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Top 25 Independent grocers based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 219 independent grocers headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 37,872 professional contacts across them, including 7,089 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.
This list covers independent grocers 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 20, 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 independent grocers based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20,309 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “There are over of us across Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,308 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia & New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 712 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Drakes Supermarkets, Australia’s leading independent supermarket retailer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 518 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're the Mighty Helpful hardware store committed to supporting independent, family-run business in every region of Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 326 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Both local and independent, Foodland Supermarkets have been servicing South Australians for over 60 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 176 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Romeo Family first started in the supermarket industry in March 1987.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ritchies is not only Australia’s largest independent supermarket and liquor company we are also one of the oldest.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1977, LMG is one of Australia’s leading independent retail groups, proudly supporting more than 1,400 independent operators in the off-premise liquor market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About NightOwl NightOwl – the more convenient, convenience store Established in late 1975, NightOwl celebrates over 40 years of convenience retailing serving the local community…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Go Vita is Australia’s largest health food co-operative.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 101 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AGnVET is an Australian owned leading independent agribusiness (established 1915) with over 70 retail outlets strategically located throughout Queensland, New South Wales…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 99 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cornetts Supermarkets is an independently owned grocery chain with over 30 stores across Queensland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Aussie Farmers Direct is an independently owned, online retailer that delivers 100% Australian fresh produce and basic groceries, direct to the doorstep.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Created from a merger of the FoodWorks Supermarket Group Ltd (FSG) and Australian United Retailers (AUR) in November 2004 in response to rapid industry consolidation and increased…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 69 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LaManna Supermarket is the shopping experience that makes healthy living easy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Khan's Supa IGA Group is family owned, community minded and 100% Australian!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SPAR Australia Limited is the Licensor holder for SPAR (supermarkets) in the Australian region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 40 years, Tony & Mark’s have been providing South Australians with the finest produce including fresh fruit and vegetables, gourmet treats and beautiful flower…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Associated Retailers Limited (ARL) is one of Australia’s largest independent retail groups with over 400 stores nationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Distributors are Australia’s leading National Independent Convenience Wholesaler Distributors to petrol & convenience, corner stores, pharmacy, newsagents, schools and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Scicluna's team has over 50 years of experience delivering fresh produce to our wholesale customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1975 our business is focused on finding the best fruit and vegetables both locally and internationally and making them accessible to everyone.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “QE Foodstores is an independent family-owned business dedicated to giving our customers a quality food shopping experience at all our 9 stores in Sydney East, Inner West and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: independent grocers. 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 independent grocers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent grocers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent grocers. 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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Independent grocers based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 219 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 independent grocers, 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 “independent grocers”. 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 independent grocers), 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 independent grocers, 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, 7,089 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 20, 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 independent grocers, 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 independent grocers are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 219 independent grocers 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?
Woolworths Supermarkets, headquartered in Bella Vista, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most independent grocers?
Melbourne leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Sydney (7) and Brisbane (4).
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 7,089 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 219 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 20, 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.