Market map · Australia

Property & construction in Australia_

As of 4 November 2026, 132,882 property & construction companies are based in Australia: 2,280 with 51+ employees, 570 hiring right now, led by construction & building engineering and Melbourne.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies, confident classification
132,882
51+ employees
2,280 · 2%
Hiring now
570 · 91 new in 30 d
Largest segment
Construction & building engineering · 27,117
Top city
Melbourne · 3,389
Running cold outbound
38
132,882property & construction companies in Australia
2,280with 51+ employees
570hiring on their own career site today
91opened a role in the last 30 days
02 — Segments

Property & construction in Australia, by segment

Click a segment for its own map. Second column: companies hiring right now.

By sub-vertical
companies · hiring
Construction & building engineering
27,117 · 178
Building finishing contractors
22,763 · 53
Plumbing heating sanitary trades
17,403 · 59
Cleaning pest control services
16,789 · 65
Electrical solar installation
16,545 · 81
Landscaping & grounds maintenance
9,681 · 27
Real estate agencies
9,221 · 51
Architecture & interior design
7,716 · 21
Specialist building services contractors
7,081 · 29
Property development projects
5,636 · 43
Locksmiths doors & glazing
5,117 · 0
Property management services
2,933 · 20
Space letting & rental
2,171 · 9
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
38,833 · 2
2-10 employees
82,734 · 181
11-50 employees
9,035 · 157
51-200 employees
1,830 · 143
201-500 employees
299 · 44
501-1000 employees
83 · 23
1001-5000 employees
55 · 16
5001-10000 employees
8 · 3
10,001+ employees
5 · 1
By city
companiesshare
Melbourne
3,3893%
Sydney
1,9351%
Perth
1,5541%
Haymarket
1,0621%
Adelaide
8801%
Brisbane
7891%
Victoria
5750%
Petrie Terrace
5680%
Gold Coast
4980%
Adelaide Bc
4900%
Canberra
4140%
Dandenong
3700%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest property & construction companies in Australia

The largest companies of the market, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

CPB ContractorsCivil infrastructure contractors · North Sydney10,001+ employeesJohn HollandCivil infrastructure contractors · Melbourne5001-10000 employeesBIC ConsolidatedCommercial building cleaning5001-10000 employeesAirmasterHVAC air conditioning contractor · Scoresby1001-5000 employeesJoss GroupGeneral building contractors · Albury1001-5000 employeesAlpha Facilities GroupFacilities management · Tullamarine1001-5000 employeesMirvacResidential property developers · Haymarket1001-5000 employeesIKON Services AustraliaCommercial building cleaning · Hotham Hill1001-5000 employeesFirst NationalGeneral residential sales lettings agency · Richmond1001-5000 employeesVicinityGeneral property developers · Chadstone1001-5000 employeesChallenger Services Group AustraliaCommercial building cleaning · Surry Hills1001-5000 employeesColliers AustraliaGeneral property developers · Cooks Hill1001-5000 employeesGlad GroupGeneral property management · Rockdale1001-5000 employeesFIP ElectricalElectrical contractors · Mortlake501-1000 employeesWhittensCivil infrastructure contractors · Maroochydore501-1000 employeesExact ContractingCivil infrastructure contractors · Wayville501-1000 employeesGeorgiouCivil infrastructure contractors · Osborne Park501-1000 employeesD&E Air Conditioning Pty LimitedHVAC air conditioning contractor · Rowville501-1000 employeesIconGeneral building contractors · Cremorne501-1000 employeesShadforthCivil infrastructure contractors · Forest Glen501-1000 employees
132,882 property & construction companies in Australia; 570 of them hiring.

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04 — What they run

The stack of property & construction in Australia

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132,882 property & construction companies are based in Australia: 2,280 with 51 or more employees, 570 hiring right now (91 opened a role in the last 30 days), led by construction & building engineering and Melbourne. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/australia)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • 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.
  • StackScripts and embeds on the company's pages plus SPF, DKIM, MX and CNAME records of its domain.
FAQ

Property & construction in Australia: questions

How many property & construction companies are there in Australia?

132,882 with a confident industry and country classification, read from their own websites; 2,280 of them have 51 or more employees.

How do you know a company belongs to property & construction?

We classify every company from its own website into a vertical, a sub-vertical and a leaf, each with a confidence score. This page counts companies with industry confidence of at least 0.7 and country confidence of at least 0.8; the company list shows only rich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount.

Which property & construction companies in Australia are hiring?

570 have an open role on their own career site today and 91 opened one in the last 30 days. The full list with the hiring manager is in the product; counting is free.

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