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As of 4 November 2026, 5,237 recruitment staffing hr companies are based in Australia; 495 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
- 5,237
- Hiring now
- 495 · 240 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Generalist recruitment agencies · 2,317
- Top city
- Haymarket · 519
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 105,688
Recruitment staffing HR in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Generalist recruitment agencies | 2,317 | 44% |
| Other recruitment staffing HR | 1,243 | 24% |
| Temporary staffing labour hire | 694 | 13% |
| HR outsourcing & consulting | 674 | 13% |
| Executive search firms | 621 | 12% |
| Healthcare staffing agencies | 518 | 10% |
| It & tech recruitment | 464 | 9% |
| Engineering & technical recruitment | 439 | 8% |
| International labour recruitment | 375 | 7% |
| Finance & legal recruitment | 366 | 7% |
| Hr & people consulting | 230 | 4% |
| Commercial & sales recruitment | 104 | 2% |
| Employer of record peo providers | 61 | 1% |
| Virtual assistant services | 49 | 1% |
| Interim management providers | 35 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,686 · 33 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,138 · 239 |
| 11-50 employees | 958 · 138 |
| 51-200 employees | 298 · 54 |
| 201-500 employees | 86 · 10 |
| 501-1000 employees | 43 · 11 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 8 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | 519 | 10% |
| Melbourne | 355 | 7% |
| Perth | 175 | 3% |
| Petrie Terrace | 142 | 3% |
| Sydney | 94 | 2% |
| North Sydney | 50 | 1% |
| Adelaide Bc | 42 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 39 | 1% |
| Parramatta Westfield | 31 | 1% |
| West Perth | 31 | 1% |
| Fortitude Valley | 29 | 1% |
| Darlinghurst | 28 | 1% |
The biggest recruitment staffing hr companies in Australia
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The stack of recruitment staffing hr in Australia
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Other segments of business & finance services in Australia
Business & finance services in Australia, the whole market →
Digital marketing agencies · 23,056 →
Accounting & tax advisory · 13,601 →
Lending banking & currency exchange · 12,049 →
Management business consulting · 11,921 →
Law firms · 11,235 →
Engineering technical consulting · 9,176 →
Wealth management investment · 8,719 →
Testing inspection & contract research · 4,011 →
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5,237 recruitment staffing hr companies are based in Australia; 495 are hiring right now and Haymarket has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/australia/recruitment_staffing_hr)
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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.
Recruitment staffing HR in Australia: questions
How many recruitment staffing hr companies are there in Australia?
5,237 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Business & finance services → Recruitment staffing HR → leaf niches such as generalist recruitment agencies, other recruitment staffing hr, temporary staffing labour hire. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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