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As of 4 November 2026, 27,117 construction & building engineering companies are based in Australia; 178 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
- 27,117
- Hiring now
- 178 · 46 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 12,165
- Top city
- Melbourne · 465
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 132,882
Construction & building engineering in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 12,165 | 45% |
| Custom home builders | 5,555 | 20% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 3,022 | 11% |
| Concrete & formwork contractors | 2,381 | 9% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 2,071 | 8% |
| Demolition contractors | 832 | 3% |
| Masonry contractors | 734 | 3% |
| Swimming pool builders | 704 | 3% |
| Multi trade renovation | 691 | 3% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 543 | 2% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 515 | 2% |
| Groundworks contractors | 369 | 1% |
| Carpentry timber construction | 351 | 1% |
| Scaffolding contractors | 331 | 1% |
| Timber frame house builders | 268 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,477 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 20,903 · 44 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,842 · 38 |
| 51-200 employees | 738 · 58 |
| 201-500 employees | 112 · 19 |
| 501-1000 employees | 28 · 14 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 13 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 465 | 2% |
| Sydney | 462 | 2% |
| Perth | 250 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 190 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 155 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 149 | 1% |
| Victoria | 128 | 0% |
| Gold Coast | 98 | 0% |
| Osborne Park | 77 | 0% |
| Canberra | 75 | 0% |
| Adelaide Bc | 74 | 0% |
| Sunshine Coast | 71 | 0% |
The biggest construction & building engineering companies in Australia
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The stack of construction & building engineering in Australia
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27,117 construction & building engineering companies are based in Australia; 178 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/australia/construction_and_building_engineering)
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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.
Construction & building engineering in Australia: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in Australia?
27,117 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Construction & building engineering → leaf niches such as general building contractors, custom home builders, civil infrastructure contractors. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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