Industry Profiles

Canberra boasts a high-performance economy, characterised by growing businesses producing products and services in global demand. Canberra's exceptional knowledge base provides world class research and development capabilities and a highly skilled workforce. This has laid the foundation for its burgeoning smart and clean industries.

• Biotechnology
  Focuses on the expansion of biotech-related business, the partnerships between local business and the research community and the facilitation of growth and expansion through the knowledge fund.
• Defence Industry
  There are over 100 defence related companies in Canberra that provide a variety of goods and services to defence companies and the Department of Defence
• Environmental Management
  Focuses on Canberra's high quality environmental management, and leading urban environmental solutions and capabilities in the environmental industry
• Education and Training
  Focuses on Canberra's educational institutions as internationally recognised centres of excellence.
• Global Security Solutions
  Canberra is home to a number of innovative firms, delivering leading edge security solutions to a range of national and international clients in all areas of security.
• Information and Communications Technology
  Focuses on Governments spending power, Canberra's advanced broadband network and highly skilled workforce.
• Sport Science Management
  Canberra's well-established sporting infrastructure concentrates on an integrated sporting system that encourages sport and physical activity for all Canberrans.
• Tourism Industry
  As the location for some of Australia's most significant arts, cultural, historical and scientific infrastructure, the Canberra region is capturing a growing share of the tourist market.