This is a list of notable companies based in Australia, grouped by their Industry Classification Benchmark sector. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Australia".
Basic materials
Chemicals
- Nufarm, chemicals manufacturer
- Incitec Pivot, chemicals and explosives manufacturer
Basic resources
- Alumina Limited, aluminium
- Arrium, mining, steel
- Bluescope (ASX:Â BSL), steel
- Compass Resources, mining
- CSR Limited, mining
- Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:Â FMG), mining
- Gunns, tree-felling
- Newcrest Mining (ASX:Â NCM), mining
- Orica (ASX:Â ORI), mining support
- Orocobre, mining
- Rio Tinto Group (ASX:Â RIO), mining
- Santos (ASX:Â STO), mining
- Sino Gold, mining, main business is the mining of gold in China
- Smorgon Steel, merged in 2007 with OneSteel
- Zinifex, defunct zinc mining
Consumer goods
Automobiles
- Australian Motor Industries (AMI), bought out by Toyota
- Elfin Cars, sports car manufacturer
- Holden, auto manufacturing, owned by the General Motors Corporation of America, typically sold as a Chevrolet abroad
- Holden Special Vehicles, performance vehicle partner of Australian automobile manufacturer Holden
Food & beverage
- ABB Grain, agriculture
- Australian Agricultural Company, one of the oldest companies (1824) still extant
- AWB Limited, agriculture
- Boag's Brewery, brewery, now part of Lion
- Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard, agriculture
- Bulla Dairy Foods, dairy
- Burns, Philp & Company Ltd., food, defunct
- CBH Group, agriculture
- Coca-Cola Amatil (ASX:Â CCL), beverage
- Darrell Lea, confectionery
- De Bortoli Wines, winery
- Dick Smith Foods, foods
- Elders Limited, agriculture
- Foster's Group, brewery, now part of SAB Miller
- Golden North, ice cream
- Goodman Fielder, breads, dairy
- Haigh's Chocolates, confectionery
- Henry Jones IXL, jams, sauces
- Huon Aquaculture, food
- Lion, food and beverage
- Peter Lehmann Wines, winery
- Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Company, health foods
- Tip Top Bakeries, bakery
Personal & household goods
- Ansell, latex gloves, condoms
- Billabong, clothing
- Blundstone Footwear, clothing
- Cotton on, clothing
- Dorf Clark Industries, taps, sinks, tubs
- Driza-Bone, apparel
- GWA International, consumer products
- Incat, catamarans
- Maton Guitars, musical instruments
- Nash Timbers, flooring, beams
- Rip Curl, surf brand
- Skins, sportswear manufacturer
- Tarocash, clothing manufacturer
- Woolmark, wool manufacturer
Consumer services
Retail
- Angus & Robertson, bookseller
- Appliances Online, appliances retailer
- Arnotts (now owned by Campbell Soup)
- Bakers Delight, bakery chain
- Beaurepaires, tyres
- Bing Lee, electrical
- Boost Juice Bars, juice chain
- Bunnings Warehouse, hardware chain
- Coles Group, defunct retail chain, acquired by Wesfarmers
- Crazy John's, mobile phone retail chain
- David Jones Limited, retail department stores
- Dick Smith Electronics, retail
- Dymocks Booksellers, book stores
- Eagle Boys, fast food, pizza
- Foodland Supermarkets, food retailer
- Franklins, defunct supermarket
- Harvey Norman, electronic, furniture retail
- IGA, supermarket chain
- JB HiFi electrical, household appliances
- Kleenmaid, appliances retailer
- Kogan.com, online department store
- Leading Edge Group, retail group
- Lowes Menswear, menswear
- Myer, retail department stores
- Officeworks, retail office supplies
- Oporto, restaurant
- RedBubble, retail personalized clothing
- Red Rooster, fast food retail chain
- Target Australia, consumer goods
- Toy Kingdom, toy retailer
- Westfield Group, retail shopping centers
- Wesfarmers (ASX:Â WES), retailer conglomerate
- Winning Appliances, kitchen and laundry retail
- Woolworths Limited (ASX:Â WOW), retail
Media
- Ace Radio, radio broadcasting
- Austereo Radio Network, radio broadcasting
- Becker Entertainment, distributor, production house
- Freehand Group, television production
- John Fairfax Holdings, publishes The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald
- News Corporation (ASX:Â NWS), media
- Pacific Star Network, broadcasting
- Village Roadshow, cinema media
- Visual Obsession, multimedia agency
Specialized consumer services
- ABC Learning, education services
- SpotJobs, employment website
- Canva, free design-creation website
- Oneflare
Financials
Banks
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX:Â ANZ), bank
- Bank of Queensland, bank
- Commonwealth Bank (ASX:Â CBA), bank
- National Australia Bank (ASX:Â NAB), bank
- St. George Bank, bank
- Westpac (ASX:Â WBC), bank and financial services
Financial services
- AMP Limited (ASX:Â AMP), financial services
- Australian Ethical Investment, investment firm
- Australian Securities Exchange, stock exchange
- Babcock & Brown, defunct financial services
- Capital Dynamics, investments
- Cbus, industry funds
- Computershare (ASX:Â CPU), stock transfer agent
- Esanda, financial services
- IOOF Funds, financial services
- Macquarie Group, investment banking, financial services
- Octaviar, investment firm
- Suncorp Group, financial services
Insurance
- HIH Insurance, defunct insurance
- Insurance Australia Group, insurance
- Promina Group, insurance
Real estate
- Federation Limited, retail property
- Lend Lease Retirement, retirement real estate
- L.J. Hooker, real estate franchise
- MAB Corporation, property management
- Meriton, property developer
- Sunland Group (ASX:Â SDG), property developer
Health care
- Ausmed, nursing education and technology
- Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, pharma
- Biopharm Australia, Pharmaceutical company
- Chemeq, pharma
- Cochlear Limited, biotech
- CSL Limited (ASX:Â CSL), biotech
- Florigene, biotech
- Healthscope, private hospitals
- IQnovate, pharma
- Sigma Pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals
Industrials
- Aerosonde Ltd, manufacturing
- Amcor (ASX:Â AMC), packaging
- ANCA, grinding machines
- Austal Ships, manufacturer of high speed ferries and US naval ships
- Australia Post, postal service
- Australian air Express, express parcel company
- Australian Defence Industries, weapons manufacturer
- Australian Railroad Group, now owned by QR
- Australian Submarine Corporation, manufacturer of Collins Submarines and Hobart Destroyers
- Ausway, cartography
- BAE Systems Australia, Australia's largest defence contractor
- Biosis Pty Ltd, environmental and heritage consulting
- Bluefish Communications, consulting
- Boral Limited, construction
- Brambles Industries (ASX:Â BXB), business services
- Brookfield Multiplex, construction
- CHEP, supply chain
- CityRail, transport
- ConnectEast, construction
- Crumpler, manufacturing
- Downer Group, engineering, management services
- Grocon, construction
- Honeysuckle Development Corporation, urban renewal
- Kangaroo Bus Lines, Brisbane bus company
- Leighton Holdings (ASX:Â LEI), infrastructure contractor
- Lend Lease Group (ASX:Â LLC), infrastructure
- Macquarie Atlas Roads, roads and infrastructure
- Madrigal Shipping Lines, shipping
- Metal Storm, defunct defense contractor
- Murrays, bus
- Newcastle Port Corporation, seaport
- Patrick Corporation, defunct
- Queensland Rail, railway
- Rail Infrastructure Corporation, railway
- ResMed, medical equipment manufacturer
- Rinker Group, cement and construction. Acquired by Cemex in 2006
- Roy Morgan Research, services
- Silverton Rail
- Slater & Gordon, services, law firm
- SPC Ardmona, packing, canning
- Strategic Marine, shipbuilding
- Sydney Ferries Corporation
- Tenix Defence, bought out by BAE Systems Australia
- Toll Holdings (ASX:Â TOL), freight and logistics company
- TransPerth, transportation, owned by the WA government and is responsible for the maintenance and running of bus and train services in the Perth area
- Transurban (ASX:Â TCL), operator of toll roads
- UGL Limited, engineering and property services
- Wattyl Limited, paint manufacturer
- Woods Bagot, architecture consulting
- WorleyParsons, consulting
Oil & gas
- BHP Billiton (ASX:Â BHP), oil
- Orbital Corporation, alternative fuel systems
- Origin Energy (ASX:Â ORG)
- Woodside Petroleum (ASX:Â WPL), petroleum exploration and production
Technology
- ADInstruments, data acquisition
- Adam Internet, Internet service provider
- Ansarada, virtual data room
- Eftel, Internet service provider
- iiNet, Internet service provider
- Internode Systems, Internet service provider
- Melbourne IT, services
- Netbox Blue, Internet security
- PicNet, information technology services
- PIPE Networks
- Total Peripherals Group (ASX:Â TPM), Internet service provider
- Westnet, Internet service provider
Software
- Altium, software
- Atlassian, software
- Funnelback, enterprise search
- Halfbrick Studios, video game developer
- MYOB, accounting software
- Sausage Software, defunct software
- TechnologyOne (ASX: TNE), Enterprise Software
- Torus Games, video game developer
Telecommunications
- Allphones, mobile and broadband
- Austar, telecommunications
- Engin, VOIP phone provider
- Optus, telecommunications
- People Telecom, telecommunications
- Retriever Communications, wireless
- Telstra, telecommunications
Travel & leisure
- Aristocrat Leisure, gaming machines
- Crown Limited (ASX:Â CWN), gaming, hotels
- Flight Centre, travel services
- Jetstar Airways, airline
- Mirvac Group, hotel services
- Qantas (ASX:Â QAN), airline
- TAA-Australian Airlines, now part of Qantas
- Tabcorp Holdings (ASX:Â TAH), betting company
- Thirsty Swagman, tour operatior
- Village Cinemas, cinema chain
- Virgin Australia, airline
- Webjet (ASX:Â WEB), online travel agency
Utilities
- AGL Energy (ASX:Â AGK), electrical and gas
- Alinta Gas, gas distributor
- Australian Gas Light Company, gas and electricity retailer
- Country Energy, energy retailer
- Delta Electricity, electrical
- Energex, electrical distribution
- EnergyAustralia, electricity and natural gas supplier
- EnviroMission, solar power
- Eraring Energy, power generation
- Ergon Energy, energy distribution
- Snowy Hydro, electricity generation
- Stanwell Corporation, electricity generation
- Sydney Water, utilities
See also
- Corporations Act 2001
- List of Australian restaurant chains
External links
- Australian Companies Research Guide - State Library of New South Wales
- National Names Index at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
- Australian Business Register by Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research