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Top 25 Automotive franchises based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 383 automotive franchises headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 8,812 professional contacts across them, including 2,770 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.
This list covers automotive franchises 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 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest automotive franchises based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 542 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “You may not have heard of Bapcor, but you will know our brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 337 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Eagers Automotive Limited is the leading automotive retail group in Australia and New Zealand, with a long and proud history of more than 100 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Autosports Group commenced operations in 2006 with the establishment of the Audi Autosports Dealership as a greenfield site.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 239 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Motorama Group have been a Queensland icon in automotive retailing for over 60 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From a staff of five in 1934, the CMV Group now operates substantial operations in automotive dealerships and horticulture predominately in South Australia and Victoria, employing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 203 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Peter Warren Automotive is a proudly Australian-owned business and part of Peter Warren Automotive Holdings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 194 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Autoleague is one of Australia's largest and most innovative automotive retailers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The John Hughes Group employs approximately 560 people and sells over 1700 new and used vehicles every month with an annual turnover of $550 million.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 138 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Zagame brand continues to grow its passion for things that move.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Westpoint Autos is a family owned and operated company that has been in the Western Suburbs of Brisbane since 1988.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Von Bibra is your leading car dealer on the Gold Coast, with 4 locations & 10 manufacturers as well as used cars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “From humble beginnings in 1984, Norris Motor Group has grown substantially and now boasts 10 new car franchises Brisbane wide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are one of Australia's largest automotive dealership groups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1911, Dutton Automotive is the largest retailer and wholesaler of pre-owned luxury, prestige, family and commercial vehicles in Australia, focused on reliable and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the past 50 Years, Brian Hilton Motor Group has been proudly servicing all of our guest's motor needs via our NSW Central Coast Dealerships and Service Centres, with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heartland Motors is family owned and located in Western Sydney across 8 locations with a centralised administration facility and parts distribution operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bartons has been servicing the residents of Wynnum Manly & the Redlands for over 75 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 89 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “One of Melbourne's most recogisable Toyota dealerships, with roots dating back to 1919.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd, is a leading independent automotive aftersales servicing network of more than 280 stores across Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Car buying made easy – that's our philosophy and it shapes all that we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jowett Motor Group was born from the experience and forethought of Tony Jowett in 1995 with brands Audi, Volkswagen and Subaru, before opening Eastern Honda Doncaster in which…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Penfold Motors – our experience is your experience Synonymous with the Penfold Motors name, these qualities have seen the second generation business evolve from humble beginnings…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're not just a company-we're a community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trace back to 1915 when S.A Cheney founded his family automotive business, Cheney Motors in Flinders St, in Melbourne's CBD.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Originating from a modest four-vehicle mechanic workshop on Oxford Street, Leederville, the Barbagallo Group was founded by brothers Alf and Tony Barbagallo in 1967.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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: automotive franchises. 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 automotive franchises.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive franchises, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive franchises. 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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Automotive franchises based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 16, 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 383 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 automotive franchises, 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 “automotive franchises”. 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 automotive franchises), 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 automotive franchises, 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, 2,770 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 16, 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 automotive franchises, 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 automotive franchises are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 383 automotive franchises 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?
Bapcor Limited, headquartered in Mount Waverley, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most automotive franchises?
Melbourne leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Perth (7) and Belconnen (5).
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 2,770 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 383 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 16, 2026.
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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.
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