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As of 4 November 2026, 2,165 books publishing & retail are based in Australia; 1 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
- 2,165
- Hiring now
- 1 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 774
- Top city
- Melbourne · 27
- Parent market
- Media & content · 29,552
Books publishing & retail in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 774 | 36% |
| Childrens book publishers | 579 | 27% |
| Online bookshops | 536 | 25% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 182 | 8% |
| Self publishing services | 182 | 8% |
| Teaching resource shops | 125 | 6% |
| Novelist author sites | 67 | 3% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 51 | 2% |
| Self help book publishing | 47 | 2% |
| Single book promo sites | 47 | 2% |
| General interest magazines | 14 | 1% |
| Artist studios | 11 | 1% |
| Education & career media | 11 | 1% |
| Business book authors | 10 | 0% |
| Webcomic & comic creators | 10 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,704 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 381 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 67 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 9 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 27 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 17 | 1% |
| Sydney | 16 | 1% |
| Perth | 15 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 14 | 1% |
| Prahran | 7 | 0% |
| Adelaide | 6 | 0% |
| Alexandria | 6 | 0% |
| Petrie Terrace | 6 | 0% |
| Abbotsford | 5 | 0% |
| Adelaide Bc | 4 | 0% |
| Alfredton | 4 | 0% |
The biggest books publishing & retail in Australia
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Australia
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Other segments of media & content in Australia
Media & content in Australia, the whole market →
News & content portals · 12,703 →
User content aggregator platforms · 5,891 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 3,307 →
Travel blogs guides · 2,438 →
Writers & independent publishing · 1,803 →
Music & radio · 1,739 →
Creator channels & influencers · 1,117 →
Food recipe blogs · 652 →
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2,165 books publishing & retail are based in Australia; 1 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/australia/books_publishing_and_retail)
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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.
Books publishing & retail in Australia: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Australia?
2,165 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as book publishers, childrens book publishers, online bookshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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