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Top 25 Sports clubs based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 972 sports clubs headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 9,913 professional contacts across them, including 2,366 with verified work emails. Melbourne is the largest hub.
This list covers sports clubs 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 22, 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 sports clubs based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 368 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Richmond Football Club competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the number one sporting code in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 300 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1892, the Collingwood Football Club has a proud sporting history spanning over 125 VFL/AFL seasons.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 300 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Geelong Cats are an elite professional sporting organisation in the Australian Football League.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 297 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Sydney Swans is an AFL club based at the iconic Royal Hall of Industries in the heart of Moore Park, just down the road from the SCG.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 296 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Located at RSEA Park in Moorabbin, St Kilda’s state-of-the-art facility is not only the home to the club's elite footballers, but also to its dedicated administrative staff and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 293 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ALIGNED Leisure will deliver best value to our partners by aligning our programs and services with important local Municipal Health & Wellbeing Plan’s that highlight unique key…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 274 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The West Coast Eagles Football Club formed in August, 1986, playing its first official match for premiership points against Richmond in 1987.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The GIANTS are on an exciting journey both on and off the field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 258 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Hawthorn Football Club entered the VFL in 1925 and has enjoyed a successful history playing Australian Rules Football in what is now the Australian Football League (AFL).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 238 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bankstown Sports is a premium dining and entertainment destination in Sydney’s southwest, supporting more than 40 local sporting clubs and thousands of individuals who participate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 217 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Adelaide Football Club is the biggest sporting organisation in South Australia and one of the most recognisable brands on the national sporting landscape with more than…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 124 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1893, The Royal Sydney Golf Club is one of Australia’s premier sporting and social clubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Southport Sharks is a premier dining and entertainment precinct located on the Gold Coast.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 113 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football club based in Perth, Western Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 103 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wenty Leagues has established itself as one of the premier hospitality destinations in Western Sydney with over Members.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2003, Adelaide United Football Club (AUFC) is South Australian’s only professional football club.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mingara Leisure Group (MLG) is a purpose‑driven, not‑for‑profit organisation with a diversified portfolio spanning hospitality, fitness, retirement living, hotel and lifestyle…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Liverpool Catholic Club is a leading organisation that offers a range of quality entertainment, and leisure services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club is internationally renowned as "The Spiritual Home of Australian Tennis".” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Canberra Labor Club – It’s all about you!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Eastern Football League is one of the largest community Australian Rules football and netball competitions in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Werribee Football Club is a sports company based out of Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Set along the banks of the picturesque Currumbin Creek, Currumbin RSL is a multi award winning boutique style Club offering quality products and services in a friendly, clean and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ryde-Eastwood Leagues is an award-winning club at the heart of the community for everyone to enjoy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Vision Statement Demonstrate the club's player and coach development in the "stars of tomorrow" by achieving greater "on the park" success through the club's First Grade Team…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: sports clubs. 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 sports clubs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of sports clubs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name sports clubs. 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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Sports clubs based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 22, 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 972 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 sports clubs, 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 “sports clubs”. 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 sports clubs), 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 sports clubs, 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, 2,366 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 22, 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.
Sports clubs by metro
- Sports clubs in Melbourne32
- Sports clubs in Sydney27
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 sports clubs, 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 sports clubs are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 972 sports clubs 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?
Richmond Football Club, headquartered in Richmond, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most sports clubs?
Melbourne leads with 32 headquartered companies, followed by Sydney (27) and Adelaide (10).
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 2,366 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 972 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 22, 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.