Companies in Christchurch

Q: How many companies are in Christchurch?

Our Christchurch business directory currently lists every registered legal entity with a Christchurch address in the official New Zealand business register. The exact count is shown live at the top of this page.

Q: Where does Christchurch company data come from?

Christchurch records are sourced directly from the official New Zealand business register and enriched with 50+ data points: revenue, employees, industry codes, contact details, and ownership.

Q: How often is Christchurch data updated?

Core registry fields are refreshed weekly. Enriched fields (revenue, employees, contact) are refreshed monthly so your Christchurch list never goes stale.

Q: Can I filter Christchurch companies by industry?

Yes. Every Christchurch record is tagged with SIC industry codes. You can request your directory filtered by one or several SIC codes, employee size bands, or revenue thresholds.

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Excel (.xlsx), CSV, and JSON. For API customers, data is streamed as paginated JSON. Custom formats (Parquet, SQL dump) are available on request.

Q: Is the Christchurch data GDPR compliant?

Yes. We only deliver legal-entity data and publicly listed business contact details. We do not include personal data of natural persons unless required by the company register itself (e.g. sole traders).

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Yes. Request a free 100-record sample of Christchurch data and we will email it within one business day.

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Yes. The full Christchurch dataset is available through our REST API with the same filters as our directory builder. See our API page for pricing tiers.

Q: How fast can Christchurch data be delivered?

Standard Excel and CSV directories are delivered within 24 hours. API access is provisioned within one business day. Rush delivery (same-day) is available on request.

Q: Can I get historical Christchurch data?

Snapshot data going back 3 years is available for most fields, and 7+ years for core registry fields. Useful for trend analysis and churn studies - ask for a custom quote.

Behind every street in Christchurch sits a business. 60,378 of them, to be exact, all registered in the New Zealand business register. The biggest single industry is real estate agents and managers with 3,843 companies, roughly 6% of everything that does business in the city.

60,378 businesses indexed

Pharmacy Retailing (nz) LIMITEDPharmacy Retailing (nz) LIMITED

	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Pharmacy Retailing (nz) LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	108 Wrights Rd	Canterbury	8024	N/A	1952	$7,364,873,823	580	Corporation	151	49549
2	Ebos Group LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	108 Wrights Rd	Canterbury	8024	eboshealthcare.*****	1922	$7,364,873,823	580	Corporation	151	120844
3	Fulton Hogan LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	15 Sir William Pickering Dr	Canterbury	8053	fultonhogan.*****	1952	$4,089,281,280	6,854	Corporation	48	144659
4	Stevenson Aggregates LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	15 Sir William Pickering Drive	Canterbury	8053	fultonhogan.*****	2018	$3,234,502,847	126	Corporation	48	7069094
5	Farmlands Co-Operative Society LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	535 Wairakei Road	Canterbury	8053	farmlands.*****	1964	$1,657,861,289	1,974	Cooperative	27	225946
6	Andritz Hydro GMBH	Newzealand	Christchurch	U 4b, 114 Sawyers Arms Road	Canterbury	8052	andritz.*****	2015	$1,640,299,420	350		N/A	5692934
7	Meridian Energy International LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	287 293 Durham Street	Canterbury	8013	meridianenergy.*****	2001	$1,623,820,750	866	Corporation	14	1114014
8	Pratt & Whitney Holdings SAS	Newzealand	Christchurch	115 Orchard Rd	Canterbury	N/A	N/A	2001	$1,237,658,000	350		N/A	1131886
9	Canterbury District Health Board	Newzealand	Christchurch	32 Oxford Tce	Canterbury	8011	cdhb.*****	2017	$1,200,295,851	1,735		N/A	N/A
10	Canterbury District Health Board	Newzealand	Christchurch	32 Oxford Terrace	Canterbury	8011	cdhb.*****	N/A	$1,200,295,851	1,735		N/A	N/A
11	Cmp Marlborough LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	5 Robin Mann Pl	Canterbury	8053	anzcofoods.*****	1977	$1,097,209,374	169	Corporation	422	139272
12	Anzco Foods LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	5 Robin Mann Pl	Canterbury	8053	anzcofoods.*****	1995	$1,091,718,586	1,057	Corporation	422	656378
13	Moregate Exports LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	5 Robin Mann Pl	Canterbury	8053	N/A	2022	$1,091,718,586	100	Corporation	422	8300182
14	Cmp Kokiri LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	5 Robin Mann Pl	Canterbury	8053	anzcofoods.*****	1974	$999,047,370	120	Corporation	422	154058
15	Christchurch City Holdings LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	L 1, 151 Cambridge Terrace	Canterbury	8041	www2.*****	1993	$946,208,336	129	Corporation	25	613388
16	Pgg Wrightson Investments LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	1 Robin Mann Place	Canterbury	8053	store.*****	2011	$827,162,256	50	Corporation	22	3611551
17	Foodstuffs South Island LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	167 Main N Rd	Canterbury	8052	foodstuffs-si.*****	1988	$729,460,585	804	Corporation	23	391297
18	Christchurch City Council	Newzealand	Christchurch	53 Hereford St	Canterbury	8013	ccc.*****	1862	$724,328,731	1,646		25	N/A
19	Pepper Money LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	3a, 335 Lincoln Road	Canterbury	8024	N/A	2011	$654,727,706	5		33	3418975
20	Kathmandu LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	223 Tuam St	Canterbury	8011	kathmandu.*****	1979	$598,404,936	295	Corporation	506	139395
21	Kmd Brands LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	223 Tuam Street	Canterbury	8011	kathmandu.*****	2009	$598,404,936	1,904	Corporation	506	2334209
22	Kathmandu Group LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	223 Tuam Street	Canterbury	8011	kathmandu.*****	2006	$596,182,198	172	Corporation	506	1809057
23	Pgg Wrightson LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	1 Robin Mann Place	Canterbury	8053	pggwre.*****	1900	$585,582,883	804	Corporation	22	142962
24	Ryman Healthcare LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	92d Russley Rd	Canterbury	8042	rymanhealthcare.*****	1987	$512,619,904	5,300	Corporation	506	337739
25	Scales CORPORATION LIMITED	Newzealand	Christchurch	52 Cashel Street	Canterbury	8013	scalescorporation.*****	1989	$512,324,767	715	Corporation	29	424743

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Largest companies in Christchurch

Which company is the largest in Christchurch depends on how you measure. You can look at valuation, at revenue or at how many people work there. Valuations are private for most companies, so here we stick to revenue and headcount.

By revenue, Pharmacy Retailing (nz) LIMITED comes first in Christchurch. It is part of a group with $7.4 billion in yearly revenue. By headcount, City Care LIMITED comes first with 1,500 employees. We only looked at the 51,212 corporations in Christchurch for this; sole traders, foundations and other legal forms are left out.

The two tables below show how all 60,378 companies in Christchurch are spread across revenue and headcount bands.

Yearly revenue

55.2%of companies have $1M to $5M in yearly revenue

Revenue (USD)	Count	Share
up to $100,000	7,922	13.1%
$100,000 to $500,000	5,895	9.8%
$500,000 to $1M	1,897	3.1%
$1M to $5M	33,300	55.2%
$5M to $10M	278	0.5%
$10M to $50M	298	0.5%
$50M to $100M	45	0.1%
$100M to $500M	23	<0.1%
$500M to $1B	12	<0.1%
$1B or more	13	<0.1%
Unknown	10,695	17.7%

Headcount

43.5%of companies have 1 to 4 employees

Employees	Count	Share
1-4	26,246	43.5%
5-9	15,768	26.1%
10-19	6,375	10.6%
20-49	2,360	3.9%
50-99	281	0.5%
100-199	150	0.2%
200-499	64	0.1%
500-999	19	<0.1%
1,000-4,999	12	<0.1%
Unknown	9,103	15.1%

Source: business register and CompanyData. "Unknown" means no published figure.

Largest industries in Christchurch

The biggest industry groups in Christchurch by registered company count, with the top five companies by revenue in each.

Real estate agents and managers

3,843 companies

SIC 6531

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Operators of Nonresidential Buildings

2,123 companies

SIC 6512

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Restaurants and eating places

1,918 companies

SIC 5812

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Investors, Not Elsewhere Classified

1,878 companies

SIC 6799

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General Contractors-Single-Family Houses

1,791 companies

SIC 1521

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Trusts, Except Educational, Religious, and Charitable

1,318 companies

SIC 6733

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Engineering Services

1,123 companies

SIC 8711

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Business Consulting Services, Not Elsewhere Classified

971 companies

SIC 8748

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All industries in Christchurch

Together, real estate agents and managers, Operators of Nonresidential Buildings and restaurants and eating places make up the top three industries in Christchurch, accounting for 13% of the city's commercial activity. The oldest company we can find in Christchurch is Christ's College Canterbury, founded in 1850, with Christchurch City Council not far behind. They are still here, along with 60,376 other businesses in Christchurch.

Serving the farms of the Canterbury Plains has always been Christchurch's core trade, and the rebuild after the 2011 earthquakes added a wave of construction and tech firms. All of them are in our data. Look up a company in the table at the top of this page, get the full list delivered as an Excel file, or pull the records straight into your own systems through our API.

Nonclassifiable Establishments10,235
Real Estate Agents and Managers3,843
Operators of Nonresidential Buildings2,123
Eating Places1,918
Investors, Not Elsewhere Classified1,878
General Contractors-Single-Family Houses1,791
Trusts, Except Educational, Religious, and Charitable1,318
Engineering Services1,123
Business Consulting Services, Not Elsewhere Classified971
Services Allied With the Exchange of Securities or Commodities, Not Elsewhere Classified967
Other industries34,211

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