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As of 4 November 2026, 4,440 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Australia; 23 are hiring right now and Dandenong has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 4,440
- Hiring now
- 23 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Construction materials distribution · 651
- Top city
- Dandenong · 75
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 66,933
Industrial & chemical distribution in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Construction materials distribution | 651 | 15% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 607 | 14% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 457 | 10% |
| General trading houses | 392 | 9% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 321 | 7% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 277 | 6% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 275 | 6% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 265 | 6% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 169 | 4% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 163 | 4% |
| Bulk aggregate & soil suppliers | 154 | 3% |
| General supply & procurement contractors | 130 | 3% |
| Steel & metal stockholding | 130 | 3% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 124 | 3% |
| Other machinery equipment wholesale | 103 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 244 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,379 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 615 · 9 |
| 51-200 employees | 150 · 6 |
| 201-500 employees | 36 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 12 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dandenong | 75 | 2% |
| Melbourne | 59 | 1% |
| Wetherill Park | 40 | 1% |
| Malaga | 36 | 1% |
| Bayswater | 31 | 1% |
| Canning Vale | 27 | 1% |
| Campbellfield | 24 | 1% |
| Perth | 24 | 1% |
| Wangara | 24 | 1% |
| Welshpool | 24 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 22 | 0% |
| Osborne Park | 21 | 0% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution 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 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 4,001 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 2,760 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 2,559 →
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4,440 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Australia; 23 are hiring right now and Dandenong has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/australia/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in Australia: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in Australia?
4,440 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as construction materials distribution, industrial parts distribution, other industrial & chemical distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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