Agri Labour Australia

What Agri Labour Australia does

Agri Labour Australia is a privately owned Australian agricultural recruitment and workforce solutions company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Brisbane. The firm supplies labour to Australian agribusinesses across nine agricultural sectors — broadacre, cotton, horticulture, livestock, meat processing, poultry, storage and handling, sugar, and tree nuts — operating nationally across all states and territories. Since inception the firm has supplied more than 70,000 workers and currently employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people, with cumulative long-tenor placement evidence including 1,140+ poultry staff across 29+ operations over a decade.

The company's core offering is labour hire under which Agri Labour acts as the legal employer of placed workers, managing recruitment, employment contracts, payroll, performance management, award interpretation, workers compensation, insurance, and HR administration on behalf of host employers. Revenue is generated through a transparent management fee layered on top of base wages and statutory on-costs. Adjacent service lines include Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for clients that retain direct employment, seasonal workforce solutions for peak harvest and livestock handling demand, and Workforce Excellence Programs that deliver pre-arrival training in partnership with overseas institutions (a knife school in South East Asia and Pacific-based butchery, industrial cleaning, and horticultural preparedness providers). The firm is an approved employer under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, enabling worker supply from nine Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste for placements of up to four years.

The technology stack centres on a cloud-based compliance management system that handles visa and industrial relations compliance, supplemented by performance tracking matrixes that set daily and weekly productivity benchmarks. The firm holds Labour Hire Licences in Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017, and maintains ISO, RCSA, Staff Sure, and Best Practice 180001 certifications. Customer acquisition is sales-led and enterprise-focused, with direct field sales targeting large agribusinesses alongside direct-to-candidate engagement through the Agri Family Hub portal, internal candidate database, and online job board. A sister company, Agri Talent, provides executive search and leadership placement services into agribusiness boards.

Name

Agri Labour Australia

Legal name

Agri Labour Australia

Website

https://agrilabour.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agri Labour Australia is a privately owned Australian agricultural recruitment and workforce solutions firm founded in 2010, supplying labour and compliance services to farms, processors, and agribusinesses across all Australian states and territories, with international worker sourcing through the PALM scheme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Staffing Services

NAICS

Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111), Other Crop Farming (1119)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Seasonal & Migrant Farm Labor Staffing (AFACAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

H-2A & Agricultural Visa Labor Contractors (AFACAHAB), Farm Labor Management Services (Crew Boss, Timekeeping, Productivity) (AFACAHAK)

Keywords

• Agricultural recruitment services
• Labour hire solutions
• Seasonal workforce staffing
• Pacific labour mobility
• Workforce compliance management

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Labour Hire Services: As the legal employer of workers, they manage recruitment, employment contracts, payroll, performance management, award interpretation and compliance, workers compensation and insurance, and HR administration. Revenue comes from management fees on top of base wages and statutory on-costs.
2. RPO Services: Recruitment Process Outsourcing services covering workforce planning, advertising, candidate screening, pre-employment checks, onboarding coordination, and talent pooling. Fees typically structured as fixed monthly or campaign-based fees, per-hire or volume-based pricing, or hybrid models.
3. PALM Scheme Workers: Supplying workers from Pacific Island countries and Timor-Leste for up to four years, managing all visa sponsorship, welfare, compliance, accommodation, transport, and repatriation obligations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Agri Labour Australia is the legal employer of agricultural workers placed with Australian farms, processing facilities, and agribusinesses. It delivers end-to-end workforce solutions including recruitment, employment contracts, payroll, performance management, award interpretation, workers' compensation and insurance, visa and visa-work-rights compliance, and on-site workforce administration. Revenue is earned through transparent management fees layered on top of base wages and statutory on-costs, supplemented by RPO engagements and PALM scheme international placements.

Product overview

Agri Labour Australia operates as a national agricultural recruitment and workforce solutions company offering a portfolio of integrated services. Core offerings include PALM Scheme (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility) for international seasonal workers, Labour Hire for direct worker supply, Seasonal Workforces for harvest and peak-period staffing, and RPO for clients wanting to outsource recruitment functions. These are supported by Compliance and Safety services handling licensing and welfare, Workforce Planning and Advice for strategic advisory, and Workforce Excellence Programs providing pre-arrival training (Knife School, Butchery School, Machinery Operator, Industrial Cleaning, Horticultural Preparedness). The candidate-facing Agri Family Hub provides a Job Board, Seasonal Harvest Listings, Year-round Listings, and Expression of Interest functionality. The company specialises in nine agricultural sectors: Broadacre, Cotton, Horticulture, Livestock, Meat Processing, Poultry, Storage and Handling, Sugar, and Tree Nuts, operating nationally across all Australian states and territories since 2010.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PALM Scheme
• Labour Hire
• Seasonal Workforces
• RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)
• Compliance and Safety
• Workforce Planning and Advice
• Workforce Excellence Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Supplied more than 70,000 workers since 2010
• +2 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Rural AidcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Agri Labour Australia announced a brand-new partnership with Rural Aid in July 2025, marking 15 years of providing workforce solutions to Australian agribusinesses. The partnership aims to support rural communities and agricultural workers.
• Knife School (South East Asia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with an established knife school in South East Asia to provide visa holders with essential knife skills before they arrive in Australia. This allows candidates to integrate into Australian meat processing facilities immediately upon commencement. Employers report improvements in training efficiency, productivity and quality outcomes.
• Butchery Training Provider (Pacific)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with a butchery training provider in the Pacific to deliver pre-employment training to PALM candidates destined for Australian meat processing facilities. Workers arrive with foundational knowledge of hygiene, knife skills and quality standards, meeting induction requirements faster.
• Industrial Cleaning Training Provider (Pacific)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with a Pacific-based training provider to deliver industrial cleaning training to PALM workers prior to their arrival in Australia. Workers support meat processing facilities to operate at highest standards of food hygiene and cleanliness with strong performance outcomes.
• Labour Sending Units (Pacific)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Labour Sending Units across the Pacific to assess and prepare PALM workers for horticulture roles as part of the recruitment process. Many Sending Units provide work-readiness programs supporting workers' physical and mental preparedness for living and working in Australia.
• Agri TalentcoreOthersSister company that identifies the right leaders for boards through executive search and placement services, providing specialist networks for leadership capability strengthening.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Programmed: Programmed is a major Australian workforce-solutions business with operations across maintenance, staffing, and agribusiness services. Following its merger with Skilled Group, it is one of the country's largest labour-hire networks and competes with Agri Labour for ag and processing clients at scale.
• Chandler Macleod: Chandler Macleod is a large, established Australian staffing and workforce-solutions provider that serves agriculture, food processing, logistics, and industrial clients. Broader than Agri Labour in sector coverage but overlaps materially on ag and processing labour hire and RPO.
• PeopleIN: PeopleIN is an ASX-listed Australian workforce-solutions group operating multiple labour-hire and recruitment brands across agriculture, health, and industrial sectors. It competes with Agri Labour on ag and processing labour hire and offers a publicly traded comparison point for valuation.
• Hays (Australia): Hays is a global recruitment firm with a substantial Australian footprint serving agribusiness, food, and industrial clients. It overlaps with Agri Labour on agribusiness RPO and professional placement, though its core strength is white-collar and professional recruitment.

Direct peers

• WorkPac: WorkPac is a large Australian workforce-solutions company with significant exposure to agriculture, food processing, and resources. It directly competes with Agri Labour for farm and processing labour, including PALM-scheme placements, and operates a similar mix of labour hire, RPO, and on-site management services.
• AWX: AWX is one of Australia's largest privately owned labour-hire and workforce-solutions providers, with deep penetration in agriculture, horticulture, and food processing. Most directly comparable to Agri Labour on sector focus (ag and processing), customer profile (Australian growers and packers), and service mix (labour hire plus on-site workforce management).
• Labour Solutions Australia: Labour Solutions Australia is a national labour-hire and recruitment firm focused on agriculture, horticulture, food processing, and manufacturing. Like Agri Labour, it provides seasonal, casual, and permanent workforce solutions to growers and processors across Australia.
• Agri Talent: Agri Talent is the executive search and board placement sister company of Agri Labour Australia, focused on agribusiness leadership roles. Comparable as a peer under the same parent brand and shared client roster, though it operates at the professional/leadership end of the market rather than the operational labour-hire end.

Emerging players

• Indeed Flex: Indeed Flex is a digital staffing platform owned by Indeed that places workers in hospitality, warehousing, and increasingly agriculture and food processing. It targets the same casual/seasonal labour pool as Agri Labour but competes primarily on technology and worker self-service rather than end-to-end visa and welfare management.
• Sidekicker: Sidekicker is an Australian digital staffing marketplace that has expanded into agriculture and food processing. It overlaps with Agri Labour on casual and shift-based labour supply but uses an app-based, gig-economy model rather than full-service labour hire with visa and welfare management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AgriLabour

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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