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The directory in August 2026

961 listings across 60 towns. Counts, completeness and the gaps, computed from the directory itself.

By The LocalsKnow desk · · NSW and Victoria

The directory numbers for August 2026, counted from the listings themselves rather than estimated. Every figure below recomputes on each build, so it is current as at the date on this article and nothing more.

Where it stands

Count
Listings961
Towns with a page60
Towns in New South Wales41
Towns in Victoria19
Categories with at least one listing195
Categories still empty19
Listings that reach across the border315

Completeness

Ordering on this site comes from how complete a profile is, so the interesting number is not how many listings exist but how many of them are usable.

  • 875 of 961 carry a phone number, which is 91%.
  • 884 carry a website.
  • 431 publish opening hours, which is 45%. That is the weakest field on the directory and it is the one that decides whether a business shows up in an "open now" search.
  • 842 were read from the business's own site or an official source rather than a third party listing.

The hours gap is the one worth acting on. A business with no published hours does not appear as closed, it does not appear at all, and it never finds out.

The biggest towns

  1. Wodonga, VIC — 341 listings
  2. Albury, NSW — 312 listings
  3. Wagga Wagga, NSW — 242 listings
  4. West Wodonga, VIC — 197 listings
  5. Barnawartha, VIC — 176 listings
  6. Baranduda, VIC — 172 listings
  7. Howlong, NSW — 169 listings
  8. Tallangatta, VIC — 165 listings
  9. The Rock, NSW — 164 listings
  10. Lavington, NSW — 153 listings

The biggest categories

  1. Pubs — 49 listings
  2. Cafes — 47 listings
  3. Motels — 38 listings
  4. Restaurants — 31 listings
  5. Mechanics — 28 listings
  6. Wineries — 24 listings
  7. Bakeries — 22 listings
  8. Auto Parts Stores — 19 listings
  9. Plumbers — 17 listings
  10. Electricians — 16 listings

What is still empty

19 categories exist in the taxonomy with nothing in them yet. A category page goes live when its first business is added, which is the same rule that applies to towns: nothing is seeded ahead of content.

If you run one of these and you are not listed, adding a listing is free and stays free.

How these numbers are produced

This article is generated from listings.json by scripts/generate-wire.mjs. There is no estimation step and no editorial pass, because there is nothing in it but arithmetic over the rows on the site. If a figure here disagrees with a category page, the category page is right and this one is older.

On the figures. Any dollar amount or count quoted here is indicative. It was read off the listings, quotes and public registers behind this site on the day of writing and it moves. How the data is sourced and corrected.