Primary medical & veterinary practices in Australia_
As of 4 November 2026, 17,107 primary medical & veterinary practices companies are based in Australia; 155 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
- 17,107
- Hiring now
- 155 · 69 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General practice primary care · 4,554
- Top city
- Melbourne · 197
- Parent market
- Health care · 60,828
Primary medical & veterinary practices in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General practice primary care | 4,554 | 27% |
| Multispecialty medical clinic | 1,730 | 10% |
| Veterinary clinic small animal | 1,564 | 9% |
| Gynecology obstetrics practice | 1,001 | 6% |
| Orthopedic surgery practice | 989 | 6% |
| General & visceral surgery practice | 783 | 5% |
| Naturopathic integrative medicine | 697 | 4% |
| Aesthetic medicine clinics | 638 | 4% |
| Plastic aesthetic surgery | 589 | 3% |
| Psychiatry mental health clinic | 563 | 3% |
| Other primary medical & veterinary practices | 498 | 3% |
| Diagnostic imaging radiology | 445 | 3% |
| Dermatology practice | 441 | 3% |
| Cardiology practice | 390 | 2% |
| Gastroenterology practice | 378 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,637 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 12,745 · 36 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,161 · 21 |
| 51-200 employees | 306 · 39 |
| 201-500 employees | 118 · 26 |
| 501-1000 employees | 48 · 7 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 68 · 14 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 12 · 7 |
| 10,001+ employees | 12 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 197 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 177 | 1% |
| Richmond | 144 | 1% |
| East Melbourne | 133 | 1% |
| St Leonards | 116 | 1% |
| Southport | 113 | 1% |
| Darlinghurst | 110 | 1% |
| Greenslopes | 106 | 1% |
| Spring Hill | 104 | 1% |
| Bella Vista | 102 | 1% |
| Malvern | 98 | 1% |
| Subiaco | 98 | 1% |
The biggest primary medical & veterinary practices companies in Australia
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The stack of primary medical & veterinary practices in Australia
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17,107 primary medical & veterinary practices companies are based in Australia; 155 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/health_care/australia/primary_medical_and_veterinary_practices)
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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.
Primary medical & veterinary practices in Australia: questions
How many primary medical & veterinary practices companies are there in Australia?
17,107 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Health care → Primary medical & veterinary practices → leaf niches such as general practice primary care, multispecialty medical clinic, veterinary clinic small animal. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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