Best Auto Companies in Brisbane, Australia
The 33 best Auto companies in Brisbane, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: IronPlanet.
Our analysis of 256 Auto companies
$29.3b in tracked funding; 77% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.
Ranked: Best Auto companies in Brisbane
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IronPlanet App-based platform that provides auctions for used heavy equipment | $85M | 122 mo ago | Acquired | — | 1998 | ContentfulBootstrapAmazon ALB+12 | — |
| 2 | TyreStock Online B2B2C tyre store | $600K | 91 mo ago | Deadpooled | William AMIOT Co-Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 3 | CountryCars Online listing platform of used cars | — | 244 mo ago | Acquired | John McGuigan CEO | 1986 | PHPPure CSSBootstrap+19 | — |
| 4 | 360Finance Personal loans broker | — | — | Public | — | 2007 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+28 | — |
| 5 | 5iQ Provider of auto maintenance and repair services | — | — | Deadpooled | Mark Alfred CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | 99 Bikes Distributor of electric bicycles | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2007 | Cart FunctionalityMagentoMySQL+45 | — |
| 7 | Active Scooters Provider of mobility scooters, chairs, and lifter | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2006 | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 8 | ALTRA 9 Manufacturer and supplier of major auto components to OEMs | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2008 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
Top 3 Auto companies in Brisbane
#1
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 1998 · 525 employees$84.6Mraised▾
App-based platform that provides auctions for used heavy equipment. Users can buy & sell anything from backhoes & dozers to farm tractors & trucks. Has a consignment model. Seller consigns equipment to an auction, which preps the equipment & makes it available for inspection at his own place. Their app is available for iOS devices.
- Aug 2016Series B$18M
- Sep 2015Conventional Debt$55M
- Jan 2015Series B$20.7M
- Aug 2000Series B$36M
#2
Deadpooled · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2017$600Kraised▾
TyreStock is an online platform to find & purchase tyres and get same-day onsite fitting services. Users need to click & upload a picture of their car's wheel following which the platform automatically detects the required tyre and suggests deals accordingly. Users browse offers and finalize the purchase. The company partners with local tyre centers, retailers, and workshops to offer same-day tyre fitting services.
- Mar 2019Seed$600K
#3
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 1986—raised▾
CountryCars is an online classified portal of used cars. Users can search and browse the cars listed on the platform by using filters like the make & model of the car, location, price, and others. Individual sellers and automotive dealerships can list their vehicles for sale on the platform by selecting either of the two available packages viz. silver package for $55 and gold package for $88.
- 2006Series B—
Funding & investor landscape
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 448 Australia-affiliated papers.
- University of Technology Sydney35
- University College London35
- Monash University34
- UNSW Sydney33
- RMIT University32
- Computer vision1→14
- Human–computer interaction1→14
- Transport engineering1→9
- Control theory (sociology)1→8
- Automotive engineering1→6
- Key (lock)1→5
- Transport engineering2→12
- Humanities1→6
- Public transport1→5
- Perception2→6
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.