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Top 25 Community-owned retailers based in Australia

Name: Community-owned retailers based in Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 88 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 88 community-owned retailers headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 6,130 professional contacts across them, including 2,622 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.

This list covers community-owned retailers 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 19, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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6,130Contacts tracked

2,622Verified emails

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The 25 largest community-owned retailers based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 88 community-owned retailers based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to community-owned retailers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Ergon Energy Network	Indirect evidence	Townsville, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,553 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Ergon Energy supplies electricity to customers across a vast operating area of more than one million square kilometres – around 97% of the state of Queensland – from the expanding…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	RAC WA	Partial evidence	West Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,388 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At RAC we offer career opportunities that will allow you to give back and make a difference to our members and the WA community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Newcastle Permanent	Partial evidence	Newcastle West, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	678 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are customer owned and put our customers first.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Harris Farm Markets	Indirect evidence	Flemington, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	675 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For over 50 years, Harris Farm Markets has been reconnecting Aussies with the joy of food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Heritage Bank	Partial evidence	Toowoomba, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	549 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Heritage Bank has grown from our origins in Toowoomba in 1875 to become one of Australia’s largest customer-owned banks.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	GO Vita Group LTD	Indirect evidence	Wetherill Park, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	103 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Go Vita is Australia’s largest health food co-operative.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Outback Stores PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Berrimah, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	102 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Outback Stores was founded in November 2006.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Plumbers Co-Op	Indirect evidence	Silverwater, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At the Plumbers Co-op it’s all about you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Summerland Bank	Indirect evidence	Northern Rivers, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	85 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Summerland Bank, we're redefining what it means to be a bank.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Community Enterprise Queensland	Indirect evidence	Cairns, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CEQ is a not-for-profit Queensland Government statutory body responsible for providing goods and essential services to the Torres Strait, Northern Peninsula Area (NPA), and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Unity Bank Limited	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	52 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Unity Bank is a member owned bank that has been standing with our members since 1959.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Bankwaw	Partial evidence	Wodonga, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BankWAW is a customer owned financial institution that has been serving North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales since 1956.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Service ONE	Strong evidence	AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Strong evidence “SERVICE ONE is a customer-owned mutual owned by, and run for the benefit of, our Members and communities of interest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	LPE	Indirect evidence	Maroochydore, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LPE - Smarter, Friendlier, and Better Strata Experts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Horizon Bank - Australia	Indirect evidence	Wollongong, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horizon Bank has been putting people first since 1964.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	The Happy Apple	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At The Happy Apple Neighbourhood Grocer, we’re more than just a grocery store-we’re a proudly independent, family-owned business with a passion for fresh produce, quality service…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	The Barossa Co-Op	Partial evidence	Nuriootpa, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1944 by the community located in the Barossa Valley, we have grown from one general store to operating 12 retail business units and success as a commercial landlord.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Tasmanian Independent Retailers	Strong evidence	Western Junction, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “ABOUT US Formed in 1947, Tasmanian Independent Retailers Co-Operative Society Limited is a retailer owned Co- operative, currently consisting of two main trading divisions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Friendly Pharmacy	Partial evidence	Pennant Hills, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Friendly Pharmacy operates community pharmacies and associated ventures in and around Sydney and the Central Coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Hastings Co-Op	Indirect evidence	Wauchope, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our businesses include fuel, supermarkets, liquor stores, department stores, hardware and rural supplies, condiment manufacturing and car hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	The Collective Impact	Indirect evidence	Bowral, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Who We Are: BDCU began in 1963, when co-workers at Southern Portland Cement in Berrima pooled their savings to help colleagues who couldn’t access credit.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Indigo Power	Indirect evidence	Beechworth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Indigo Power is a renewable energy company driving the transition to clean energy across North East Victoria and Southern New South Wales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Hepburn Energy	Strong evidence	Daylesford, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hepburn Energy (formerly Hepburn Wind) is the owner and operator of Australia’s first community owned wind farm, at Leonards Hill, just south of Daylesford Victoria.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Australian Industrial Supplies	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AIS is a group run by members, for members.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Eemc Earthworker Energy Manufacturing Cooperative	Indirect evidence	Morwell, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	8 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We make great solar hot water systems.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: community-owned retailers. 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 community-owned retailers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of community-owned retailers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name community-owned retailers. 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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Community-owned retailers based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

42.8%Verified-email coverage

69.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

8.0%Largest-city concentration · Melbourne

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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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 88 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 community-owned retailers, 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 “community-owned retailers”. 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 community-owned retailers), 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 community-owned retailers, 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, 2,622 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 19, 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 community-owned retailers, 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 community-owned retailers are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 88 community-owned retailers 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?

Ergon Energy Network, headquartered in Townsville, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community-owned retailers?

Melbourne leads with 7 headquartered companies, followed by Sydney (6) and Bowral (3).

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 2,622 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 88 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 19, 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.