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Top 25 Trade associations based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 75 trade associations headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,284 professional contacts across them, including 534 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.
This list covers trade associations 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.
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The 25 largest trade associations based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 202 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the largest and most influential not-for-profit business organisation in Victoria, informing and supporting our members, clients…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Master Builders Victoria was established in 1875 by a group of distinguished builders that were intent on raising standards within the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Master Builders Association of NSW (Master Builders) is the leading building and construction industry association across the state.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Victorian Automotive Chamber of Commerce (VACC) is the voice of Victoria's automotive industry, providing key support services for business owners operating in the retail…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Supporting automotive businesses across NSW and the ACT through advocacy, industry leadership, training and member support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) is recognised internationally as the peak body for risk insurance intermediaries in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is the nation’s largest business network, representing employers big and small, across all sectors of the economy, and from…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Master Builders SA represents the interests of South Australian builders, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers to the State’s $15 billion building and construction sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA) is the leading industry association promoting efficiency, integrity and professionalism in Australia's financial markets –…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Through information, advice and services, NTHA provides industry members with practical solutions to improve their business management, growth and profitability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are the voice of the Western Australian motor industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ACFA is the first choice association for furnishing, cabinetmaking and joinery industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Trade Alliance Group (TAG) helps builders, trades and suppliers build better business, together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Community Clubs Victoria is an industry association representing the needs of Victorian community clubs of all shapes and sizes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1898 - A National Registered ' Not for Profit' Industry Employer Association.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Master Plumbers and Mechanical Contractors Association of NSW is a registered employer organisation providing business services, industry representation, training and advice…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Australian Resident Accommodation Managers Association (ARAMA) is the peak industry body representing the Management Rights profession in Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Australia's leading organisation representing suppliers to the foodservice market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Club Managers' Association Australia is registered as an industrial organisation of employees in the terms of the Fair Work Act, 2009, and the Club Managers' Association is a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Leagues Clubs Australia strives to provide our over 80 Member Clubs with:*current, accurate and timely information on key industry issues.*representation at all available industry…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Australian Furniture Association (AFA) represents professionals in the furnishing industry who operate locally, nationally and globally across all areas of the supply chain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fresh State is the only member organisation representing the interests of Melbourne Wholesalers and associated service industries at the Melbourne Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Direct Selling Australia is the industry association for direct selling in Australian retail and has been for almost 50 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Council of Queensland Insurance Brokers Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Finance and Coffee is a community for Brokers, by Brokers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: trade associations. 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 trade associations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of trade associations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name trade associations. 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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Trade associations based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 19, 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 75 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 trade associations, 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 “trade associations”. 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 trade associations), 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 trade associations, 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, 534 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 trade associations, 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 trade associations are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 75 trade associations 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?
Victorian Chamber Of Commerce And Industry, headquartered in Melbourne, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most trade associations?
Sydney leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (5) and Adelaide (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 534 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 75 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.