Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)
Melbourne, Australia
Last Updated: May 2024
ANZSIC F3734Revenue
$4.8bn
Past 5-Year Growth
Profit
$XXX.Xm
Employees
5,244
Businesses
1,450
Wages
$XXX.Xm
Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia industry analysis
Wholesalers in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry have faced difficult trading conditions over the past few years. Retailers are pivoting towards purchasing directly from manufacturers and bypassing wholesalers, which has constrained industry revenue growth. Changing consumer preferences have also hampered sales of from traditional toys and sporting goods, with the mounting popularity of consumer electronics, computer games and gaming consoles, offering consumers an alternative leisure activity. While a depreciating Australian dollar has raised the cost of imported goods, industry profit has managed to climb, largely on the back of lower wage cost. Overall, industry revenue has been climbing at an annualised 2.8% over the five years through 2023-24, to $4.8 billion. This trend includes an anticipated climb of 1.4% in the current year, fuelled by modest demand from downstream markets.
Trends and Insights
- Consumer preferences are shifting away from traditional toys and sporting goods towards electronics. This trend is expected to continue as video game consoles become more affordable.
- Traditional toys like wooden trains and board games are being infiltrated by low-cost import products. These cheap products have put added pressure on profit margins and shrunk the Australian toy manufacturing industry.
- Wholesalers often set up shops near high-economic activity regions like Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. This prime positioning enhances operational efficiency and reduces costs (e.g. transport).
- Buyers take advantage of the industry's high fragmentation and are spoilt for choice when choosing a wholesaler. The key buyers are retail stores that sell to the general public.
Industry Overview
Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $4.8bn in 2024.
Trends and Insights
Wholesalers' reliance on import products have pinned industry performance onto global economic activity
- A primary activity of wholesalers is to connect the international market to retail stores through distributing imported toys and sporting goods. As a result, their revenue heavily relies on global conditions.
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Source: IBISWorld
Industry outlook (2024-2029)
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Trends and Insights
Improving health consciousness will strengthen demand for sporting goods
- Consumers have become acutely aware about the important of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and this trend is set to continue over the coming years, supporting ongoing demand for sporting goods.
Biggest companies in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia
| Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
|---|---|---|
Hasbro Australia | 192.0 | |
Mattel | 175.0 | |
Playcorp | 114.0 |
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Products & Services Segmentation
Source: IBISWorld
Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Sporting goods, Toys and Other products. Sporting goods is the largest segment of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia.
Trends and Insights
Sporting goods outpace other products
- The sporting goods segment includes skateboards, surfboards, balls, bats and racquets, and cricket, golf, fitness and archery equipment. Sales of sporting goods have expanded as a share of revenue, largely due to a drop in other product segments.
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Competitors
- There are no industries to display.
Complementors
- Textile Product Wholesaling in Australia
- Clothing Wholesaling in Australia
- Footwear Wholesaling in Australia
- Toy and Game Retailing in Australia
International industries
- Sporting Goods Wholesaling in the US
- Toy & Craft Supplies Wholesaling in the US
- Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Canada
- Toy & Craft Supplies Wholesaling in Canada
- Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in New Zealand
Table of Contents
About this industry
Industry definition
Industry operators wholesale toys, bicycles and bicycle parts, playground equipment, firearms, ammunition, fireworks and sporting equipment. These products are sourced from upstream domestic and international manufacturers, before being sold to downstream retailers like specialist and department stores, educational institutions, and clubs and associations.
What's included in this industry?
Sporting goodsToysFirearms and ammunitionFireworksPlayground equipmentCompanies
Hasbro AustraliaMattelPlaycorpPurchase this report to view all 5 major companies in this industry.
Related Terms
AGE COMPRESSIONPARTICIPATION RATEWHOLESALE BYPASSIndustry Code
ANZSIC 3734 - Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia
Performance
Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.
Analyst insights
Consumer preferences are shifting away from traditional toys and sporting goods towards electronics. This trend is expected to continue as video game consoles become more aff...
In this chapter (4)
- Current Performance
- Outlook
- Volatility
- Life Cycle
Key metrics
- Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
- Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
- Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
- Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business
Charts
- Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
- Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
- Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
- Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
- Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
- Industry Life Cycle
Detailed analysis
- Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
- Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
- Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
- How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.
Products and Markets
Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.
Analyst insight
Traditional toys like wooden trains and board games are being infiltrated by low-cost import products. These cheap products have put added pressure on profit margins and shru...
In this chapter
- Products & Services
- Major Markets
Key metrics
- Largest market segment and value in 2024
- Product innovation level
Charts
- Products & services segmentation in 2024
- Major market segmentation in 2024
Detailed analysis
- Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
- Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
- Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
- Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
Geographic Breakdown
Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.
Analyst insights
Wholesalers often set up shops near high-economic activity regions like Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. This prime positioning enhances operational efficiency and ...
In this chapter (1)
- Business Locations
Charts
- Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
- Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024
Tables
- Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
- Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
- Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
- Number and share of employees in each region in 2024
Detailed analysis
- Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
- Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage
Competitive Forces
Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.
Analyst insights
Buyers take advantage of the industry's high fragmentation and are spoilt for choice when choosing a wholesaler. The key buyers are retail stores that sell to the general pub...
In this chapter (4)
- Concentration
- Barriers to Entry
- Substitutes
- Buyer & Supplier Analysis
Key metrics
- Industry concentration level
- Industry competition level and trend
- Barriers to entry level and trend
- Substitutes level and trend
- Buyer power level and trend
- Supplier power level and trend
Charts
- Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
- Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart
Detailed analysis
- Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
- Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
- Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
- Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
- Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
- Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
- Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
- Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
- Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.
Companies
Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.
Analyst insights
There are no major companies in the industry due to being highly fragmented.
In this chapter
- Market Share Concentration
- Companies
- Company Spotlights
Charts
- Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
- Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
- Overview of Hasbro Australia's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
- Overview of Mattel's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
- Overview of Playcorp's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
- Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 2 additional companies
Detailed analysis
- Description and key data for Hasbro Australia, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
- Description and key data for Mattel, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
- Description and key data for Playcorp, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
- Description, key data and performance trends for 2 additional companies
External Environment
Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.
Analyst insights
Labour costs are still incurred through day-to-day business operations and through the need to promote new products being offered. Labour for day-to-day business operations i...
In this chapter
- External Drivers
- Regulation & Policy
- Assistance
Key metrics
- Regulation & policy level and trend
- Assistance level and trend
Charts
- Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029)
- Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029)
Detailed analysis
- Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
- Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
- Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.
Financial Benchmarks
View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time.
Analyst insights
Profit margins have managed to climb in recent years. Yet, annual profit margins have been volatile thanks to increasing purchase costs following the outbreak of COVID-19 and...
In this chapter
- Cost Structure
- Financial Ratios
- Key Ratios
Key metrics
- Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
- Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
- Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
- Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio
Charts
- Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
- Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
- Investment vs. share of economy
Data tables
- Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
- Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
- Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
- Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
- Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
- Average Wage (2014-2029)
- Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
- Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
- IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
- Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
- Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)
Detailed analysis
- Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability
Key Statistics
Industry Data
Data Tables
Including values and annual change:
- Revenue (2014-2029)
- IVA (2014-2029)
- Establishments (2014-2029)
- Enterprises (2014-2029)
- Employment (2014-2029)
- Exports (2014-2029)
- Imports (2014-2029)
- Wages (2014-2029)
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Key data sources in Australia include:
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Taxation Office
- Australian Securities & Investments Commission
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the market size of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia in 2024?
The market size of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia is $4.8bn in 2024.
How many businesses are there in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia industry in 2024?
There are 1,450 businesses in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.8 % between 2019 and 2024.
Has the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?
The market size of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2019 and 2024.
What is the forecast growth of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia over the next 5 years?
Over the next five years, the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia is expected to grow.
What are the biggest companies in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling market in Australia?
The biggest companies operating in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling market in Australia are Hasbro Australia, Mattel and Playcorp
What does the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia include?
Sporting goods and Toys are part of the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry.
Which companies have the highest market share in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling in Australia?
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Hasbro Australia.
How competitive is the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia?
The level of competition is high and increasing in the Toy and Sporting Goods Wholesaling industry in Australia.
