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As of 4 November 2026, 2,410 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Australia; 18 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
- 2,410
- Hiring now
- 18 · 10 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers · 321
- Top city
- Dandenong · 50
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 41,162
Chemicals & materials production in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers | 321 | 13% |
| Other chemicals & materials production | 319 | 13% |
| Industrial chemicals manufacturers | 279 | 12% |
| Paint & coatings manufacturers | 257 | 11% |
| Construction chemicals & adhesives | 255 | 11% |
| Fertiliser manufacturers | 219 | 9% |
| Biobased & recycled materials | 151 | 6% |
| Concrete & mortar products | 121 | 5% |
| Agrochemical manufacturers | 98 | 4% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 83 | 3% |
| Lubricant manufacturers | 61 | 3% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 60 | 2% |
| Biotech reagents & ingredients | 57 | 2% |
| Steel & non ferrous metal producers | 40 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 31 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 156 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,545 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 498 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 143 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 45 · 4 |
| 501-1000 employees | 12 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 6 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dandenong | 50 | 2% |
| Melbourne | 38 | 2% |
| Perth | 28 | 1% |
| Bayswater | 24 | 1% |
| Campbellfield | 23 | 1% |
| Brendale | 16 | 1% |
| Malaga | 15 | 1% |
| North Sydney | 13 | 1% |
| Carrum Downs | 12 | 0% |
| Epping | 12 | 0% |
| Haymarket | 12 | 0% |
| Canning Vale | 11 | 0% |
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The stack of chemicals & materials production in Australia
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Australia
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2,410 chemicals & materials production companies are based in Australia; 18 are hiring right now and Dandenong has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/australia/chemicals_and_materials_production)
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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.
Chemicals & materials production in Australia: questions
How many chemicals & materials production companies are there in Australia?
2,410 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Chemicals & materials production → leaf niches such as cleaning & household chemicals manufacturers, other chemicals & materials production, industrial chemicals manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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