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Australia Contract Packaging - Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts (2026 - 2031)
Market Report I 2026-02-09 I 135 Pages I Mordor Intelligence
Australia Contract Packaging Market Analysis
Australia contract packaging market size in 2026 is estimated at USD 474.96 million, growing from 2025 value of USD 435.14 million with 2031 projections showing USD 736.41 million, growing at 9.17% CAGR over 2026-2031. Rapid evolution toward technology-enabled, value-added services underpins this expansion as brand owners outsource sustainability compliance, strengthen supply-chain resilience, and support omnichannel fulfillment strategies. Fast-moving consumer-goods (FMCG) companies continue divesting non-core operations, pushing recurrent volumes to specialized packagers. Australia's 2025 National Packaging Targets accelerate demand for recyclable, low-impact materials and drive capital spending on eco-designed lines. Meanwhile, e-commerce growth to USD 69 billion in 2024 multiplied SKU counts and forced operators to master micro-batch runs, custom kitting, and late-stage personalization. Regulatory frameworks such as APCO's co-regulatory model and TGA Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) rules impose strict compliance, creating competitive moats for certified providers.
Australia Contract Packaging Market Trends and Insights
FMCG demand sustains co-packing volumes
Core demand stems from entrenched relationships with food and beverage manufacturers clustered in Western Sydney and Greater Melbourne industrial precincts. Essential-consumption patterns kept volumes steady through recent shocks, reinforcing outsourcing as brands concentrate on innovation and marketing. The Western Sydney Employment Area and Mamre Road Precinct provide proximity to processors and transport corridors, enabling just-in-time production. Packagers invest in quality systems and traceability to protect margins against retailer consolidation. Labor efficiencies and throughput gains further attract FMCG contracts as service providers upgrade semi-automated lines to meet turnaround targets.
Sustainability-compliance outsourcing surge
APCO's 2025 National Packaging Targets mandate 100% reusable, recyclable, or compostable formats plus 50% average recycled content, intensifying the compliance burden on brands. Many owners lack in-house expertise to vet substrates, validate recyclability, and apply Australasian Recycling Labels at scale. Contract packagers with ISO 14001 credentials and closed-loop material networks win share by packaging audits, eco-design, and reporting services. Policy reform under consideration including extended producer-responsibility schemes signals deeper obligations that favor certified partners. Such complexity turns compliance into a strategic differentiator instead of a cost center.
In-house packaging expansion by FMCG majors
Large manufacturers invest in captive lines to safeguard capacity and margins. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners commissioned a USD 105.5 million warm-fill line in Moorabbin that adds 640 bottles per minute and trims 2.9 million km in annual internal freight. High-volume SKUs thus migrate in-house, reducing third-party loads. Contract packagers pivot toward niche formulations, seasonal surges, and new-product trial runs where flexibility offsets captive economies of scale. Differentiation centers on regulatory know-how, rapid changeovers, and value-added secondary or tertiary formats.
Other drivers and restraints analyzed in the detailed report include:
E-commerce SKU proliferation and micro-batch fulfillmentNear-shoring to mitigate Indo-Pacific riskVolatile resin costs and Qenos closure supply risk
For complete list of drivers and restraints, kindly check the Table Of Contents.
Segment Analysis
Primary packaging accounted for 48.12% of the Australia contract packaging market in 2025, underscoring its status as the operational backbone for food, pharma, and personal-care clients. Strict GMP rules and direct-product-contact risks compel brand owners to outsource this critical stage to certified specialists. The Australia contract packaging market size for primary formats benefits from high switching costs and regulatory hurdles that protect margins. Secondary packaging retains stable demand for shelf-ready packs, while tertiary units expand fastest driven by e-commerce pallet optimization and reverse-logistics volumes.
The shift toward holistic service bundles encourages providers to integrate palletization and kitting with primary lines, capturing higher wallet share. Tertiary growth opens revenue streams in void-fill systems, right-sized shippers, and branded unboxing experiences that elevate direct-to-consumer channels. Investment in digital printers and cobot palletizers enables agile changeovers across seasonal promotions without sacrificing throughput.
Food retained 42.10% of the Australia contract packaging market share in 2025 because national dietary staples and beverage volumes guarantee baseline throughput. Yet pharmaceuticals are set to outpace every other end-user at a 11.85% CAGR, driven by biologics fill-finish demand, clinical trial material, and increasingly localized supply chains. The Australia contract packaging market size for sterile injectables rises as BioCina and NovaCina expand capacity to capture export mandates from the U.S. FDA.
Stringent GMP validation and security clearances limit competitive entry, allowing premium pricing. Food packagers respond by embedding allergen-control zones and high-care areas to compete for health-and-wellness SKUs. Beverage and pet-food categories evolve toward sustainable cartons and lightweight cans, offering niche gains for operators skilled in format transitions.
The Australia Contract Packaging Market Report is Segmented by Packaging Type (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary), End-User Industry (Food, Beverage, Pharmaceutical, and More), Service Offering (Formulation and Blending, Filling and Assembly, and More), Material Substrate (Paper and Paperboard, Plastics, Metals, and More), Automation Level (Manual, Semi-Automated, and More). The Market Forecasts are Provided in Terms of Value (USD).
List of Companies Covered in this Report:
Multipack-LJM Pty Ltd Rapid Pak Pty Ltd Pakco International Co. Ltd Outsource Packaging Pty Ltd FoodPak Pty Ltd HH Packaging Pty Ltd Ultrapak (Australia) Pty Ltd Finishing Services Pty Ltd Chemical Solutions Pty Ltd Tripak Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd Probiotec Pharma Pty Ltd Australian Blister Sealing Inc. Pty Ltd Omniblend Pty Ltd Vacupack Australia Pty Ltd GMP Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
Additional Benefits:
The market estimate (ME) sheet in Excel format
3 months of analyst support
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition
1.2 Scope of the Study
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
4 MARKET LANDSCAPE
4.1 Market Overview
4.2 Market Drivers
4.2.1 FMCG demand sustains co-packing volumes
4.2.2 Outsourcing non-core operations by brand owners
4.2.3 Sustainability-compliance outsourcing surge (APCO 2025/2030 targets)
4.2.4 E-commerce SKU proliferation and micro-batch fulfilment
4.2.5 Near-shoring to mitigate Indo-Pacific supply-chain risk
4.2.6 AI-enabled pack optimisation lowers cost and waste
4.3 Market Restraints
4.3.1 In-house packaging expansion by FMCG majors
4.3.2 High capex and accreditation hurdle for new entrants
4.3.3 Skilled automation-operator shortage
4.3.4 Volatile resin costs and Qenos closure supply risk
4.4 Industry Supply-Chain Analysis
4.5 Regulatory Landscape
4.6 Technological Outlook
4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
4.7.1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
4.7.3 Threat of New Entrants
4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes
4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry
5 MARKET SIZE AND GROWTH FORECASTS (VALUE)
5.1 By Packaging Type
5.1.1 Primary
5.1.2 Secondary
5.1.3 Tertiary
5.2 By End-user Industry
5.2.1 Food
5.2.2 Beverage
5.2.3 Pharmaceutical
5.2.4 Home and Personal Care
5.2.5 Automotive
5.2.6 Electronics and High-tech
5.2.7 Pet Food
5.2.8 Other End-user Industry
5.3 By Service Offering
5.3.1 Formulation and Blending
5.3.2 Filling and Assembly
5.3.3 Packaging and Labeling
5.3.4 Fulfillment and Logistics
5.4 By Material Substrate
5.4.1 Paper and Paperboard
5.4.2 Plastics
5.4.3 Metals
5.4.4 Glass
5.4.5 Biodegradable/Bio-based
5.5 By Automation Level
5.5.1 Manual
5.5.2 Semi-automated
5.5.3 Fully Automated
5.5.4 Robotics-integrated
6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
6.1 Market Concentration
6.2 Strategic Moves
6.3 Market Share Analysis
6.4 Company Profiles (includes Global level Overview, Market level overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share for key companies, Products and Services, and Recent Developments)
6.4.1 Multipack-LJM Pty Ltd
6.4.2 Rapid Pak Pty Ltd
6.4.3 Pakco International Co. Ltd
6.4.4 Outsource Packaging Pty Ltd
6.4.5 FoodPak Pty Ltd
6.4.6 HH Packaging Pty Ltd
6.4.7 Ultrapak (Australia) Pty Ltd
6.4.8 Finishing Services Pty Ltd
6.4.9 Chemical Solutions Pty Ltd
6.4.10 Tripak Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
6.4.11 Probiotec Pharma Pty Ltd
6.4.12 Australian Blister Sealing Inc. Pty Ltd
6.4.13 Omniblend Pty Ltd
6.4.14 Vacupack Australia Pty Ltd
6.4.15 GMP Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd
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