SA’s top 100 companies 2018: the full list
Today we reveal South Australia’s top 100 companies for 2017-18, as measured by InDaily’s SA Business Index.
Sep 20, 2018, updated May 14, 2025
The Index, now in its fourth year, is put together by South Australian financial services company Taylor Collison, and is based primarily on market capitalisation.*
South Australian Business Index: The full list
| 100 Cold Logic Pty Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $21.8m Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Cold Logic Pty Ltd is a provider of industrial refrigeration solutions to beverage, food processing and cold storage industries throughout Australia. |
| 99 LBT Innovations Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: $5.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 75 LBT Innovations Limited (LBT, formerly LabTech Systems) is a developer of clinical and diagnostic technology, based in Adelaide, South Australia.
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| 98 Trident Plastics Pty Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $28.5m Last Year’s Ranking: 80 Trident Plastics is a leading supplier of engineering and industrial plastics. |
| 97 Stonewall Resources Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 69 Stonewall Resources Limited (SWJ) is a gold mining company that holds a range of prospective gold assets in South Africa and Australia. |
| 96 IJF Australia Pty Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 88 For more than 50 years IJF Australia has specialised in office and residential fit-outs. |
| 95 Core Exploration Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 96 Core Exploration Ltd focuses on commercially robust base metal and uranium deposits in South Australia and the Northern Territory. |
| 94 Landscape Construction Services Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 100 LCS Landscapes is a broad-based landscape construction company servicing public and private sectors, including work on playgrounds, streetscapes and other public spaces. |
| 93 Australian Outdoor Living Sector: Housing Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 47 Founded in 2005, Australian Outdoor Living’s range of products now includes outdoor blinds, roller shutters, artificial grass, pergolas, verandahs, carports, timber decking, fibreglass pools, concrete pools, spas and swim spas. |
| 92 Rex Minerals Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Rex Minerals Limited (RXM) is an Australian mineral exploration and development company focused on copper-gold projects on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. |
| 91 Korvest Limited Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: $56.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 91 Korvest is a supplier of cable and pipe supports, industrial access and safety systems, fastening solutions, and galvanising services. |
| 90 Customs Agency Services Pty Ltd Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 95 Customs Agency Services is an international freight forwarding and customs brokerage organisation. |
| 89 Quantum Graphite Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Quantum Graphite is the owner of the broader Mikkira Graphite Deposit located on the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Within this world-class deposit sits the company’s flagship Uley Graphite Project. |
| 88 d’Arenberg Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $27.1m Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Established in 1912, d’Arenberg is now one of the most significant wineries in McLaren Vale, producing fine crafted red, white and fortified wines. |
| 87 Prophecy International Holdings Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $9.1m Last Year’s Ranking: 85 Prophecy International is a software company specialising in products for the financial and utilities markets. |
| 86 Tonkin Consulting Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Tonkin Consulting provide professional advisory services to plan, design, develop and maintain infrastructure in the built and natural environment. |
| 85 Escient Pty Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $9.7m Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Escient is an employee-owned digital and business advisory firm that helps clients define and achieve their strategic goals. |
| 84 Partek Industries Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $52.6m Last Year’s Ranking: 81 Partek provides a dedicated construction team to work closely with businesses, coordinating appropriate trades including directly employed staff as well as the specialist contractors. |
| 83 Chem Supply Pty Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $23.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 79 Chem Supply Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned manufacturer and supplier of laboratory and industrial specialty chemical products. |
| 82 Centrex Metals Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 93 Centrex Metals Limited has exploration licences covering an area of more than 2,000km2 of known iron ore deposits and prospects on Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. |
| 81 PrimeQ Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked PrimeQ are Oracle specialists, providing Oracle Cloud, Applications, Technology & Managed Services solutions for our customers in Australia & New Zealand. |
| 80 Alcidion Group Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: $4.1m Last Year’s Ranking: Not ranked Alcidion Group Limited (ALC, formerly Naracoota Resources Limited) is a health informatics company which provides intelligent informatics solution for healthcare and clinicians as decision support tools. |
| 79 National Crime Check Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 90 National Crime Check is an innovative online web service application that enables the lodgement of police checks with most applications processed and dispatched in 1-2 business days. |
| 78 Havilah Resources NL Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: $16.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 62 Havilah Resources NL engages in the exploration of gold, base metals, and other mineral deposits in Australia. |
| 77 GPA Engineering Pty Ltd Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: $40m Last Year’s Ranking: 87 GPA is able to develop, engineer and implement industrial projects of any size, in oil and gas, water treatment and distribution, heavy metals and resources, manufacturing and electrical supply. |
| 76 VIP Home Services Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $99m Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed VIP Home Services provide home cleaning, commercial cleaning and lawns and gardens services. |
| 75 Asian American Medical Group Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: $15.1m Last Year’s Ranking: 83 AAMG was first established as a liver centre, formerly known as Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation (ACLDT), but has expanded into broader health services. |
| 74 Finsbury Green Pty Ltd Sector: Printing Revenue 2018: $90m Last Year’s Ranking: 57 Finsbury Green is a leading Australian company in the business of print, managed services and logistics. |
| 73 Mossop Group Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $222m Last Year’s Ranking: 30 Significant South Australian-based construction + interiors company, directly employing around 100 people and providing jobs to numerous contractors. |
| 72 Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: $45m Last Year’s Ranking: 89 WGA (Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec) is a national engineering firm offering a wide range of consulting services including structural, civil, maritime, mechanical, geotechnical, heavy lifting, temporary works, project management, electrical and pressure vessels. |
| 71 A Noble & Son Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $45.6m Last Year’s Ranking: 42 Nobles is a specialist provider of lifting & rigging equipment, technical services & engineering design. |
| 70 Academy Services Pty Ltd Sector: Commercial services Revenue 2018: $62m Last Year’s Ranking: 55 Academy Services is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading providers of commercial cleaning and associated property services. |
| 69 Fyfe Pty Ltd Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: $36.3m Last Year’s Ranking: 86 Fyfe is a well-established land, resource and infrastructure development consultancy specialising in comprehensive engineering, environmental, planning and surveying services for land development, energy, mining and oil and gas industries across Australia. |
| 68 Lucid Consulting Australia Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Founded in 2000, Lucid is one of Australia’s fastest-growing engineering firms with eight offices and more than 200 employees nationally. |
| 67 Micro-X Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 74 Micro-X was founded in 2011 in Victoria by current managing director Peter Rowland to commercialise the miniaturisation benefits of CNT x-ray tubes in mobile radiography. |
| 66 L H Perry & Sons Pty Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: $127.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 58 Independent, family-owned fuel distribution company founded in 1949. Perrys is a distributor of Mobil fuel and lubricants through its bulk deliveries as well as BP fuel and lubricants through its service station and reseller sites. |
| 65 Hillgrove Resources Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: $127m Last Year’s Ranking: 92 Hillgrove Resources Limited is an Australian mining company focused on developing its flagship Kanmantoo Copper Mine and associated regional exploration targets, located less than 55km from Adelaide. |
| 64 Angove’s Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $61m Last Year’s Ranking: 70 Founded in 1886, Angove Family Winemakers is a 5th generation, family-owned winery with a dedication to creating premium wines from across South Australia’s best regions, with a focus on McLaren Vale and organic wines. |
| 63 Peter Cochrane Management Pty Ltd (Cochrane’s) Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: $47.5m Last Year’s Ranking: 99 Cochrane’s is an express logistics business, servicing South Australia, Mildura and Broken Hill. |
| 62 Iron Road Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 38 Iron Road’s vision is to become a trusted and reliable supplier of premium iron concentrates to the Asian marketplace. |
| 61 Buddy Platform Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $2m Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Buddy Platform Limited (BUD, formerly Potash Minerals Limited) provides first data aggregation, management and control platforms for the IoT and connected devices. |
| 60 Legend Corporation Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $114.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 77 Legend Corporation Limited is an engineering solutions provider, operating in electrical, power, rail, mining, information technology, semiconductor, medical and defence industries. |
| 59 AE Haigh Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $64m Last Year’s Ranking: 65 Haigh’s Chocolates is a loved brand that creates quality Australian-made chocolates in Adelaide. |
| 58 Duxton Broadacre Farms Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: $14.5m Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Duxton Broadacre Farms Limited presents investors with a unique opportunity to participate directly in the Australian grain industry and capitalise on increasing demand for grain and other broadacre farm products. |
| 57 Leigh Creek Energy Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 73 Leigh Creek Energy Limited (LCK) is an ASX listed energy company focussed on developing its Leigh Creek Energy Project (LCEP), located 550km north of Adelaide. |
| 56 Guidera O’Connor Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $60m Last Year’s Ranking: 71 Guidera O’Connor Pty Ltd (GO) is a private Australian-owned company providing design and construction services to the Australian water industry. |
| 55 Data Action Pty Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $49.5m Last Year’s Ranking: 61 Leading software and services provider, offering digital banking and core banking solutions based on the latest technologies and industry requirements. |
| 54 Beston Global Food Company Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: $47.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 51 Beston Global Food Company Limited (BGFC) says it is out to change the emerging global imbalance between food demand and supply around the globe. It exports dairy products, meat, seafood and spring water. |
| 53 Maughan Thiem Automotive Pty Ltd Sector: Automotive Revenue 2018: $192.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 66 Maughan Thiem is a family-owned and operated car dealership with more than 100 years of experience in the automotive industry. |
| 52 Weeks Group Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $153.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 32 Building company offering a range of homes to customers in South Australia and Victoria. |
| 51 Alice Car Centre Pty Ltd Sector: Automotive Revenue 2018: $264.5m Last Year’s Ranking: 40 A entity of Peter Kittle Motor Company, which runs a series of motor dealerships. |
| 50 SAGE Group Holdings Ltd Sector: Other Revenue 2018: $97.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 54 SAGE Group Holdings Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, provides electrical engineering and automation services in Australia. |
| 49 Galipo Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $100.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 52 Galipo Foods is a one-stop shop for the food service industry with more than 6500 different products & a fleet of 42 trucks servicing South Australia. |
| 48 RJE Global Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $100.1m Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Established in 1996, RJE provides multi-discipline engineering and construction services to complex projects across a diverse range of industries |
| 47 GM Hotels Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $82.6m Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Independent Pub Group Holdings (trading as GM Hotel) is an operator of hotels and retail outlets. The company operates solely in South Australia with a portfolio of properties including 10 licensed premises and 10 retail outlets. |
| 46 Rivergum Homes Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $128.3m Last Year’s Ranking: 31 A building company servicing property markets in South Australia and Queensland. |
| 45 Arrowcrest Group Pty Ltd Sector: Automotive Revenue 2018: $196m Last Year’s Ranking: 45 Arrowcrest is the parent company of ROH Wheels, John Shearer, Unicast, Tristar, NonFerral, Kockums Industries and Brownbuilt. |
| 44 Clean Seas Tuna Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: $41.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 59 Clean Seas is Australia’s only commercial producer of Kingfish and a pioneer in the country’s emerging aquaculture industry. |
| 43 Hickinbotham Group of Companies Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: Undisclosed Last Year’s Ranking: 28 Established in 1954, the company has built 20,000 homes and more than 50 community estates. |
| 42 Ellex Medical Lasers Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: $79.1m Last Year’s Ranking: 39 Ellex Medical Lasers is engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and marketing a line of lasers used by ophthalmologists. |
| 41 Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 53 Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers is Australia’s only listed timber company. It manages a wholly-owned portfolio of hardwood and softwood forestry plantations on Kangaroo Island. |
| 40 Duxton Water Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: $4.1m Last Year’s Ranking: 60 Duxton Water Limited presents an opportunity to invest Australian Water Entitlements – a key production input into a number of agricultural industries. |
| 39 Thomson Geer Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: $131m Last Year’s Ranking: 49 Large corporate law firm with 97 partners working across ASX clients, major global foreign corporations, government enterprises and private corporations with offices in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. |
| 38 Nova Aerospace Pty Ltd Sector: Professional services Revenue 2018: $129.3m Last Year’s Ranking: 48 Founded in 2000, Nova Aerospace is a private professional services firm operating in the areas of defence, energy and utilities, communications and transportation. |
| 37 Leader Computers Pty Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $191.5m Last Year’s Ranking: 36 Leader Computers Pty Ltd is a manufacturer & distributor of high quality Information Communications Technology (ICT) products. They manufacture Leader-branded PCs, Notebooks, Tablets, & Intel white box series. They also distribute a huge range of IT products and peripherals. |
| 36 Strike Energy Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: Not listed Strike is an independent oil and gas exploration company founded in 1997. The company is based in Adelaide. Strikes’s primary focus is the rapid commercialisation of the world scale multi Tcf gas resource located within its Southern Cooper Basin Gas Project. |
| 35 CATCON Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $157m Last Year’s Ranking: 35 CATCON (Civil & Allied Technical Construction Pty Ltd) is a well-established, resource-based company which delivers and manages power, mining, water and general infrastructure projects for national and international clients. |
| 34 Boart Longyear Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: $920.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 67 Boart Longyear is the world’s leading provider of drilling services, drilling equipment and performance tooling for mining and drilling companies. It also has a substantial presence in aftermarket parts and service, energy, mine dewatering, oil sands exploration, production drilling, and down-hole instrumentation. |
| 33 Australian Vintage Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $264.6m Last Year’s Ranking: 39 Leading Australian wine company with a fully-integrated wine business model including vineyards, boutique and bulk wine production, packaging, marketing and distribution. One of the largest vineyard owners and managers in Australia, crushing approximately 10% of total Australian annual production. |
| 32 McMahon Services Australia Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $329.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 24 McMahon Services is a privately-owned industrial, construction and environmental services provider established in 1990. |
| 31 Terramin Australia Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: Not meaningful Last Year’s Ranking: 22 Terramin is a base and precious metal development company with advanced zinc and gold projects in Algeria and South Australia. |
| 30 Badge Group Holdings Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $390m Last Year’s Ranking: 20 Privately-owned construction group delivering commercial projects across Australia from offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Maroochydore and Perth, with more than three decades of experience across a diverse range of sectors. |
| 29 Samuel Smith & Son Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $290.3m Last Year’s Ranking: 50 Samuel Smith & Son is a well-respected, family-owned wine merchant established in 1923, servicing the liquor industry of Australia with a blue chip portfolio of national and international wines, spirits and premium ales. |
| 28 Detmold Holdings Pty Ltd Sector: Packaging Revenue 2018: $430m Last Year’s Ranking: 29 The Detmold Group is a leading manufacturer of paper and board-based packaging products for a diverse range of customers. |
| 27 Bionomics Ltd Sector: Biotechnology Revenue 2018: $3.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 27 Biopharmaceutical company dedicated to making better treatments for cancer, central nervous system disorders such as anxiety, depression and Alzheimer’s Disease. |
| 26 Community CPS Australia Ltd Sector: Financials Revenue 2018: $256.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 25 A fully customer-owned bank, bringing together a number of community financial organisations under a united brand. Provides banking services, community investments, grants and sponsorships. |
| 25 MGA and Whittles Group of Companies Sector: Financials Revenue 2018: $116.7m Last Year’s Ranking: 46 The group has been providing risk advice and a general insurance broking service for over 35 years. Whittles provide professional and experienced strata and community title management. |
| 24 ResourceCo Sector: Waste Disposal Revenue 2018: $225.4m Last Year’s Ranking: 34 Founded in 1993, the waste services company provides recycling, soil and waste management services, and produces alternative fuels. |
| 23 San Remo Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $312m Last Year’s Ranking: 33 Clearlight Investments Pty Ltd, trading as San Remo, has offices and distribution centres in all main capital cities throughout Australia and New Zealand, and exports to 35 countries throughout the world. San Remo’s manufacturing site in Adelaide combines the traditional Italian pasta-making knowledge with modern technology. |
| 22 Ahrens Group Pty Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $323m Last Year’s Ranking: 23 National full-service construction, engineering and mining services company, delivering a complete range of project services and solutions from design, steel fabrication and procurement through to construction and project delivery. |
| 21 Sarah Group Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $324.9m Last Year’s Ranking: 26 Doneilyn Pty Ltd, trading as Sarah Group, is a locally-owned private company that derives its revenue from the provision of construction services. |
| 20 Drakes Supermarkets Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $1.1b Last Year’s Ranking: 21 Drakes Supermarkets is the largest independent grocery retailer in Australia and specialises in supermarket retailing. Operating in over 50 stores across South Australia and Queensland, the company now has an annual turnover in excess of $1 billion and employs more than 5500 staff nationally. |
| 19 Coopers Brewery Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $237m Last Year’s Ranking: 12 Established in 1862, Coopers is the sole major brewer 100% owned by Australians, with more than 5% of the Australian beer market. |
| 18 Royal Automobile Association of SA Inc Sector: Automotive Revenue 2018: $387.8m Last Year’s Ranking: 14 Established in 1903 to serve the motoring-related needs of South Australians. Provider of insurance, security, travel, finance, motoring and road safety products and services. |
| 17 People’s Choice Credit Union Sector: Financials Revenue 2018: $242m Last Year’s Ranking: 10 One of Australia’s largest credit unions with 348,000 members across Australia and branches in South Australia, Northern Territory, Victoria, Western Australia and Australian Capital Territory. Created through the merger of Australian Central and Savings & Loans in December 2009. |
| 16 Sealink Travel Group Ltd Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: $200.2m Last Year’s Ranking: 17 Tourism and transport company with more than 900 staff and six million customers annually. |
| 15 Discovery Parks Holdings Pty Ltd Sector: Travel and accomodation Revenue 2018: $136.6m Last Year’s Ranking: 41 Discovery Parks has more than 60 holiday parks around the country, with a head office based in Adelaide. |
| 14 Kilbirnie Investments Pty Ltd (CMV Group) Sector: Automotive Revenue 2018: $1.1b Last Year’s Ranking: 16 Established in 1934, now with substantial operations in automotive dealerships and horticulture predominately in South Australia and Victoria, employing more than 1200 staff with annual turnover in excess of $1B. |
| 13 Codan Ltd Sector: Information technology and equipment Revenue 2018: $229m Last Year’s Ranking: 19 Provides technology solutions for communications, safety, security and productivity problems in the harshest environments on earth. |
| 12 Cooper Energy Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: $67m Last Year’s Ranking: 13 Cooper Energy generates revenue from the discovery, commercialisation and sale of gas to south-east Australia and low cost Cooper Basin oil production. |
| 11 Elders Ltd Sector: Agriculture Revenue 2018: $1.6b Last Year’s Ranking: 11 Since 1839, Elders has been a leading agribusiness and iconic brand throughout rural and regional Australia. |
| 10 Thomas Foods International Consolidated Pty Ltd Sector: Food and Beverage Revenue 2018: $1.3b Last Year’s Ranking: 9 Established in 1988, Thomas Foods International now has annual revenue well in excess of $1 billion, and is Australia’s largest 100% family-owned meat-processing company. |
| 9 Flinders Port Holdings Pty Ltd Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: $298m Last Year’s Ranking: 56 Leading privately-owned port operator with seven ports in South Australia also offering hydrographic survey services. |
| 8 Adelaide Airport Sector: Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue 2018: $234m Last Year’s Ranking: 8 Fourth-largest domestic airport and sixth-largest international airport in Australia, aviation gateway to South Australia processing more than 7.7 million passengers annually. Parafield Airport is South Australia’s premier general aviation airport and is a major world-standard international training airport. |
| 7 Mayne Pharma Group Ltd Sector: Health Care Revenue 2018: $456m Last Year’s Ranking: 7 ASX-listed specialty pharmaceutical company focused on applying its drug delivery expertise to commercialise branded and generic pharmaceuticals. Mayne Pharma also provides contract development and manufacturing services to more than 125 clients worldwide. |
| 6 Peregrine Corporation Sector: Retail and Fuel Revenue 2018: $2.3b Last Year’s Ranking: 5 Founded in 1984 when Fred Shahin, an accomplished auditor for the United Nations, immigrated to Australia, Peregrine’s retail operations include convenience and petroleum retailing; franchising; giftware and tobacco retailing; property and more. |
| 5 OZ Minerals Ltd Sector: Mining Revenue 2018: $1b Last Year’s Ranking: 4 Copper-focused international company based in South Australia with a copper-gold-silver mine at Prominent Hill and developing one of Australia’s largest copper-gold resources at Carrapateena. Australia’s third-largest copper producer, OZ Minerals was formed in 2008 by the merger of two Australian non-ferrous metals mining businesses – Oxiana and Zinifex. |
| 4 Adelaide Brighton Ltd Sector: Building and construction Revenue 2018: $1.6b Last Year’s Ranking: 3 One of Australia’s leading integrated construction materials and lime producers, established in 1882, now with approximately 1400 employees and operations in every state and territory in Australia. |
| 3 Beach Energy Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: $1.2b Last Year’s Ranking: 3 Formed in 1961 and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1962, Beach Energy is an oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Adelaide. Beach has a core focus on the resource-rich Cooper Basin with gross acreage of over 69,000 km2. |
| 2 Argo Investments Ltd Sector: Financials Revenue 2018: $237m Last Year’s Ranking: 2 Established in 1946, Argo is South Australia’s leading listed investment company. |
| 1 Santos Ltd Sector: Energy Revenue 2018: $3.8b Last Year’s Ranking: 1 Leading oil and gas producer, supplying Australian and Asian customers with a portfolio of high-quality liquefied natural gas (LNG), pipeline gas and oil assets. |
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*To be eligible for inclusion in the Index companies must:
- Be a South Australian entity with an Adelaide ownership register, or be a South Australian operated entity;
- Be a company founded and majority (50.01 per cent plus) owned by South Australians.
Companies owned in part or whole by government, government agencies and organisations, and registered charities are not eligible for consideration.
Listed entities have a readily ascertainable value per security, allowing for transparent market capitalisation. For unlisted companies, valuations have been estimated using industry margin benchmarking (available from the ABS and ATO) and a consistently applied price to earnings multiple.
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