Power generation in Australia_
As of 4 November 2026, 286 power generation companies are based in Australia; 9 are hiring right now and Haymarket has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 286
- Hiring now
- 9 · 5 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Renewable energy project developers · 190
- Top city
- Haymarket · 20
- Parent market
- Utilities & infrastructure · 2,418
Power generation in Australia, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Renewable energy project developers | 190 | 66% |
| Other power generation | 74 | 26% |
| Wind farm operators | 50 | 17% |
| Bioenergy plant operators | 20 | 7% |
| Other energy asset services | 13 | 5% |
| Renewable power generation operators | 7 | 2% |
| Solar park operators | 7 | 2% |
| Energy service companies & contracting | 6 | 2% |
| Hydropower operators | 6 | 2% |
| Oil & gas exploration production | 6 | 2% |
| Waste treatment & disposal facilities | 5 | 2% |
| Community energy cooperatives | 4 | 1% |
| Conventional & nuclear power generators | 4 | 1% |
| Energy trading & wholesale marketers | 3 | 1% |
| Energy retail suppliers | 2 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 43 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 145 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 67 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 15 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 10 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Haymarket | 20 | 7% |
| Melbourne | 19 | 7% |
| Perth | 18 | 6% |
| Petrie Terrace | 10 | 3% |
| Canberra | 7 | 2% |
| West Perth | 7 | 2% |
| Adelaide Bc | 5 | 2% |
| Fortitude Valley | 4 | 1% |
| North Sydney | 4 | 1% |
| Brisbane | 3 | 1% |
| City | 3 | 1% |
| Fitzroy | 3 | 1% |
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The stack of power generation in Australia
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286 power generation companies are based in Australia; 9 are hiring right now and Haymarket has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/utilities_infrastructure/australia/power_generation)
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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.
Power generation in Australia: questions
How many power generation companies are there in Australia?
286 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Utilities & infrastructure → Power generation → leaf niches such as renewable energy project developers, other power generation, wind farm operators. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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