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Top 25 Auction companies based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 165 auction companies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,933 professional contacts across them, including 812 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.
This list covers auction companies headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
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The 25 largest auction companies based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 654 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1964, Pickles has been building a business legacy atop a rich country heritage.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Manheim is the Australian market leader in the provision of automotive remarketing services offering buyers and sellers streamlined services to meet all their needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 115 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Slattery Asset Advisory and Slattery Auctions and Valuations is a proudly Australian-owned, family-run business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Inglis' is a family owned company which commenced operations in 1867 and is now Australia's most respected thoroughbred auctioneering house conducting sales in Sydney, Melbourne…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Magic Millions is Australia’s premier thoroughbred auction house and leading source of champions and high class performers on the racetrack.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1919, Leonard Joel is Melbourne’s oldest auctioneer and Australia’s specialist in private collections, offering expertise and auctions in Fine Art, Decorative Arts…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hymans has over 150 years of collective experience making it one of Australia’s best known valuation, asset management and asset disposal companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Licensed Real Estate Agents, Livestock Agents & Auctioneers As a locally owned company, we have been servicing the public of Central Victoria for more than 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We provide a complete solution for people who may be moving house, downsizing, de-cluttering or managing a deceased estate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Worthy Parts is an internationally recognised platform for sourcing and selling surplus parts, components or machinery across the mining industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ray White Marine services clients with used boat sales, boat/vessel listings, boat valuations, trading boats/vessels, marketing boats/vessel and boat auctions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Australia's trusted home of unique online auctions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2003, Cooley Auctions is the largest and most awarded auction network in the country, with an enviable record sales success in both residential and commercial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since 1995, First State Auctions has been Australia's most trusted auction house for pre-loved luxury accessories.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fowles has been operating in Australia for 50 years and is famous for its huge range and fantastic prices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia (AVAA) is Australia's national professional association representing valuers and auctioneers across fine art, antiques…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “StockLive is an innovative online auction platform, providing services to the Australian agriculture industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ross's is one of the leading Auctioneering and Valuation firms in Australia, conducting more auctions in more categories than any other in WA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Deutscher and Hackett is the leading Australian fine art auction house with a strong reputation for quality, experience and outstanding results.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded by the late Theodore Bruce in Adelaide in 1878, Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers is Australia’s oldest family run auction house.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We buy, sell and source new and low-hour quality industrial equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Auctioneers and Valuers of Fine Art, based in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lawsons is Australia’s most resonant & trusted auction house, connecting sellers and buyers through the curated exchange of art, design, lifestyle and estate goods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “O'Maras is an Australian owned and operated full service valuation & auction house.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: auction companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names auction companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of auction companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name auction companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Auction companies based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 165 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among auction companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “auction companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names auction companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among auction companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 812 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names auction companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many auction companies are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 165 auction companies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Pickles Auctions, headquartered in Belmore, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most auction companies?
Sydney leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (13) and Brisbane (8).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 812 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.