Where business growth is outrunning broker coverage. 26 regions captured 52.7% of Australia's net new businesses with 16.7% of its brokers — mapped region by region, with state zoom.
Insurance News's 40-page special report ranks Australia's largest AR networks at 30 June 2026, with Tenzi's data and methodology behind it. What is inside, how to get it, and every companion analysis in one place.
The top 20 AR networks by combined headcount, recomputed every month-end from December 2025 to June 2026 — acquisitions reshuffle the middle of the table while the two at the top keep growing. Companion to the Insurance News special report.
29 networks crossed the five-AR line after July 2023 and grew from 37 ARs to 680 — but seven of them delivered 82% of it. With the top three incumbent growers, ten networks are the engine room of the AR industry.
Networks added 1,605 ARs in three years and kept 558. Of the networks that existed in July 2023, three took 72% of all growth — and are home to close to one in two ARs today.
Draw the line at five ARs and 99 of 211 GI broker licensees qualify — but those 99 hold 95.8% of every matched AR entity. The top 10 alone hold 70%.
The top 20 networks hold 80.3% of all matched AR entities and it takes 30 to get in. One curve answers it for any number of networks — plus the top 60 ranks.
Sphere Insurance Group unwound in the ASIC register — 31 reps ceased in a single day — and dormant Regis Licensing refilled the next morning. 48 of the 76 reps in play have a new licence.
Senior bench depth vs 12-month senior flow, plotted across 22 GI broker networks. M.G.A. is the only network in the top-right quadrant — 42% senior bench AND growing seniors.
Composite 0–100 score across seven signals of network health. Metrix Connect (108 ARs) tops the list, outscoring every Dominant in the country. Size isn't health.
Animated 24-month view of the Top 20 GI broker networks. See who's growing, shrinking, and how the Envest/Steadfast story played out in real-time AR data.
123 departing ARs across 48 months, mapped to every destination. The Steadfast ecosystem dominated before the deal was announced.
McLardy McShane — not Ausure — quietly captured 57% of traceable leavers well before the Steadfast deal was announced.
Everything on this page is a snapshot of one question at one register cut. The paid service runs the same analysis continuously — every licensee, every month, with movement matching, size-band transitions and alerts when a book starts moving. Refreshed with every ASIC register release.