Consumer electronics retailers of NSW
Electronics in Sydney

Even though it is at the bottom of the continental population list, Australia’s rank is high on the list of the world’s largest retailers. Australian retailers do not have prominence on other continents, but within its own borders, retailing is the largest employer, with an estimated 50% of the population having worked in retail at some time in their career.

Each year a “Global Powers of Retailing” report is compiled by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ranks retail companies of all types in all countries according to total revenue. For at least a decade, that list has included Australian retail companies with annual revenue large enough to be ranked among the Largest Retail Companies in the World.

What follows is the largest retail companies with headquarters in Australia, which are also among the largest retail chains in the world. This source of these retail revenue rankings is the 2016 Global Powers of Retailing report, which reflects revenues generated in FY 2014. Compare the 2016 rankings with those from 2010 to see how each of the largest Australian retail companies has improved, compared to every retail company everywhere in the past six years.