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As of 4 November 2026, 11,235 law firms companies are based in Australia; 107 are hiring right now and Haymarket has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 11,235
- Hiring now
- 107 · 22 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Generalist law firms · 5,807
- Top city
- Haymarket · 1,170
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 105,688
Law firms in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Generalist law firms | 5,807 | 52% |
| Commercial corporate law firms | 1,484 | 13% |
| Family law practices | 1,313 | 12% |
| Real estate property law | 1,186 | 11% |
| Other law firms | 935 | 8% |
| Wills estates probate law | 898 | 8% |
| Criminal defence law | 635 | 6% |
| Personal injury law | 600 | 5% |
| Immigration law firms | 551 | 5% |
| Employment law firms | 361 | 3% |
| Mediation & adr services | 312 | 3% |
| Outsourced legal counsel | 273 | 2% |
| Insolvency restructuring law | 244 | 2% |
| Consumer debt relief claims | 240 | 2% |
| Ip trademark patent firms | 239 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,086 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,629 · 25 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,299 · 41 |
| 51-200 employees | 176 · 22 |
| 201-500 employees | 28 · 13 |
| 501-1000 employees | 10 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 7 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | 1,170 | 10% |
| Melbourne | 848 | 8% |
| Petrie Terrace | 440 | 4% |
| Perth | 262 | 2% |
| Adelaide Bc | 205 | 2% |
| Parramatta Westfield | 149 | 1% |
| Sydney | 112 | 1% |
| Southport | 83 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 70 | 1% |
| North Sydney | 70 | 1% |
| Brinsmead | 64 | 1% |
| West Perth | 64 | 1% |
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The stack of law firms in Australia
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Other segments of business & finance services in Australia
Business & finance services in Australia, the whole market →
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11,235 law firms companies are based in Australia; 107 are hiring right now and Haymarket has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/australia/law_firms)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Law firms in Australia: questions
How many law firms companies are there in Australia?
11,235 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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