Best Transportation and Logistics Companies in Queensland, Australia
The 63 best Transportation and Logistics companies in Queensland, Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Aurizon.
Our analysis of 200 Transportation and Logistics companies
$33.9b in tracked funding; 79% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Transportation and Logistics companies in Queensland
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aurizon Rail freight operator in Australia | $9M | 27 mo ago | Public | — | 2004 | SitecoreYouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NET+13 | 1 partnership |
| 2 | Seabridge Global logistics provider offering comprehensive freight forwarding and customs brokerage services | — | 59 mo ago | Seed | Justin Todd CEO & MD | 2010 | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — |
| 3 | Alliance Airlines Provider of aircraft sales and leasing services | — | 72 mo ago | Acquired | Scott McMillan Managing Director | 2002 | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | 5 job openings |
| 4 | Virgin Australia Airline operator in Australia | — | 80 mo ago | Acquired | Dave Emerson CEO | 2000 | Adobe Experience ManagerApple iCloud MailJava+30 | 1 launch · 3 expansions |
| 5 | AirShare Operator of charter flights and helicopters | — | 92 mo ago | Acquired | Jack Buscombe Co-Founder | 2018 | — | — |
| 6 | Aerocare Flight Support Provider of air cargo services | — | — | Acquired | — | 1992 | Amazon Web ServicesHSTSGoogle Workspace | — |
| 7 | airborne express Airborne Express is an air cargo service company offering air freight, customs clearance, and charter… | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Airside Logistics Provider of airline ground services, ramp services, and ground handling | — | — | Unfunded | — | 2001 | — | — |
Top 5 Transportation and Logistics companies in Queensland
#1
Public · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2004 · 4664 employees$9.4Mraised▾
Aurizon is an Australia based rail freight operator in Australia. It is a top 50 ASX-listed company. It owns and operates one of the world’s largest coal rail networks with 2,700 kilometres of heavy haul rail infrastructure. It transports over 250 million tonnes of commodities and provides integrated logistics solutions to miners, manufacturers, suppliers, distributors etc.
- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)$9.4M
#2
Seed · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2010—raised▾
Seabridge Global Logistics is a globally focused logistics provider based in Australia. They offer comprehensive air and sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage, and other logistics services. They have offices in Australia, New Zealand, and China, and aim to help businesses grow by providing efficient and reliable logistics solutions.
- Jul 2021Seed—
#3
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2002—raised▾
Provider of aircraft sales and leasing services
#4
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2000—raised▾
Virgin Australia is an airline operator based in Australia. It partners with major airlines around the world including Air New Zealand, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines and operates flights to over 600 destinations. It also enables users to book hotels, rental cars and holiday packages.
#5
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2018—raised▾
Operator of charter flights and helicopters
- Sep 2018Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Transportation and Logistics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Logistics & Supply Chain Tech is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Logistics & Supply Chain Tech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 67 Australia-affiliated papers.
- Monash University6
- RMIT University6
- Department of Commerce6
- UNSW Sydney4
- Deakin University4
- Fleet management4
- Resilience (materials science)2
- Carbon footprint2
- Supply chain optimization2
- Optimization problem2
- Fleet management4→7
- Supply chain optimization2→4
- Fleet management9
- Global Positioning System3
- Transport engineering3
- Supply chain management3
- SAFER3
Where logistics supply chain 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.