Where GovAuctions gets its listings
GovAuctions aggregates 4,650 live government auction listings from 3 Australian sources across Australia - every listing links straight to the original government source where you bid. The catalog is refreshed with new listings twice a day.
GovAuctions doesn't stop at finding the auction - it tells you what each lot is worth. Qualifying listings get a free Flip Score and a deal score anchored to what comparable lots actually sold for, so you can see whether a price is a genuine deal before you bid, not just where to find it.
We don't run these auctions or take a cut of any bid. We index the public listings into one searchable place, free.
Total coverage across all markets
GovAuctions.app aggregates 64,104 live government auction listings from 52 auction platforms across 8 countries (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Canada, France, Poland, Netherlands). Every listing links to the original government platform where bidding happens. The catalog is refreshed with new listings twice a day.
| Market | Live lots | Platforms |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 39,772 | 26 |
| United Kingdom | 10,640 | 7 |
| Australia | 4,650 | 3 |
| Germany | 2,953 | 4 |
| Canada | 2,334 | 6 |
| France | 1,755 | 2 |
| Poland | 1,305 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 695 | 1 |
| All markets | 64,104 | 52 |
Live counts, updated as auctions open and close. Last refreshed October 24, 2026.
Grays
10,179 liveex-government & commercial surplus · Buyer's premium + GST
Grays is Australia's largest industrial and commercial online auctioneer. We index its surplus categories - vehicles, IT, plant, workshop, warehousing and office - including ex-government consignments such as WA Police forfeited goods.
Photo coverage 100% · Feed consistency 100%
Pickles
4,987 liveex-government & ex-fleet vehicles · Buyer's premium + GST
Pickles is Australia's largest auctioneer of ex-government vehicles, running recurring government and fleet-lease sales nationwide. We index its government-department and ex-fleet lots (salvage excluded).
Photo coverage 96% · Feed consistency 100%
Allbids
1,005 livesurplus vehicles, IT, office & plant · Buyer's premium + GST
Allbids is a Canberra-based online auctioneer selling surplus vehicles, IT, office equipment and plant as-is in AUD. Its consignors include public bodies as well as commercial sellers, but listings do not name the seller, so we do not label individual Allbids lots as government.
Photo coverage 100% · Feed consistency 71%
How we count - and why our numbers are clean
A listings count is only useful if every entry is an auction you can actually bid on. Some aggregators inflate their totals - counting the same item once for every site it's cross-posted to, padding with listings that aren't what you searched for, and leaving expired auctions in long after bidding closes. We count differently:
- Live, not padded. Ended auctions drop off automatically, so the number reflects what's open right now.
- De-duplicated. An item cross-posted to several platforms is merged into a single listing, not counted two or three times.
- Primary, not middlemen. Every source above is a government platform where the lot actually lives - not a re-aggregator that re-publishes other sites' auctions.
- Sourced. Every listing shows the platform it came from and links straight to the original to bid.
- Fresh. The whole catalog is rebuilt once a day, around 06:00 UTC (last refreshed October 24, 2026), so you're not chasing stale results.
- Scored, not hyped. Our deal scores are anchored to what comparable lots actually sold for, not a guess - see how our Deal Score and Flip Score work.
Live counts update daily as auctions open and close. New sources are added regularly.
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