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As of 4 November 2026, 17,403 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in Australia; 59 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
- 17,403
- Hiring now
- 59 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Plumbing heating contractor · 11,232
- Top city
- Melbourne · 464
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 132,882
Plumbing heating sanitary trades in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Plumbing heating contractor | 11,232 | 65% |
| HVAC air conditioning contractor | 3,788 | 22% |
| Drain unblocking sewer cleaning | 1,798 | 10% |
| Commercial refrigeration contractor | 729 | 4% |
| Water treatment installers | 247 | 1% |
| Other plumbing heating sanitary trades | 221 | 1% |
| Heat pump installation | 178 | 1% |
| Electrical contractors | 154 | 1% |
| Septic system services | 151 | 1% |
| Water leak detection | 133 | 1% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 88 | 1% |
| Pool service & maintenance | 64 | 0% |
| Chimney sweeping & stove installation | 62 | 0% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 58 | 0% |
| Roofing contractors | 57 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 4,373 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 12,239 · 26 |
| 11-50 employees | 653 · 19 |
| 51-200 employees | 122 · 11 |
| 201-500 employees | 14 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 464 | 3% |
| Sydney | 193 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 146 | 1% |
| Perth | 137 | 1% |
| Victoria | 58 | 0% |
| Brisbane | 53 | 0% |
| Darlinghurst | 40 | 0% |
| Bay | 36 | 0% |
| Bayswater | 33 | 0% |
| Castle Hill | 33 | 0% |
| Homebush | 33 | 0% |
| Gold Coast | 32 | 0% |
The biggest plumbing heating sanitary trades companies in Australia
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The stack of plumbing heating sanitary trades in Australia
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Other segments of property & construction in Australia
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17,403 plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are based in Australia; 59 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/australia/plumbing_heating_sanitary_trades)
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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.
Plumbing heating sanitary trades in Australia: questions
How many plumbing heating sanitary trades companies are there in Australia?
17,403 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Plumbing heating sanitary trades → leaf niches such as plumbing heating contractor, hvac air conditioning contractor, drain unblocking sewer cleaning. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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