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As of 4 November 2026, 1,520 general & specialty stores are based in Australia; 8 are hiring right now and Fyshwick has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,520
- Hiring now
- 8 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 370
- Top city
- Fyshwick · 9
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 66,933
General & specialty stores in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 370 | 24% |
| Vending & micro market operators | 98 | 6% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 86 | 6% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 83 | 5% |
| Garden plant webshops | 60 | 4% |
| Hot tub pool & spa stores | 56 | 4% |
| General merchandise webshops | 54 | 4% |
| Independent supermarkets | 53 | 3% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 49 | 3% |
| Farm feed & country stores | 46 | 3% |
| Construction materials distribution | 40 | 3% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 32 | 2% |
| Bathroom sanitaryware webshops | 31 | 2% |
| Discount & variety stores | 30 | 2% |
| Home decor webshops | 28 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 113 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,270 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 86 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 32 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 11 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 5 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Fyshwick | 9 | 1% |
| Blacktown | 8 | 1% |
| Albury | 7 | 0% |
| Melbourne | 7 | 0% |
| Port Augusta | 7 | 0% |
| Adelaide Bc | 6 | 0% |
| Alexandria | 6 | 0% |
| Bayswater | 6 | 0% |
| Bundaberg | 6 | 0% |
| Ferntree Gully | 6 | 0% |
| Joondalup | 6 | 0% |
| Alfredton | 5 | 0% |
The biggest general & specialty stores in Australia
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The stack of general & specialty stores in Australia
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Australia
Commerce & trade in Australia, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 28,457 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 12,271 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 10,029 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 7,347 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 6,000 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 4,440 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 4,001 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 2,760 →
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1,520 general & specialty stores are based in Australia; 8 are hiring right now and Fyshwick has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/australia/general_and_specialty_stores)
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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.
General & specialty stores in Australia: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in Australia?
1,520 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, vending & micro market operators, convenience stores & kiosks. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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