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As of 4 November 2026, 5,635 food & beverage production companies are based in Australia; 35 are hiring right now and Pokolbin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 5,635
- Hiring now
- 35 · 19 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Winery · 1,782
- Top city
- Pokolbin · 57
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 41,162
Food & beverage production in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Winery | 1,782 | 32% |
| Distillery | 663 | 12% |
| Other food & beverage production | 575 | 10% |
| Preserves sauces & spices | 521 | 9% |
| Packaged food manufacturing | 498 | 9% |
| Snack & sweet manufacturing | 421 | 7% |
| Dairy & cheese manufacturing | 247 | 4% |
| Craft brewery | 230 | 4% |
| Pet food manufacturing | 212 | 4% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 209 | 4% |
| Tea & infusion producers | 197 | 3% |
| Meat processing & charcuterie | 195 | 3% |
| Fruit & vegetable processing | 172 | 3% |
| Mineral water & soft drink bottlers | 162 | 3% |
| Contract produced drinks brands | 152 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 851 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,790 · 5 |
| 11-50 employees | 647 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 245 · 7 |
| 201-500 employees | 59 · 10 |
| 501-1000 employees | 22 · 4 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 16 · 7 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Pokolbin | 57 | 1% |
| Melbourne | 54 | 1% |
| Mclaren Vale | 47 | 1% |
| Tanunda | 36 | 1% |
| Dandenong | 29 | 1% |
| Campbellfield | 23 | 0% |
| Haymarket | 21 | 0% |
| Angaston | 18 | 0% |
| Marrickville | 17 | 0% |
| Perth | 15 | 0% |
| Margaret River | 14 | 0% |
| Orange | 14 | 0% |
The biggest food & beverage production companies in Australia
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The stack of food & beverage production in Australia
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Australia
Manufacturing & industry in Australia, the whole market →
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Textiles clothing & bedding · 3,064 →
Building products manufacturing · 3,044 →
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5,635 food & beverage production companies are based in Australia; 35 are hiring right now and Pokolbin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/australia/food_and_beverage_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.
Food & beverage production in Australia: questions
How many food & beverage production companies are there in Australia?
5,635 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Food & beverage production → leaf niches such as winery, distillery, other food & beverage production. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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