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As of 4 November 2026, 7,704 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in Australia; 76 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
- 7,704
- Hiring now
- 76 · 21 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Freight forwarding & logistics · 2,055
- Top city
- Melbourne · 203
- Parent market
- Transport, logistics & rental · 10,734
Freight transport & equipment rental in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Freight forwarding & logistics | 2,055 | 27% |
| Road freight haulage | 1,575 | 20% |
| Removals & moving services | 1,355 | 18% |
| Vehicle rental | 983 | 13% |
| Construction equipment rental | 762 | 10% |
| Courier & express delivery | 670 | 9% |
| Heavy haulage & project cargo | 637 | 8% |
| Crane hire & lifting services | 502 | 7% |
| Warehousing & fulfilment 3PL | 435 | 6% |
| Other freight transport & equipment rental | 408 | 5% |
| Vehicle transport & car shipping | 302 | 4% |
| Cold chain & refrigerated transport | 168 | 2% |
| Campervan & motorhome rental | 158 | 2% |
| Freight brokerage | 158 | 2% |
| General equipment & tool rental | 152 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 924 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 5,342 · 8 |
| 11-50 employees | 997 · 15 |
| 51-200 employees | 311 · 24 |
| 201-500 employees | 85 · 13 |
| 501-1000 employees | 26 · 7 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 11 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| 10,001+ employees | 6 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 203 | 3% |
| Sydney | 88 | 1% |
| Perth | 84 | 1% |
| Dandenong | 71 | 1% |
| Haymarket | 60 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 58 | 1% |
| Truganina | 55 | 1% |
| Laverton North | 48 | 1% |
| Tullamarine | 43 | 1% |
| Adelaide | 38 | 0% |
| Campbellfield | 35 | 0% |
| Wetherill Park | 32 | 0% |
The biggest freight transport & equipment rental companies in Australia
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of freight transport & equipment rental in Australia
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7,704 freight transport & equipment rental companies are based in Australia; 76 are hiring right now and Melbourne has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/transport_logistics_rental/australia/freight_transport_and_equipment_rental)
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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.
Freight transport & equipment rental in Australia: questions
How many freight transport & equipment rental companies are there in Australia?
7,704 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Transport, logistics & rental → Freight transport & equipment rental → leaf niches such as freight forwarding & logistics, road freight haulage, removals & moving services. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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