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Libraries and archives focus on collecting, preserving and providing public access to various forms of digital and physical media, including books, journals and newspapers. Since it serves the public, the Libraries and Archives industry primarily relies on government funding, offering most services free of charge. Financial contributions from federal, state and local governments heavily influence industry performance. The remainder of industry revenue comes from fees, late charges, private funding and donations.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 1.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.9bn in 2024.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2025 | Revenue ($m)
2025 |
---|---|---|
State Library of NSW | 137.8 | |
National Archives | 118.5 | |
National Library of Australia | 86.3 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including National and state public libraries, Local government libraries and National and state archives. National and state public libraries is the largest segment of the Libraries and Archives in Australia.
Local government libraries struggle because of challenging funding conditions
Libraries and archives collect and maintain various types of media, such as books, journals, newspapers and music. Industry establishments display many of these materials for public access and preserve collections for the historical record. All or part of industry collections may be accessible online.
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ANZSIC 6010 - Libraries and Archives in Australia
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Government funding and private revenue growth have not kept pace with inflation, causing revenue to diminish in real terms. Libraries and archives lean heavily on government ...
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Ambitious digitisation projects uplift larger public libraries and archives. Local libraries are wilting within a challenging funding environment.
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Libraries and archives follow the population and educative institutions. Industry organisations service researchers and communities, so they gravitate towards each other.
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Libraries and archives experience limited internal competition. They compete on the basis of their collections and locations, but often service certain areas or needs, which ...
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Funding for the State Library of Victoria has taken a nosedive. The state government has ceased providing it with capital asset charge grants, reducing recurrent annual fundi...
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The population and government funding for heritage and arts have grown slowly. At the same time, use of the internet has strengthened, threatening the need to go to libraries...
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Wage costs have diminished as interfacing with libraries and archives has become more efficient. Self-service and digitisation have reduced the onus on labour across the indu...
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The market size of the Libraries and Archives industry in Australia is $1.9bn in 2024.
There are 106 businesses in the Libraries and Archives industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.8 % between 2019 and 2024.
The market size of the Libraries and Archives industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2019 and 2024.
Over the next five years, the Libraries and Archives industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Libraries and Archives market in Australia are State Library of NSW, National Archives and National Library of Australia
Archival operation and Film archive operation are part of the Libraries and Archives industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is State Library of NSW.
The level of competition is low and steady in the Libraries and Archives industry in Australia.