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Top 25 Employee relations consulting firms based in Australia

Name: Employee relations consulting firms based in Australia
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026 1,641 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,641 employee relations consulting firms headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 11,772 professional contacts across them, including 3,670 with verified work emails and 1,129 with mobile numbers. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers employee relations consulting firms 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 2, 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 RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 2, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

1,641Companies

11,772Contacts tracked

3,670Verified emails

1,129Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest employee relations consulting firms based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,641 employee relations consulting firms based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 2, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to employee relations consulting firms: 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	MCS Management Consulting & Selection	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	n/a	1,124 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “La nostra Società di consulenza manageriale e organizzativa è nata nel 1977 e porta con sé il valore della sua storia e delle persone che l’hanno realizzata, ma anche la capacità…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
2	Peninsula UK	Partial evidence	Cbd, Australia	1,001-5,000	1,069 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Peninsula is the worldwide leader and most trusted provider of employment law, HR and health & safety services, supporting over small businesses in the U.K.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
3	Mcarthur	Partial evidence	Burnley, Australia	201-500	593 contacts →
	Partial evidence “With a highly successful 55+ years track record, McArthur is one of Australia’s longest established and most respected recruitment and HR specialists and we currently employ 210+…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
4	Peninsula Australia	Strong evidence	Sydney, Australia	501-1,000	437 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Peninsula Australia is recognised as an industry leader in workplace relations – providing support with employment relations, HR services, and workplace health & safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
5	Mercer Australia	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, Australia	1,001-5,000	411 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
6	Davidson	Indirect evidence	Symonston, Australia	501-1,000	300 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As a proudly Australian company, over 30 years Davidson has evolved into a leader in enhancing workplace performance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
7	First Contact	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	201-500	154 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At First Contact, hospitality is at our core, and service excellence is our promise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
8	Epi-Use APJ	Partial evidence	Brisbane, Australia	1,001-5,000	147 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EPI-USE is a member of groupelephant.com, a largely employee-owned group of boutique services firms and software companies, nonprofits and impact investment organizations, with a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
9	SHK Asia Pacific	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, Australia	51-200	96 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SHK connects great people to great work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
10	Frontline Human Resources	Indirect evidence	Blackburn, Australia	51-200	81 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded in 2001 and still privately owned, FHR has built a strong legacy of creating opportunities for blue-collar companies and workers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
11	Pinpoint HRM	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	79 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In an industry dominated by ambling giants, we’re a niche, nimble, evolving HR Technology consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
12	Horner Recruitment	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	77 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Horner raises the bar in recruitment and HR, providing tailored support for organisations Australia-wide in a broad range of blue- and white-collar industries and government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
13	Proximity	Partial evidence	Canberra, Australia	51-200	75 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We bring together brilliant minds in consulting, legal and commercial to work in collaboration with our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
14	Kingston Reid	Strong evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	74 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We provide uncomplicated, insightful & visionary employment, workplace relations & safety law advice, delivered with an uncompromising focus on delighting our clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
15	Mapien	Partial evidence	Melbourne, Australia	51-200	74 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Mapien is Australia’s most trusted specialist people consultancy offering tailored workplace solutions in Industrial Relations, Workplace Strategy, Workplace Psychology and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
16	The Next Step	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	73 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Next Step is a recruitment and search consultancy dedicated exclusively to the Human Resources profession.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
17	Heidrick & Struggles	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	1,001-5,000	71 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture and leadership consulting services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
18	Employment Innovations EI	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Exciting news: we are now part of Employment Hero!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
19	Momentum Consulting Group PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Sydney, Australia	1,001-5,000	68 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Momentum, we don’t just fill roles, we partner with organisations to shape their workforce strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
20	Optimum Consulting	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	44 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In a fiercely competitive business environment, there is one constant: Talent is essential to business success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
21	Prima Group Outplacement I Executive & Career Coaching I Leadership Development	Partial evidence	Sydney, Australia	201-500	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Most Trusted Provider of Outplacement & HR Solutions in Australia and New Zealand Let us help you simplify your work and ensure your employees receive the highest level of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
22	IHR Australia	Partial evidence	Melbourne, Australia	51-200	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are experts in Human Resources, Workplace Relations and Workplace Behaviour.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
23	Employsure	Strong evidence	Australia	501-1,000	35 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Peninsula Employsure is ANZ leading workplace relations specialist – providing support with employment relations, HR services, and workplace health & safety.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
24	CGH Group	Indirect evidence	Winnellie, Australia	51-200	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “In 2016 CoreStaff Group Holdings had a name change to CGH Group in order to allow our brands to flourish with their own strong identities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 2026
25	Q Workplace Solutions PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, Australia	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are one of Australia’s largest and most experienced independent firms exclusively dedicated to the conduct of respectful and rigorous workplace investigation services that meet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 2, 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: employee relations consulting firms. 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 employee relations consulting firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of employee relations consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name employee relations consulting firms. 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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Employee relations consulting firms based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 2, 2026

31.2%Verified-email coverage

9.6%Mobile-number coverage

7.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

19.9%Largest-city concentration · Sydney

Sep 2, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,338

11-50

238

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

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 employee relations consulting firms, 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 “employee relations consulting firms”. 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 employee relations consulting firms), 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 employee relations consulting firms, 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, 3,670 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 2, 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.

Employee relations consulting firms by metro

Employee relations consulting firms in Sydney326
Employee relations consulting firms in Melbourne324
Employee relations consulting firms in Brisbane144
Employee relations consulting firms in Perth84
Employee relations consulting firms in Adelaide61
Employee relations consulting firms in Canberra25

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 employee relations consulting firms, 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 employee relations consulting firms are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 1,641 employee relations consulting firms 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?

MCS Management Consulting & Selection, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most employee relations consulting firms?

Sydney leads with 326 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (324) and Brisbane (144).

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 3,670 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,641 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 2, 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.