List of Horse Farmers in Australia

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 596 horse farmers in Australia, one in every 14,412 Australian companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 3 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all horse studs are based in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Below you find the largest horse studs 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.

596 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies5961 in14,412 Australian companiesCities279Largest citySydney 54Sole traders23%Employees1-4 (85%)Revenue$100-500K (41%)Email27%Phone38%Website43%

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William Inglis & Son LIMITEDWilliam Inglis & Son LIMITED

	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	William Inglis & Son LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Riverside Stables 155 Governor Macquarie Dr	New South Wales	2170	all.*****	1921	$49,018,483	209	Corporation	3	000011307
2	Arrowfield Group PTY LTD	Australia	Sydney	L1 24 Young St	New South Wales	2089	N/A	1970	$22,661,739	120	Corporation	11	000813936
3	Aquis Farm PTY LTD	Australia	Surfers Paradise	115 Mundoolun Connection Road	Queensland	4275	aquisfarm.*****	2014	$21,323,376	61	Corporation	2	168741339
4	Rapid Equine Breeding PTY. LTD.	Australia	Perth	752 Albany Hwy	Western Australia	6112	rapidequinebreeding.*****	2011	$18,273,393	18	Corporation	11	152508846
5	Imp Kingdom PTY LTD	Australia	Melbourne	Rm 915 401 Docklands Dr	Victoria	3008	N/A	2013	$18,152,157	4	Corporation	N/A	163764458
6	The Sleeping Giant (marsden Park) PTY LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Shop 5 9 Hollinsworth Road	New South Wales	2765	sleepinggiant.*****	1997	$13,859,938	18	Corporation	100	077867399
7	Rosemont Stud PTY LTD	Australia	Gnarwarre	250 Volum Road	Victoria	3221	rosemontstud.*****	2012	$7,501,875	41	Corporation	3	159267133
8	Mps Bloodstock PTY LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	Top Floor 308 New South Head Road	New South Wales	2028	N/A	1955	$6,939,514	25	Corporation	62	000152161
9	Ognis PTY LTD	Australia	Gosford	20 Ashbrookes Road	New South Wales	2250	N/A	1972	$4,557,669	57	Corporation	34	001051501
10	Kia Ora Stud PTY LTD	Australia	Glenbawn	Allan Bridge Road	New South Wales	2337	kiaorastudscone.*****	1999	$4,350,812	57	Corporation	378	089061978
11	Arrowfield Stud PTY. LIMITED	Australia	Sydney	G Shop 1 24 Young Street	New South Wales	2089	arrowfield.*****	1986	$3,849,639	96	Corporation	11	003142621
12	Newgate Operations PTY LTD	Australia	Aberdeen	586 Rouchel Rd	New South Wales	2336	N/A	2013	$3,144,028	18	Corporation	3	162416104
13	The Reinehr Family Trust	Australia	Echuca	20 Schoeffel Dr	Victoria	3564	N/A	2000	$3,141,671	3	Cooperative	N/A	67560234487
14	Kia Ora Stallions PTY LTD	Australia	Glenbawn	Allan Bridge Rd	New South Wales	2337	kiaorastudscone.*****	2020	$3,066,351	18	Corporation	378	642901424
15	Gooree Park Stud PTY LIMITED	Australia	Galambine	1544 Castlereagh Highway	New South Wales	2850	gooreepark.*****	1982	$2,905,971	40	Corporation	6	002401729
16	Cold Mountain Stud PTY LTD	Australia	Brisbane	L 17 240 Queen Street	Queensland	4000	twitter.*****	2006	$2,480,583	5	Corporation	57	119455248
17	Glenlogan Park PTY. LTD.	Australia	Innisplain	184 Innisplain Rd	Queensland	4285	glenloganstud.*****	1977	$2,462,841	40	Corporation	N/A	010016083
18	Sea Horse Racing Stables	Australia	Perth	187 Utley Rd	Western Australia	6125	N/A	2006	$2,405,000	4		N/A	BN10459145
19	Nsw Branch D.g.s.a. INC.	Australia	N/A	N/A	New South Wales	2758	N/A	1999	$2,281,000	3		N/A	73726878450
20	Kelpie Traders	Australia	Cambrai	Section 248/507	South Australia	5353	N/A	1999	$2,281,000	3		N/A	0440336T
21	Wandoan And District Pony Club	Australia	Wandoan	Wandoan Pony Club	Queensland	4419	N/A	1999	$2,281,000	3		N/A	98648178654
22	Gidgegannup Horse And Pony Club INC	Australia	Sydney	U 18 102 Dumaresq Street	New South Wales	2560	N/A	2000	$2,268,000	3		N/A	81253837611
23	Sumo Pastoral Company (qld)	Australia	Bogandilla	Bogandilla	Queensland	4425	N/A	1995	$2,252,000	3		N/A	BN5722998
24	Widden Breaking And Pre-Training PTY LIMITED	Australia	Riddells Creek	56 Mount Eliza Rd	Victoria	3431	N/A	2021	$2,204,453	10	Corporation	12	649740241
25	Sledmere Stud PTY LTD	Australia	Scone	512 Bunnan Rd	New South Wales	2337	sledmerestud.*****	2017	$2,180,059	15	Corporation	3	618494956

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Where in Australia?

Sydney has the most horse farmers in Australia (54), ahead of Melbourne (49), Brisbane (45), Adelaide (19) and Perth (17). Together the five hold three in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

279 Australian cities have at least one horse stud; 9 have ten or more; 228 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Firm sizes in Australia

Of the 595 Australian horse studs with a known headcount, 504 (85%) have one to four people, 57 have five to nine, 31 have ten to 49 and 3 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (244, 41%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Australian companies

Micro under 10561 94%
Small 10 to 4931 5%
Medium 50 to 2493 0.5%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 6 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest horse studs in Australia

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

Arrowfield Stud Pty is the largest horse stud in Australia by headcount. 3 firms employ 50 people or more; 0 employ 100 or more.

1Sydney96 staff
2Gold Coast61 staff
3Glenbawn57 staff
4Gosford57 staff
5Gnarwarre57 staff
6Beggan Beggan50 staff
7Innisplain40 staff
8Galambine40 staff
9Sydney25 staff
10Alfredtown20 staff

By employee size · 595 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	504	85%
5-9	57	10%
10-19	24	4%
20-49	7	1%
50-99	3	0.5%
100-199	0	0%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

85% have 1 to 4 people; 7 have 20 to 49; 3 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	219	37%
$100K-$500K	244	41%
$500K-$1M	61	10%
$1M-$5M	62	10%
$5M-$10M	4	0.7%
$10M-$50M	6	1%

41% between $100,000 and $500,000; 62 between $1M and $5M; 10 above $5M.

How many horse farmers are there in Australia?

Horse farmers and horse studs in Australia

596

21 October 2026

There are 596 horse farmers and horse studs in Australia in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 14,412 Australian companies. None was entered in the register so far in 2026.

Structure

Single-site firms: 571 96%
Head offices: 25
Branch offices: 0

Classification

ANZSIC code 0193. Our platform filter is SIC 0272.

284 of the 596 are Pty Ltd and Ltd (48%); 140 are sole traders. They come from ASIC + ABN Lookup and our Australian register data, through the ABN Lookup API.

Horse studs in Sydney

Sydney has 54 horse farmers and horse studs, <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 32% below the national share. Three in four Sydney firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 13 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 41 · 77%
5-9: 5 · 9%
10-19: 5 · 9%
20-49: 1 · 2%
50+: 1 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 7 · 13%
Partnerships: 4 · 7%
Pty Ltd and Ltd: 39 · 72%
Other or none: 4 · 7%

Of the Australian total: 9.1%
Of all Sydney companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 0.7×

New

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

Old

Before 1990: 13 · 24%
1990 or later: 41 · 76%
Of Australia's pre-1990 firms: 19.4%

Reachable

Email: 16 · 30%
Phone: 23 · 43%
Website: 24 · 44%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 19 · 35%
$100K-$500K: 21 · 39%
$500K-$1M: 6 · 11%
$1M and more: 8 · 15%

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The oldest firms in Australia

Our data holds 0 Australian horse studs from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 67 from before 1990.

1921
1. Sydney
1950
1. Melbourne
1955
1. Sydney
1957
1. Sydney
1958
1. Dungog
1958
1. Mornington

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

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1990

Australian horse studs date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Horse studs are easier to reach than the average Australian company: 38% list a phone number and 43% a website.

Email160 27%
Phone224 38%
Website259 43%

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

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

Sole traders or Pty Ltd: how they are organised

One in four Australian horse studs work as sole traders, against 30% of all Australian companies. Half are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

Sole traders14023%
Partnerships10818%
Pty Ltd and Ltd28448%
No form on record or other6411%

Single-site: 96%
Head offices: 25
Branches: 0

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 85 landscapers for every horse stud in Australia.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Landscapers	50,486	18%	95%
Vets	7,108	51%	76%
Fishing Companies	707	24%	68%
Horse Farmers	596	43%	85%
Chicken Farmers	310	34%	57%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
France	22,889	1.6
Poland	14,346	2.3
The USA	7,767	0.1
Brazil	4,712	0.2
Italy	3,517	0.5
Australia	596	0.1

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Frequently asked questions

How many horse farmers are there in Australia?

There are 596 horse farmers and horse studs in Australia in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 14,412 Australian companies.

Which is the largest horse stud in Australia?

Arrowfield Stud Pty in Sydney, with 96 staff. By revenue William Inglis & Son in Sydney leads with $49.0 million a year.

Which Australian city has the most horse farmers?

Sydney, with 54, ahead of Melbourne (49), Brisbane (45), Adelaide (19) and Perth (17).

How many horse studs are there in Sydney?

54, which is <0.1% of all 1,152,816 Sydney companies and 32% below the national share.

How big is a typical horse stud?

Small. 85% of the 595 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 3 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Australian horse farmers sole traders or companies?

One in four (140) are sole traders, 18% are partnerships and 48% (284) are Pty Ltd and Ltd.

How many horse studs started in 2026?

0 were entered in the Australian register so far in 2026, after 4 in 2025.

What is the oldest horse stud in Australia?

William Inglis & Son in Sydney, 1921, followed by Wendy Ansell in Melbourne (1950) and MPS Bloodstock PTY in Sydney (1955). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers horse farmers?

Australian horse farmers are classified under ANZSIC code 0193. Our platform filters them on SIC 0272 (horses and other equines).

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 596 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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