Builders in Queensland: market size and renewals
The QBCC register lists 34,506 builders in Queensland. The densest suburb is Southport with 253 of them, 0% of the state total. 0 come up for renewal within 90 days.
Where the competition is
Licence counts by suburb, densest first. Use it to see how contested a patch already is before you spend money marketing into it, or to find the suburbs where the register is thin.
| Suburb | On record | Valid today | Not valid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southport | 253 | 253 | 0 |
| Burleigh Heads | 224 | 224 | 0 |
| Brisbane City | 209 | 209 | 0 |
| Buderim | 209 | 209 | 0 |
| Palm Beach | 208 | 208 | 0 |
| Fortitude Valley | 196 | 196 | 0 |
| Maroochydore | 170 | 170 | 0 |
| Helensvale | 167 | 167 | 0 |
| Capalaba | 148 | 148 | 0 |
| Coolum Beach | 141 | 141 | 0 |
| Milton | 140 | 140 | 0 |
| Brisbane | 139 | 139 | 0 |
| Burleigh Waters | 138 | 138 | 0 |
| Surfers Paradise | 136 | 136 | 0 |
| Robina | 130 | 130 | 0 |
| Upper Coomera | 130 | 130 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 128 | 128 | 0 |
| Nerang | 128 | 128 | 0 |
| Thornlands | 128 | 128 | 0 |
| Hope Island | 121 | 121 | 0 |
| Ormeau | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| Toowong | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| Toowoomba | 119 | 119 | 0 |
| West End | 118 | 118 | 0 |
| Mermaid Waters | 115 | 115 | 0 |
Renewal pipeline
Licences with an expiry date inside each window, counted from the board file. A licence that has already lapsed or been suspended is excluded, so these are people who currently hold a valid licence and have a renewal coming.
New builders per year
How many builders currently on the register were first issued in each year. Older years thin out as licences lapse and drop off the file, so read this as the surviving cohort, not as the number issued at the time.
QBCC does not publish an issue date in its public file, so there is no way to count new builders per year for Queensland without inventing the number. The renewal pipeline above is published and is real.
Counted from the Queensland Building and Construction Commission public licence file, reloaded August 18, 2026. Figures describe licences on record, not businesses: one company can hold several. Confirm anything that matters at QBCC.