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Find out for me the top 100 businesses in Australia with the most employees.
Hello! Thank you for your request to find the top 100 businesses in Australia with the most employees. The most useful sources for this response came from corporate websites and industry reports. The short version is that the top 14 employers, by number of employees, in Australia are, in descending order: Wesfarmers, Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, ANZ, Qantas, BHP Billiton, National Australia Bank, Worley Parsons, Rio Tinto, Thiess, Macquarie Group, Leighton Contractors and Westpac.
METHODOLOGY
My colleague and I have scoured the Internet for articles, papers and statistics related to this subject.
Please note that no pre-compiled list could be found that stated the required directly, therefore I have compiled a 'Wonder List', which usually consists of 10 items, but since data was found on 14 companies I included the numbers for these 14. The bulk of the information that was available came from a Linked In page, citing Australia's top employers.
According to the Australian Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 3,429 businesses in Australia with 200 or more employees.
Below is a breakdown of the data that was collected.
WESFARMERS
According to Wesfarmers' official web page, the company currently has 220,000 employees, and soars above the rest on this list in total number of employees.
WOOLWORTHS
From the retailer's web page it is stated that Woolworths is Australia's largest supermarket chain, with 111,000 employees operating in 961 stores across Australia.
COMMONWEALTH BANK
According to the Linked In page, Commonwealth bank has 52,000 employees. This is corroborated from their official Linked In page..
TELSTRA
ANZ
From the Linked In page on Australian employers, combined with data from their official Linked In page, the company employs 50,000 employees globally, of which 31,000 are employed in Australia.
QANTAS
According to Qantas' official Linked In profile, the company employs 30,000 people, of which 93% are located in Australia. This would then be:
BHP BILLITON
According to the Linked In page on Australian employers, BHP Billiton employs 21,000 people in Australia.
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK
National Australia Bank's official Linked In profile states that the company employs 35,000 employees globally, 20,000 are employed in Australia.
WORLEY PARSONS
According to the Linked In page on Australian employers, the oil and energy company has 19,000 employees in Australia.
RIO TINTO
THIESS
MACQUARIE GROUP
Headquartered in Sydney, Macquarie has 13,500 employees in 27 countries, 11,000 of these employees are located in Australia.
LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS
Leighton Contractors operates within the mining and construction industries and employs 10,000 people in Australia.
WESTPAC
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, the top 14 employers, by number of employees, in Australia are, in descending order: Wesfarmers, Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Telstra, ANZ, Qantas, BHP Billiton, National Australia Bank, Worley Parsons, Rio Tinto, Thiess, Macquarie Group, Leighton Contractors and Westpac.
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