1 to 4 people; 28 have 20 to 49; 21 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	865	48%
$100K-$500K	647	36%
$500K-$1M	162	9%
$1M-$5M	81	5%
$5M-$10M	10	0.6%
$10M-$50M	12	0.7%
$50M-$100M	9	0.5%
$100M-$500M	4	0.2%

48% under $100,000; 81 between $1M and $5M; 35 above $5M.

Where in Australia?

Sydney has the most catering companies in Australia (411), ahead of Melbourne (363), Perth (150), Brisbane (134) and Adelaide (119). Together the five hold two in three of them. Relative to their size, Adelaide, Perth and Sydney have the most: 1.7 to 2.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

222 Australian cities have at least one caterer; 16 have ten or more; 153 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Only here

Where they cluster

Caterers per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.02. Adelaide has 2.3 times the national share.

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

Caterers in Sydney

Sydney has 411 catering companies and caterers, <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 71% above the national share. Three in four Sydney firms have fewer than five people; 10 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 4 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 300 · 74%
5-9: 62 · 15%
10-19: 22 · 5%
20-49: 9 · 2%
50+: 10 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 144 · 35%
Partnerships: 24 · 6%
Pty Ltd and Ltd: 220 · 54%
Other or none: 23 · 6%

Of the Australian total: 23.0%
Of all Sydney companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 8
Of Australia's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 4 · 1.0%
1990 or later: 407 · 99%
Of Australia's pre-1990 firms: 18.2%

Reachable

Email: 205 · 50%
Phone: 180 · 44%
Website: 347 · 84%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 170 · 41%
$100K-$500K: 155 · 38%
$500K-$1M: 48 · 12%
$1M and more: 38 · 9%

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Firm sizes in Australia

Of the 1,779 Australian caterers with a known headcount, 1,411 (79%) have one to four people, 255 have five to nine, 92 have ten to 49 and 21 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (865, 48%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Australian companies

Micro under 101,666 94%
Small 10 to 4992 5%
Medium 50 to 24916 0.9%
Large 250+5 0.3%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 25 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Sole traders or Pty Ltd: how they are organised

Two in five Australian caterers work as sole traders, against 30% of all Australian companies. Two in five are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

Sole traders74241%
Partnerships1488%
Pty Ltd and Ltd68138%
No form on record or other21912%

Single-site: 98%
Head offices: 31
Branches: 2

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

The oldest firms in Australia

Our data holds 0 Australian caterers from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 22 from before 1990.

1926
1. Sydney
1966
1. Sydney
1968
1. Sydney
1975
1. Sydney
1976
1. Perth
1979
1. Melbourne

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

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Australian caterers date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Caterers are easier to reach than the average Australian company: 38% list a phone number and 83% a website.

Email935 52%
Phone682 38%
Website1,483 83%

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

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 8 bakeries for every caterer in Australia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Bakeries	14,946	38%	83%
Florists	8,622	38%	96%
Car Dealers	6,207	49%	60%
Butchers	6,181	40%	86%
Catering Companies	1,790	83%	79%
E-commerce Companies	1,262	52%	55%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	14,755	0.2
Poland	5,910	0.9
Germany	5,342	0.8
Belgium	3,787	1.6
Canada	3,060	0.7
Australia	1,790	0.2

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Frequently asked questions

How many catering companies are there in Australia?

There are 1,790 catering companies and caterers in Australia in our data, counted on 20 October 2026. That is one in every 4,799 Australian companies.

Which is the largest caterer in Australia?

Dnata Catering Australia Subsidiary 1 PTY in Gold Coast, with 3,293 staff. By revenue Cater Care Holdings PTY in Sydney leads with $300.5 million a year.

Which Australian city has the most catering companies?

Sydney, with 411, ahead of Melbourne (363), Perth (150), Brisbane (134) and Adelaide (119). Relative to its size, Adelaide has the most: 2.3 times the national share.

How many caterers are there in Sydney?

411, which is <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 71% above the national share.

How big is a typical caterer?

Small. 79% of the 1,779 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 21 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Australian catering companies sole traders or companies?

Two in five (742) are sole traders, 8% are partnerships and 38% (681) are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

How many caterers started in 2026?

2 were entered in the Australian register so far in 2026, after 37 in 2025. 1 of them is a Pty Ltd or Ltd.

What is the oldest caterer in Australia?

Gate Gourmet (Holdings) PTY in Sydney, 1926, followed by Mediterranean House PTY in Sydney (1966) and Gate Gourmet Services PTY in Sydney (1968). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers catering companies?

Australian catering companies are classified under ANZSIC code 4513. Our platform filters them on SIC 5812 (eating places).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 1,790 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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