The Sydney industrial market in numbers
- ~25 million sqm of industrial floorspace across the Sydney metro
- ~80,000 industrial tenancies across fifteen primary submarkets plus secondary precincts
- ~1.8% vacancy rate in Western Sydney as of Q1 2026, among the tightest in the OECD
- Average lease size: 1,500–2,500 sqm; 5,000+ sqm large-format tenancies growing fastest in Kemps Creek / Aerotropolis
- ~600 I&L agents active in the Sydney market across CBRE, JLL, Colliers, Cushman, Savills, Knight Frank, Ray White Industrial, LJ Hooker Commercial, and boutique agencies
Sub-2% vacancy means the next tenant for your listing is already in the market. They're occupying the building next door, on the estate across the road, or at the top of a lease they want out of. SCAYLED finds them before the listing goes live.
The neighbour strategy for Sydney industrial
The highest-converting Sydney industrial lead is the operator inside the same building as your listing. The second highest is the operator on the same estate. Only after those do you widen out to the submarket and then the region.
Why it works in Sydney specifically:
- Corridors are sticky. Eastern Creek tenants expand into Eastern Creek, not Prestons. Moving estate means losing the drivers who live locally, the supplier network, the trade routes, and the motorway access they've optimised for. Most expansions stay within 3 km.
- Same-building match = zero disruption: an occupier three units over can expand into your listing without changing a single pickup, delivery, or staff commute.
- Landlords want it too: most multi-tenant Sydney industrial estates are held by REITs (Goodman, GPT, Charter Hall, Centuria) who'd rather grow an existing tenant than sign a new one.
- Sublease signal is strongest inside the estate: an operator quietly looking for an out of their current lease usually tells their neighbours before they tell a listing agent.
SCAYLED makes neighbour-first prospecting default. Read the full strategy →
What a scan returns for a Sydney industrial listing
Example: a scan of Lot 5, Prestons Logistics Estate.
| Field | What you get |
|---|---|
| Neighbouring businesses | Every business that fits, same building first, then direct neighbours, then the wider precinct |
| Same-building matches | Typically 5–9 in multi-tenant estates |
| Verified contacts | Decision-makers with confirmed emails |
| Unverified contacts | The remainder, flagged but not hidden |
| Industries | 3PL, warehousing, cold storage, automotive, food logistics, import/export |
| Decision-maker titles | Operations Director, GM, State Manager, Facility Manager, Managing Director, Logistics Manager |
| Data age | Live, resolved at scan time, not cached from a 2023 database |
Results come back scored and contact-ready, the same day you drop the address.
The fifteen Sydney industrial submarkets with the deepest coverage
| Submarket | Rough tenancy count | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Creek | ~600 | M7/M4 interchange, premium tilt-slab, big-box 3PL |
| Prestons | ~450 | M7/M5 cross, overflow market for Eastern Creek |
| Smithfield | ~1,100 | Legacy west, sub-2,000 sqm tenancy density |
| Wetherill Park | ~700 | Central-west, trade services & light industrial |
| Yennora | ~350 | Intermodal rail, container logistics anchor |
| Ingleburn | ~550 | South-west, expanding new-build corridor |
| Moorebank | ~300 | Intermodal terminal, fewer but larger tenants |
| Huntingwood | ~200 | Premium logistics, REIT-owned |
| Kemps Creek | ~150 | Aerotropolis, greenfield growth, 2025–2028 primary |
| Seven Hills | ~500 | North-west, older industrial, mixed with commercial |
| Alexandria | ~350 | Airport-adjacent, light industrial shift to commercial |
| Botany / Banksmeadow | ~400 | Port Botany-adjacent, container and freight |
| Mascot | ~280 | Airport-adjacent logistics, last-mile |
| Chullora | ~300 | Central, rail-adjacent, heavy industrial |
| Campbelltown / Minto | ~400 | Far south-west, expanding with Western Sydney growth |
Tenancy counts are approximate; based on public ASIC business register data as of Q1 2026.
Agent workflow, a typical week
Monday 9 am, listing brief in. 3,200 sqm tilt-slab warehouse coming on in Eastern Creek, 8-week lead time.
Monday 9:10 am. SCAYLED scan. The scan works outward from the building, same building first, then direct neighbours, then the wider precinct. Once it is back: every neighbouring operator that fits, verified contacts, and the same-building matches flagged.
Monday 10 am, calls to same-building tenants.Most pick up. One is mid-expansion and already quietly looking for 3,000+ sqm. That's your deal.
Monday afternoon: outreach to the remaining verified contacts with drafted emails personalised to the listing. Five responses by Wednesday.
By Friday: two formal enquiries, one offer in hand, listing goes live the following Monday with an offer already negotiated.
That's the difference between neighbour-first prospecting and posting a listing and waiting for enquiries.
What SCAYLED doesn't do (and what to pair it with)
- Title and ownership: pair with CoreLogic AU (RP Data) or LPI directly. See the comparison →
- Valuations and yields: CoreLogic or internal comps
- Zoning and planning: NSW Planning Portal, council LEPs
- Construction pipeline: agency-internal or CBRE/JLL/Colliers research reports
SCAYLED is the "who do I call" layer. The rest of the agent stack is unchanged.
Pricing for Sydney agents
| Plan | Included | Ideal for |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days free | No card needed, 4 scans | Trying it on your own listing |
| Pro | Full platform, one broker | Individual brokers working a territory |
| Team and Market Plans | Pro for 3 to 10 brokers, per-broker discount | Teams monitoring submarkets |
Try it free for 3 days on one of your own listings, no card needed, and see the verified decision-maker at each business. After the trial, Pro covers one broker and Team and Market Plans cover larger desks. See the pricing page for current rates.