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Pick what you sell. We'll show you which industries spend the most on it, how many businesses are in them, and where they are. This research covers more categories than we currently arrange meetings in.

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34,711

businesses with 20+ staff in the 10 industries that spend most on labour hire & recruitment, Australia-wide

$101.8bnspent each year by Australian businesses
2,963other labour hire & recruitment businesses with 20+ staff
11.7potential buyers for every competitor

Who buys it

IndustryWhat they spend a yearSpendBusinesses
Professional services $13.8bn 6,179
Finance & insurance $13.2bn 1,724
Health care $5.9bn 2,531
Warehousing & transport support $5.4bn 537
Rail, sea, air & pipeline transport $4.8bn 311
IT services $4.6bn 1,581
Cafes, restaurants & clubs $4.5bn 9,786
Media & telecommunications $3.5bn 856
Construction trades $3.2bn 4,486
Retail $3.2bn 6,720

Where they are

  • NSW11,349
  • Victoria9,011
  • Queensland6,899
  • South Australia2,034
  • Western Australia3,860
  • Tasmania584
  • Northern Territory339
  • ACT698

How big they are

  • 5–19 staff127,657
  • 20–199 staff32,839
  • 200+ staff1,872

Businesses: ABS Counts of Australian Businesses, June 2025. Spend: ABS Input-Output tables 2023–24, national, purchases of "Employment, travel agency and other administrative services". Competitors: businesses in your category's ABS industry class.