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As of 4 November 2026, 1,512 plastics & rubber processing companies are based in Australia; 15 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
- 1,512
- Hiring now
- 15 · 3 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Plastic packaging manufacturing · 301
- Top city
- Dandenong · 55
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 41,162
Plastics & rubber processing in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Plastic packaging manufacturing | 301 | 20% |
| 3D printing services | 232 | 15% |
| Plastic fabrication | 189 | 13% |
| Injection moulding | 161 | 11% |
| Rubber parts manufacturing | 115 | 8% |
| Composite & fibreglass manufacturers | 92 | 6% |
| Foam products manufacturers | 71 | 5% |
| General plastics processing | 65 | 4% |
| Custom packaging boxes | 44 | 3% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 35 | 2% |
| Polymer & plastics raw materials | 26 | 2% |
| Tanks silos & pressure vessel manufacturers | 25 | 2% |
| Custom 3D print & laser makers | 23 | 2% |
| Other building products manufacturing | 21 | 1% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 20 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 168 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 936 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 324 · 6 |
| 51-200 employees | 71 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Dandenong | 55 | 4% |
| Campbellfield | 21 | 1% |
| Carrum Downs | 20 | 1% |
| Melbourne | 20 | 1% |
| Bayswater | 19 | 1% |
| Braeside | 14 | 1% |
| Brookvale | 10 | 1% |
| Sydney | 10 | 1% |
| Wetherill Park | 10 | 1% |
| Brendale | 9 | 1% |
| St Marys | 8 | 1% |
| Acacia Ridge | 7 | 0% |
The biggest plastics & rubber processing companies in Australia
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The stack of plastics & rubber processing in Australia
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Australia
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1,512 plastics & rubber processing companies are based in Australia; 15 are hiring right now and Dandenong has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/australia/plastics_and_rubber_processing)
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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.
Plastics & rubber processing in Australia: questions
How many plastics & rubber processing companies are there in Australia?
1,512 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Plastics & rubber processing → leaf niches such as plastic packaging manufacturing, 3d printing services, plastic fabrication. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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