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As of 4 November 2026, 16,279 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Australia; 60 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
- 16,279
- Hiring now
- 60 · 20 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cafes coffee shops · 3,073
- Top city
- Melbourne · 430
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 35,127
Restaurants pubs cafes in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes coffee shops | 3,073 | 19% |
| Full service restaurants | 2,973 | 18% |
| Pubs inns | 1,859 | 11% |
| Bars cocktail lounges | 1,527 | 9% |
| Indian restaurants | 1,381 | 8% |
| Pizzerias | 1,213 | 7% |
| Italian restaurants | 1,065 | 7% |
| Thai restaurants | 870 | 5% |
| Pan asian restaurants | 702 | 4% |
| Chinese restaurants | 661 | 4% |
| Brasseries bistros | 576 | 4% |
| Burger restaurants | 551 | 3% |
| Seafood restaurants | 480 | 3% |
| Fine dining restaurants | 463 | 3% |
| Japanese izakaya restaurants | 446 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 112 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 15,019 · 27 |
| 11-50 employees | 787 · 8 |
| 51-200 employees | 247 · 9 |
| 201-500 employees | 79 · 7 |
| 501-1000 employees | 20 · 3 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 10 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 430 | 3% |
| Haymarket | 299 | 2% |
| Adelaide Bc | 194 | 1% |
| Perth | 126 | 1% |
| Petrie Terrace | 112 | 1% |
| Richmond | 99 | 1% |
| Sydney | 82 | 1% |
| Mount Stuart | 78 | 0% |
| Surry Hills | 74 | 0% |
| Newtown | 68 | 0% |
| Darlinghurst | 66 | 0% |
| Fitzroy | 55 | 0% |
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The stack of restaurants pubs cafes in Australia
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16,279 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Australia; 60 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/australia/restaurants_pubs_cafes)
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- 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.
Restaurants pubs cafes in Australia: questions
How many restaurants pubs cafes companies are there in Australia?
16,279 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Restaurants pubs cafes → leaf niches such as cafes coffee shops, full service restaurants, pubs inns. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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