Fastest Growing Industries in Australia by Revenue Growth (%) in 2025

• 1. Hydro-Electricity Generation in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 33.9%

  Hydro generators are dealing with volatile global and domestic energy markets, which has compelled regulators and governments to step in and stabilise the National Electricity Market (NEM) to ensure a stable electricity supply. In 2021-22 and 2022-23, global energy markets underwent significant turmoil as coal and gas prices soared. This flowed through to wholesale market prices, bolstering hydro generators' profit since they don't face the fossil fuel input costs that plague other generators...

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• 2. Beef Cattle Farming in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 29.8%

  Beef cattle farmers have faced volatile operating conditions over recent years. Turn-off rates fell sharply in response to improving grazing conditions, particularly over the two years through 2021-22. This, combined with strong demand for Australian beef overseas, drove saleyard prices to record levels. Nonetheless, prices have dropped from these record highs over the three years through 2024-25. Drier conditions in parts of the country and fears of a broader El Niño event saw turn-off rates...

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• 3. Beef Cattle Feedlots in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 26.2%

  Revenue for beef cattle lotfeeders is expected to fall at an average annual 1.8% over the five years through 2023-24, to an estimated $5.3 billion. Rising global beef consumption and increasing disposable incomes in developing countries, have supported demand for Australian beef over the past decade. Consequently, export markets have become increasingly important for lotfeeders, contributing to revenue growth. However, the domestic market remains the largest market for grain-fed beef produced...

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• 4. Shipbuilding and Repair Services in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 22.1%

  The Shipbuilding and Repair Services industry performance is heavily influenced by government funding, particularly lucrative contracts for supplying ships and submarines to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Shipbuilders have seen a significant surge in revenue over recent years, thanks to the Naval Shipbuilding Plan (NSP) and the 2022 Defence Strategic Review (DSR). These planning infrastructures brought an element of unpredictability to numerous projects because of the Federal Government's d...

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• 5. Sheep-Beef Cattle Farming in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 17.4%

  Sheep-beef cattle farmers have faced variable conditions over the past few years, including changing weather patterns, downstream demand fluctuations and price movements. These factors have fuelled very high revenue volatility. Revenue plummeted over 2022-23 and 2023-24, as a surging supply of sheep and cattle hit the market and caused prices to fall. Industry revenue is expected to have inched downwards at an annualised 0.5% over the five years through 2024-25, to $5.1 billion. This includes...

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• 6. Wind Farm Construction in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 16.9%

  Commonwealth and state government interventions to boost renewable energy capacity and reduce the country's reliance on carbon-emitting fossil fuels have underpinned the industry's performance. Australia is a signatory to international agreements to curb greenhouse emissions and address climate change, which underpins the push for renewable energy options. The Renewable Energy Target (RET) compels electricity generators and retailers to increase the share of power they generate from renewable...

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• 7. Sports Administrative Services in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 16.3%

  The Sports Administrative Services industry has capitalised on the surging value of broadcast rights. TV broadcasters, pay TV providers and streaming services have intensely competed for exclusive access to the rights to broadcast live sporting events, especially for popular national competitions like the NRL or the AFL. Over the past decade, Increasingly competitive bidding processes have driven up the price of broadcast agreements, which has driven revenue growth in the industry as a whole....

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• 8. Artificial Intelligence in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 16.1%

  The industry has seen surging growth in recent years. Strong AI investments in the mid- to late 2010s saw a raft of new companies enter the industry. Many of these companies have now entered commerciality and begun generating meaningful revenue. ChatGPT’s public release has also supported the industry, pushing AI’s capabilities into the public consciousness and encouraging companies to actively explore how they can integrate AI into their operations. Overall, industry revenue is expected to g...

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• 9. Organic Crop Farming in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 15.7%

  The Organic Crop Farming industry has benefited from strong growth in consumer demand for organic food. Once considered an alternative food eaten only by a minority of the population, organic produce has become increasingly common in consumer diets and retail stores. Organic fruits and vegetables are often perceived to be healthier than their conventionally farmed counterparts thanks to the absence of synthetic chemicals, genetic modification, pesticides and fertilisers in their production. R...

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• 10. Silver, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining in Australia

  2025 Revenue Growth: 14.0%

  Revenue for the Silver, Lead and Zinc Ore Mining industry has recently been highly volatile. This has been due to fluctuations in prices of lead, silver and zinc, driven by economic events like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Revenue is expected to increase at an annualised 2.8% over the five years through 2023-24, to $6.0 billion. This trend includes an expected 6.8% plunge in 2023-24, reflecting the normalisation of zinc, silver and lead prices. 

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