Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping retail in Australia. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.
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90 of 5,221 tracked companies have open roles.
211 of 5,221 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 233 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 30.9% of disclosed capital, while 96.0% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $126.4M | 251 | 22 |
| 2017 | $136.1M | 266 | 20 |
| 2018 | $70.53M | 307 | 22 |
| 2019 | $228.67M | 261 | 20 |
| 2020 | $543.87M | 367 | 22 |
| 2021 | $336.79M | 279 | 31 |
| 2022 | $342.69M | 200 | 28 |
| 2023 | $56.19M | 153 | 15 |
| 2024 | $68.64M | 166 | 19 |
| 2025 | $77.86M | 21 | 8 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
287 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in retail company rounds since 2016.
Backed by Five V Capital.
Backed by .
Backed by business.gov.au.
Backed by Bain Capital.
Backed by Prysm Capital and TDM Growth Partners and others.
Backed by Tiger Global Management.
Backed by Tiger Global Management and Mike Cannon-Brookes and others.
Backed by Tiger Global Management and Tidal and others.
Backed by LGVP and Craig Blair and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Five V Capital.
Backed by Fifth Estate Asset Management and Wunala Capital and others.
Backed by Accel and ignite-group.com and others.
Backed by Bain Capital.
The measured Australia identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: bare ticker overlaps lack a recorded ASX exchange designation and are not designated legal or national identifiers.
How the Australia companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
177 of the 5,222 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (3.4%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 299,136 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| eBay Australiaebay.com.au | 30,915,298 | 75 | 41.9% |
| JB Hi-Fijbhifi.com.au | 21,991,683 | 80 | 64.3% |
| big wbigw.com.au | 16,619,270 | 78 | 73.4% |
| Myermyer.com.au | 13,542,380 | 74 | 76.7% |
| Officeworksofficeworks.com.au | 9,481,464 | 76 | 59.4% |
| THE ICONICtheiconic.com.au | 8,220,695 | 63 | 69.8% |
| Gumtree AUgumtree.com.au | 7,240,447 | 71 | 59.4% |
| Harvey Normanharveynorman.com.au | 7,049,234 | 73 | 65.7% |
| David Jonesdavidjones.com | 5,815,990 | 69 | 69.8% |
| Kogankogan.com | 4,685,062 | 51 | 67.4% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
235 of these companies (4.5%) publish at least one Android app — 426 apps in all, carrying 74.9M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afterpay: Pay over timeAfterpay | 14.7M | 4 | Shopping |
| Gumtree: Shop & resell localGumtree AU | 9M | 4.2 | Shopping |
| Baby Phone Game for KidsPenguin Apps | 6.4M | 3.9 | Educational |
| Baby PicsBaby Pics | 6.3M | 4.6 | Photography |
| Afterpay. Buy now, pay it in 4Afterpay | 5.9M | 4.3 | Shopping |
| Feed Baby - Baby TrackerFeed Baby | 2.3M | 4.3 | Parenting |
| Sleeptot - Baby White NoiseSleeptot | 2.3M | 4.1 | Parenting |
| Kogan.com ShoppingKogan | 1.5M | 4.4 | Shopping |
| ALDI AustraliaALDI | 1.3M | — | Shopping |
| Spelling Games for Kids & ParePenguin Apps | 1.2M | 4.2 | Educational |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q3–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mom & Baby Care | 62 | 21.2M | Baby Phone Game for Kids 6.4M | |
| In Store Retail Tech | 97 | 21M | Afterpay: Pay over time 14.7M | |
| Payments | 22 | 21M | Afterpay. Buy now, pay it in 4 5.9M | |
| E-Commerce Enablers | 32 | 20.9M | Woolworths Group Visitor 67.8K | |
| Alternative Lending | 6 | 20.7M | Tyro 39.7K | |
| Horizontal E-Commerce | 20 | 12.6M | Gumtree: Shop & resell local 9M | |
| Pre-K Edtech | 28 | 12.2M | Spelling Games for Kids & Pare 1.2M | |
| Mobile Gaming | 8 | 11.6M | Story Books For Kids & Parents 1.2M |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 281 of 426 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
36 companies hiring · $819.83M disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Earthletica, which has successfully raised $1.13 million via a Birchal equity crowdfunding campaign.
Melbourne-based Xefco received $4,999,122 to manufacture its Ausora system and commercialise a process aimed at eliminating water and wastewater discharge from textile dyeing.
Lyka has raised $67 million in a Series C led by US investors to fund global expansion and clinical research into dog health and longevity.
Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen listed their buy-now-pay-later business Afterpay on the ASX in 2016 with a modest $25 million public offering.
Fluent Commerce, a global provider of Order Management Systems (OMS), announces today that it has secured A$46m in new funding from Bain Capital. The investment will support continued, profitable global growth - enabling customers to scale faster with new AI-powered capabilities.
Frasers Group plc has acquired a 14.65 per cent stake in Accent Group Limited
Woolworths’ R21.5bn purchase of David Jones in Australia ended in about R20bn of value destruction.
Global Fashion Group S.A. ("GFG" or "the Group"), the leading online fashion and lifestyle destination in ANZ, LATAM and SEA, announces that its ANZ business, THE ICONIC, has signed AUD 45 million (EUR 25 million) of new credit facilities with National Australia Bank ("NAB").
DBG Group completed the full acquisition of MCoBeauty, valuing the Australian ‘dupe’ beauty brand at US$1 billion
Tyro is buying NAB-backed rising star FinTech Thriday. The deal is set to be complete in January 2026, as part of its strategy to expand integrated banking, payments, and cash-flow solutions.
Top 10 categories among 753 recorded events in the 24-month window.
4 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · ASX1 reports
IPO · ASX1 reports
IPO · ASX1 reports
IPO · ASX1 reports
80 tracked people moves
Promotion Managing Director
Appointment Managing Director, Apparel Brands
Retirement Previously Chief Financial Officer
Appointment Chief Financial Officer
Resignation Previously Managing Director, Apparel Brands
Appointment CEO
Appointment Lead Independent Director
Appointment Chair
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Automated fulfillment center
Circularity
Payments platform
Fashion
E-commerce
Electronics
E-commerce marketplace
Product
14 recorded customer wins
Customer: Violet Crumble, Polly Waffle and FruChocsChocolate and confectionery
Customer: ranfurlie asset managementConstruction
Customer: Largest Australian wholesale customer
Customer: Avedis ZildjianAudio Technology
Customer: nike australiaE-commerce
Customer: Zhongshan Runlian Commercial
5 companies with reported reductions
Scale not stated rolescost reduction
40 rolescost efficiency
Scale not stated rolescost reduction
Scale not stated rolesbusiness downturn
Scale not stated rolesbusiness repositioning
22 recorded events
Subject to investigation for possible insider tradingAustralian Securities and Investments Commission
Investigation ongoingAustralian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic)
approved permission to postpone shareholder meetingFederal Court
pending approval
19 tracked suits
suspected Corporations Act breaches involving trades in Accent Group\'s securitiesRegulatory · Ongoing
Market dominance exploitation exclusive partnership with Uber EatsRegulatory · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 210 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alceon→SurfStitch ↗ | Announced | 2026-04-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| woolworths→David Jones ↗ | Completed | 2026-02-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BWS)→The Just Group ↗ | Announced | 2026-01-20 | Not stated in snapshot |
| DBG Group→MCoBeauty ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-22 | $1.0B |
| Tyro→NAB-backed rising star FinTech Thriday | Announced | 2025-12-19 | Not stated in snapshot |
| gordon brothers→barbeques galore ↗ | Completed | 2025-12-10 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
0 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 26-posting snapshot covers 9 employers.
0 tracked postings mention remote work.
1 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 26 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Culture Kings ↗ | 7 |
| Adairs ↗ | 6 |
| Billini ↗ | 4 |
| Dock & Bay ↗ | 3 |
| Showpo ↗ | 3 |
| Brandbankgroup ↗ | 3 |
| Doona ↗ | 3 |
| AL.IVE BODY ↗ | 3 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Woolworths Group ↗ | 202,000 |
| bunnings ↗ | 53,000 |
| big w ↗ | 18,000 |
| JB Hi-Fi ↗ | 12,564 |
| Harvey Norman ↗ | 7,050 |
| Metcash ↗ | 6,378 |
| Myer ↗ | 6,308 |
| westfield ↗ | 4,352 |
1,391 founders and chief executives across 1,192 companies.
Ex-Greenhill. The University of Western Australia BE 2005
Ex-Bain & Company. The University of Queensland BCom 2012
Ex- CEO BJ Ball Group
The Iconic, ex-Lamoda, ex-Metro Cash And Carry, The Wharton School, 2002
Ex-PwC Consulting, Every Man Jack, National Australia Bank (UBank), Deloitte Australia, Westpac Banking, IBM. UNSW BSc 2006
Victorian University of Technology
The MACH Alliance, The Wishlist, ex-SAP Hybris, Skinkers. University of Kent BA 1993
Innovation Bay, ex-Red Garage Ventures, ex-The Coca Cola, University of Technology Sydney, 2004
Ex-CEO Clamms Seafood, Yabby Blue. Monash University 2000
Gene S, ex-Nuheara, ex-Gazunti, Monash University, 1981
Okendo, ex-Vidtitan, ex-Envoy Advanced Technologies, University of Technology Sydney, 2001
Ex-News Corp Australia, GSK · University of Adelaide BS 2003
69 profiles with education records.
14 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
645,947 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Retail coverage across Australia · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 107,462 |
| 2021Q3 | 123,169 |
| 2021Q4 | 106,925 |
| 2022Q1 | 121,616 |
| 2022Q2 | 116,291 |
| 2022Q3 | 123,922 |
| 2022Q4 | 181,759 |
| 2023Q1 | 204,425 |
| 2023Q2 | 131,678 |
| 2023Q3 | 154,516 |
| 2023Q4 | 142,345 |
| 2024Q1 | 136,087 |
| 2024Q2 | 148,706 |
| 2024Q3 | 148,675 |
| 2024Q4 | 161,635 |
| 2025Q1 | 189,832 |
| 2025Q2 | 122,728 |
| 2025Q3 | 229,540 |
| 2025Q4 | 110,044 |
| 2026Q1 | 124,154 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
984 recorded company events across 92 companies; percentages use that event total.
Retail coverage across Australia · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Retail coverage across Australia
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 4,005 | 1,939 | 107% |
| domestic robots | 2,434 | 38 | 6305% |
| toy robots | 2,417 | 26 | 9196% |
| ashes moments | 1,190 | 770 | 55% |
| angel investors | 1,016 | 367 | 177% |
| overseas study | 970 | 686 | 41% |
| ashes urn | 896 | 392 | 129% |
| ashes records | 856 | 403 | 112% |
| semester abroad | 816 | 523 | 56% |
| ashes venues | 808 | 430 | 88% |
| test cricket | 5,973 | 11,557 | -48% |
| test innings | 4,544 | 8,872 | -49% |
| 5-day cricket | 3,720 | 7,777 | -52% |
| odi cricket | 2,934 | 6,204 | -53% |
| limited overs cricket | 2,803 | 6,183 | -55% |
Retail coverage across Australia
territories, disputed islands, test cricket
27.0% critical · 19.2% positivetest cricket, test innings, odi world cup
30.4% critical · 42.5% positivecore inflation rate, inflation outlook, league expansion news
30.9% critical · 46.7% positiveRetail coverage across Australia. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
Compare demand signals in Australia’s newsflow with the retail categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 90.0 | 0.0 | +90.0 | +94.9% | |
| Inflation & spending pressure ↗Spending Pressure | 70.0 | 37.5 | +32.5 | +27.1% | |
| Tourism footfall ↗Demand Driver | 50.0 | 75.0 | -25.0 | +28.1% | |
| Housing & urban expansion ↗Demand Driver | 10.0 | 37.5 | -27.5 | -35.2% | |
| Consumer grievances & trust ↗Trust Friction | 10.0 | 100.0 | -90.0 | +23.6% | |
| Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction | 70.0 | — | No matching category | — | +34.5% |
Showing all 6 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 8 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. Australia is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Congestion & traffic friction · Housing & urban expansion · Inflation & spending pressure
Inflation & spending pressure · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion
Congestion & traffic friction · Housing & urban expansion · Tourism footfall
Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall · Housing & urban expansion
Tourism footfall · Layoffs & income shocks · Housing & urban expansion
Consumer grievances & trust · Housing & urban expansion · Inflation & spending pressure
Layoffs & income shocks · Consumer grievances & trust · Tourism footfall
Housing & urban expansion · Congestion & traffic friction · Tourism footfall
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 88 | 13.05 |
| 2024Q4 | 101 | 12.84 |
| 2025Q1 | 96 | 12.15 |
| 2025Q2 | 61 | 10.45 |
| 2025Q3 | 215 | 26.14 |
| 2025Q4 | 105 | 18.27 |
| 2026Q1 | 154 | 25.37 |
Sustained price pressure can shift spending toward value formats.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 175 | 25.96 |
| 2024Q4 | 195 | 24.79 |
| 2025Q1 | 136 | 17.22 |
| 2025Q2 | 106 | 18.15 |
| 2025Q3 | 252 | 30.64 |
| 2025Q4 | 119 | 20.71 |
| 2026Q1 | 217 | 35.75 |
Visitor flows can convert into discretionary spend where they land.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 75 | 11.13 |
| 2024Q4 | 78 | 9.92 |
| 2025Q1 | 78 | 9.87 |
| 2025Q2 | 70 | 11.99 |
| 2025Q3 | 103 | 12.52 |
| 2025Q4 | 72 | 12.53 |
| 2026Q1 | 81 | 13.35 |
New residential catchments can pull everyday demand with them.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 75 | 11.13 |
| 2024Q4 | 103 | 13.09 |
| 2025Q1 | 79 | 10.0 |
| 2025Q2 | 42 | 7.19 |
| 2025Q3 | 104 | 12.64 |
| 2025Q4 | 66 | 11.48 |
| 2026Q1 | 67 | 11.04 |
Trust friction can reward whoever fixes service, complaints and fraud handling.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 50 | 7.42 |
| 2024Q4 | 60 | 7.63 |
| 2025Q1 | 51 | 6.46 |
| 2025Q2 | 24 | 4.11 |
| 2025Q3 | 74 | 9.0 |
| 2025Q4 | 32 | 5.57 |
| 2026Q1 | 40 | 6.59 |
Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s retail market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 130 | 19.28 |
| 2024Q4 | 137 | 17.42 |
| 2025Q1 | 93 | 11.77 |
| 2025Q2 | 96 | 16.44 |
| 2025Q3 | 185 | 22.49 |
| 2025Q4 | 102 | 17.75 |
| 2026Q1 | 115 | 18.95 |
Australia retail coverage
Australasian Marketing Journal (AMJ)
69 citations in the snapshot
Journal of Applied Microbiology
66 citations in the snapshot
Obesity Reviews
54 citations in the snapshot
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
45 citations in the snapshot
Australia coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| consumer protection coalitions | 40 | 38 | 20.9% |
| scam awareness initiatives | 47 | 93 | -41.9% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
38.0% across the displayed hubs
13 companies hiring · $1.1B disclosed funding
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31.3% across the displayed hubs
12 companies hiring · $959.8M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Melbourne ↗
10.5% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $142.8M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Brisbane ↗
8.1% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $48.7M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Perth ↗
5.3% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $8.9M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Adelaide ↗3.9% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Gold Coast ↗1.5% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $51.5M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Surry Hills ↗1.4% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $228.9K disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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