Membership associations & unions in Australia
As of 4 November 2026, 4,946 membership associations & unions companies are based in Australia; 62 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 4,946
- Hiring now
- 62 · 21 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Industry & employer associations · 1,967
- Top city
- Melbourne · 192
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 34,450
Membership associations & unions in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Industry & employer associations | 1,967 | 40% |
| Professional bodies | 1,577 | 32% |
| Healthcare professional societies | 550 | 11% |
| Chambers of commerce | 451 | 9% |
| Other membership associations & unions | 349 | 7% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 202 | 4% |
| Networking communities | 172 | 3% |
| Trade unions | 153 | 3% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 116 | 2% |
| Local trade & craft associations | 98 | 2% |
| Service & social clubs | 97 | 2% |
| School support associations | 76 | 2% |
| Cultural arts associations | 70 | 1% |
| Collector hobby clubs | 65 | 1% |
| Sports federations | 59 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,055 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,381 · 24 |
| 11-50 employees | 999 · 17 |
| 51-200 employees | 359 · 14 |
| 201-500 employees | 74 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 39 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 11 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 192 | 4% |
| Haymarket | 133 | 3% |
| Adelaide Bc | 64 | 1% |
| Perth | 53 | 1% |
| Petrie Terrace | 38 | 1% |
| Canberra | 36 | 1% |
| Sydney | 30 | 1% |
| Barton | 28 | 1% |
| Crows Nest | 26 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 24 | 0% |
| Mount Stuart | 24 | 0% |
| Deakin | 22 | 0% |
The biggest membership associations & unions companies in Australia
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The stack of membership associations & unions in Australia
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Australia
Public, community & associations in Australia, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 11,370 →
Amateur sports clubs · 8,417 →
Charitable foundations · 8,170 →
Churches congregations · 4,904 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 1,622 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,406 →
Municipal government · 421 →
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4,946 membership associations & unions companies are based in Australia; 62 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/australia/membership_associations_and_unions)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Membership associations & unions in Australia: questions
How many membership associations & unions companies are there in Australia?
4,946 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Membership associations & unions → leaf niches such as industry & employer associations, professional bodies, healthcare professional societies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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