There are 1,017,291 companies and businesses in New Zealand in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 759,698 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in New Zealand
New Zealand has 1,017,291 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 759,698 of them are corporations. We build the records from Companies Register (Companies Office) and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 55% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in New Zealand, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,017,291 New Zealand companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our New Zealand company database.
1,017,291 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies1,017,291
Corporations759,698
Regions16
Largest regionAuckland 31%
Employees1-4
Revenue$1M-$5M
Email11%
Phone19%
Website16%
New Zealand company list: all 1,017,291 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in New Zealand, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our New Zealand company directory.
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| 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 | PT Elsewedy Electric Indonesia | Newzealand | Christchurch | U 7, 31 Stevens Street | Canterbury | 8011 | *****.com | 2003 | $468,450,715,093 | 3 | 385 | 1264758 | |
| 2 | Dhl Supply Chain (new Zealand) LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | 7-9 Niall Burgess Rd | Auckland | 1060 | *****.com | 1986 | $232,056,207,285 | 85 | Corporation | 19 | 290003 |
| 3 | China Construction Bank CORPORATION | Newzealand | Auckland | Fl 29 Vero Centre 48 Shortland St | Auckland | 1010 | N/A | 2018 | $180,426,922,210 | 11 | N/A | 6653093 | |
| 4 | Mitsubishi CORPORATION | Newzealand | Auckland | Level 12 Amp Centre 29 Customs Street West | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 2004 | $124,849,632,306 | 1 | N/A | 1570573 | |
| 5 | Thai Airways International Public Company LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | L 8, 23 Customs Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 1986 | $104,430,003,559 | 18 | N/A | 327293 | |
| 6 | Federal Express CORPORATION | Newzealand | Wellington | L 4 40 Lady Elizabeth Lane | Wellington | 6011 | N/A | 1989 | $86,818,000,000 | 48 | 2 | 442437 | |
| 7 | Ministry Of Transport | Newzealand | Wellington | 3 Queens Whrf | Wellington | 6001 | *****.nz | N/A | $64,356,173,600 | 140 | N/A | N/A | |
| 8 | Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | Newzealand | Auckland | 48 Shortland Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.nz | 1996 | $64,156,575,672 | 89,879 | N/A | 834338 | |
| 9 | American Airlines, INC. | Newzealand | Auckland | L 6, 19 Victoria Street | Auckland | 1010 | N/A | 2016 | $54,204,000,000 | 3 | N/A | 5891334 | |
| 10 | Maersk A/S | Newzealand | Auckland | L 3, 2 Graham Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 2014 | $37,183,609,000 | 8 | N/A | 5487176 | |
| 11 | Ampol LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Vero Centre, 48 Shortland Street | Auckland | 1010 | N/A | 2022 | $34,877,600,000 | 0 | 76 | 8370253 | |
| 12 | Fisher Funds Lifesaver Plan (transitioned To The Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013) | Newzealand | Auckland | Level 1, Crown Centre 67-73 Hurstmere Road | Auckland | 0622 | *****.nz | 1998 | $31,975,120,041 | 1 | N/A | 1802228 | |
| 13 | Tata Consultancy Services LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | L11 Tower 2 205 Queen St | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 2004 | $29,290,769,280 | 6 | N/A | 1537466 | |
| 14 | Flywheel Network LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Suite 4108 17b Farnham Street | Auckland | 1052 | N/A | 1984 | $26,598,730,286 | 20 | Corporation | 11 | 203649 |
| 15 | China Southern Airlines Company LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Ground Fl 9 Nelson St | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 2011 | $24,045,873,808 | 102,597 | N/A | 3242487 | |
| 16 | Qatar Airways Group (q.c.s.c) | Newzealand | Auckland | L 29, 188 Quay Street | Auckland | 1010 | N/A | 2016 | $23,528,397,076 | 7 | N/A | 6062950 | |
| 17 | Hapag-Lloyd (new Zealand) LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Pd Insurance Building le 17 5 7 Byron Avenue | Auckland | 0622 | N/A | 1995 | $20,210,881,394 | 10,523 | Corporation | 218 | 676832 |
| 18 | Scor SE | Newzealand | Auckland | L 1, 33-45 Hurstmere Road | Auckland | 0740 | N/A | 2019 | $19,919,416,000 | 15 | N/A | 7217635 | |
| 19 | Bytedance PTE. LTD | Newzealand | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2022 | $19,496,146,000 | 3 | N/A | 8385658 | |
| 20 | Infosys LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | L 7 79 Queen St | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 2007 | $18,698,212,800 | 323,578 | N/A | 1944605 | |
| 21 | China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group CO., LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | U R, 383 Khyber Pass Road | Auckland | 1023 | N/A | 2018 | $18,212,237,748 | 6 | N/A | 7058535 | |
| 22 | Korean Air Lines CO., LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Level 16, Dla Piper Tower, 205 Queen Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 1993 | $17,153,368,560 | 18 | N/A | 600464 | |
| 23 | Kookmin Bank | Newzealand | Auckland | 88 Shortland Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.com | 1996 | $15,984,003,160 | 13 | N/A | 806384 | |
| 24 | Air Canada | Newzealand | N/A | Rifleman Tower Level 5/120 Albert Street Auckland | N/A | N/A | *****.com | 2019 | $15,921,593,100 | 30,500 | N/A | 7650816 | |
| 25 | Obayashi CORPORATION LIMITED | Newzealand | Auckland | Fl 9, 45 Queen Street | Auckland | 1010 | *****.nz | 2011 | $15,450,701,490 | 185 | 2 | 3617533 |
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Companies and businesses in New Zealand
1,017,291
2 November 2026
There are 1,017,291 companies and businesses in New Zealand in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 759,698 corporations (Ltd), 3,492 partnerships (partnerships). On top of those come 27,248 non-profit organisations, 19 branches of foreign companies and 285 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 978,836 96%
- Head offices
- 32,890
- Branch locations
- 5,565
Legal form
- Corporations
- 759,698 75%
- Sole traders
- 0
- Partnerships
- 3,492
Per working day this year
≈ 196
new companies registered · 42,696 so far in 2026
How to search the New Zealand company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in New Zealand
Which are the largest companies in New Zealand? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Fonterra Co-operative Group, with 21,400 staff, ahead of Fletcher Distribution and Brian Perry Civil. By yearly revenue the largest company is Hapag-Lloyd (New Zealand), ahead of Fonterra Co-operative Group and Fonterra Brands (New Zealand). Below are the top companies of New Zealand ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in New Zealand. 29 New Zealand companies employ more than 10,000 people and 208 report more than $1 billion a year.
Fonterra Co-operative Group has the largest headcount of any company in New Zealand in our data. 29 New Zealand companies list more than 10,000 people, 420 more than 500.
- 121,400 staff
- 220,268 staff
- 312,500 staff
- 412,000 staff
- 511,848 staff
- 611,702 staff
- 710,523 staff
- 89,468 staff
- 96,854 staff
- 106,161 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Hapag-Lloyd (New Zealand) is the largest company in New Zealand by revenue; 208 New Zealand companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$20.2B
- 2$14.5B
- 3$14.5B
- 4$6.6B
- 5$6.2B
- 6$5.7B
- 7$5.0B
- 8$4.6B
- 9$4.3B
- 10$4.2B
New Zealand Police is the largest public body in our data for New Zealand, with 12,024 staff.
- 112,024 staff
- 25,556 staff
- 33,800 staff
- 43,400 staff
- 52,800 staff
- 62,600 staff
19 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in New Zealand.
- 13 worldwide
- 20 worldwide
- 30 worldwide
- 40 worldwide
- 50 worldwide
- 60 worldwide
- 70 worldwide
- 80 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in New Zealand.
By employee size · 815,242 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 452,025 | 55% | |
| 5-9 | 233,397 | 29% | |
| 10-19 | 91,691 | 11% | |
| 20-49 | 31,618 | 4% | |
| 50-99 | 3,562 | 0.4% | |
| 100-199 | 1,798 | 0.2% | |
| 200-499 | 731 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 420 | <0.1% |
55% have 1 to 4 employees; 420 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 96,346 | 14% | |
| $100K-$500K | 78,746 | 11% | |
| $500K-$1M | 41,940 | 6% | |
| $1M-$5M | 483,200 | 68% | |
| $5M-$10M | 4,269 | 0.6% | |
| $10M-$100M | 4,544 | 0.6% | |
| $100M-$1B | 786 | 0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 208 | <0.1% |
994 companies report more than $100 million; 208 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in New Zealand
Most companies in New Zealand are small businesses. Of the 815,242 with a known headcount, 685,422 (84%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 123,309 are small (10 to 49) and 6,091 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 420 employ 500 people or more, so 99.95% of New Zealand companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 685,422 | 84% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 123,309 | 15% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 6,091 | 0.7% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 420 | <0.1% |
452,025
companies have 1 to 4 employees (55%). 96,346 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
95%
of the 42,696 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (4,041). Only 0 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in New Zealand based?
Auckland has more companies than any other region in New Zealand: 315,531, or 31% of the total, ahead of Canterbury (91,060) and Wellington (72,224). Below you find the twelve largest of its 16 regions and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 16 regions
| Region | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland | 315,531 | 31% | |
| Canterbury | 91,060 | 9% | |
| Wellington | 72,224 | 7% | |
| Waikato | 63,981 | 6% | |
| Bay of Plenty | 44,631 | 4% | |
| Otago | 34,011 | 3% | |
| Manawatu-Wanganui | 25,886 | 3% | |
| Northland | 22,642 | 2% | |
| Hawke's Bay | 20,796 | 2% | |
| Taranaki | 16,156 | 2% | |
| Southland | 11,536 | 1% | |
| Nelson | 8,866 | 0.9% |
Ten busiest cities
- Auckland274,622
- Christchurch60,260
- Wellington34,469
- Hamilton24,298
- Tauranga21,177
- Lower Hutt14,568
- Dunedin12,652
- Palmerston North9,685
- New Plymouth8,436
- Nelson7,642
Main industries in New Zealand
Real estate is the biggest industry in New Zealand by number of companies: 83,388, or 12% of all firms with an industry code. Next come holding and investment companies (72,519) and engineering, accounting and management (62,624). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 68 industry lists for New Zealand.
- Real estate83,38812%
- Holding and investment companies72,51910%
- Engineering, accounting and management62,6249%
- Business services and IT58,6208%
- Construction trades43,5286%
- Building construction30,2504%
- Restaurants and bars29,4204%
- Other shops22,6613%
- Leisure and recreation18,9153%
- Health care18,7603%
- Brokers and asset managers17,1332%
- Agricultural services15,6642%
- Livestock farming14,8992%
- Personal services14,8382%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)13,8552%
- Other industries195,23227%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in New Zealand
83,388
Real estate
SIC 65: Real Estate
- 12,000 staff
- 21,500 staff
- 31,232 staff
62,624
Engineering, accounting and management
SIC 87: Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 112,500 staff
- 25,479 staff
- 32,500 staff
58,620
SIC 73: Business Services
- 14,126 staff
- 23,600 staff
- 32,395 staff
43,528
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 1900 staff
- 2834 staff
- 3400 staff
30,250
SIC 15: Building Construction General Contractors And Operative Builders
- 11,544 staff
- 21,544 staff
- 3550 staff
29,420
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 11,918 staff
- 21,185 staff
- 3682 staff
22,661
Other shops
SIC 59: Miscellaneous Retail
- 13,200 staff
- 23,200 staff
- 31,300 staff
18,915
Leisure and recreation
SIC 79: Amusement And Recreation Services
- 13,000 staff
- 2840 staff
- 3737 staff
Discover more: all New Zealand industries, cities and regions
Every New Zealand list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
C · Manufacturing
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
K · Finance and insurance
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
More industries
- Beer distributors
- Beverage companies
- Bike companies
- Biotech companies
- Bookkeepers
- Bricklayers
- Car companies
- Communications companies
- Consumer goods companies
- Contractors
- Credit companies
- Entertainment companies
- Fabric companies
- Film producers
- Holiday companies
- Home appliance companies
- HR companies
- Industrial companies
- Installation companies
- Jewellery companies
- Laboratory companies
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in New Zealand? (2026)
42,696 new companies and startups registered in New Zealand so far in 2026, about 196 every working day, after a record 72,323 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 95% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 39,416 of them are corporations (Ltd).
≈ 196
new companies register every working day in 2026
95%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
72,323
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 55,5932022
- 58,0172023
- 59,7242024
- 72,3232025
- 42,6962026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1130 staff
- 2110 staff
- 385 staff
- 483 staff
- 535 staff
Oldest companies in New Zealand
Our data holds 359 New Zealand organisations founded before 1900 and 3,920 before 1950. Companies Register (Companies Office) dates a company from the creation of its current legal unit, so older firms show a later founding year.
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38,414
New Zealand companies were founded before 1990
2,909
were founded in 1990
931,544 New Zealand companies, 96% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 38,414 are older.
Types of companies in New Zealand
Three in four New Zealand businesses in our data are corporations (Ltd). Partnerships (partnerships) make up 0.3%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations759,69875%
- No legal form on record225,45922%
- Partnerships3,4920.3%
- Foreign companies19<0.1%
- Non-profit organisations27,2483%
- Cooperatives1,0900.1%
- Public bodies285<0.1%
Which New Zealand companies are part of a group?
Most New Zealand companies stand alone: 96% are single-site businesses. The other 38,455 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 32,890 head offices or 5,565 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Brian Perry Civil, with 8,127 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 18,127 companies
- 2475 companies
- 3441 companies
- 4233 companies
- 5218 companies
- 6206 companies
- 7184 companies
- 8138 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,017,291; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on New Zealand companies
158,971 New Zealand companies have a website on record (16%), 191,756 a phone number (19%) and 115,778 an email address (11%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 16% have a website and 12% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 158,971 | 16% | |
| Phone | 191,756 | 19% | |
| 115,778 | 11% |
Questions about companies in New Zealand
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
1,017,291. That includes 0 sole traders and 3,492 partnerships.
759,698 corporations, 75% of all New Zealand businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 815,242 New Zealand companies with a known headcount, 814,822 have fewer than 500 employees: 685,422 micro, 123,309 small and 6,091 medium-sized. 420 are large enterprises.
Hapag-Lloyd (New Zealand), with $20.2 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Fonterra Co-operative Group ($14.5B) and Fonterra Brands (New Zealand) ($14.5B).
Fonterra Co-operative Group, with 21,400 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
315,531, 31% of all New Zealand companies (2 November 2026).
42,696 so far in 2026, about 196 per working day, after a record 72,323 in 2025.
From Companies Register (Companies Office) and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
158,971, 16% of all New Zealand companies. 191,756 have a phone number and 115,778 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 1,017,291 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our New Zealand company database.
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All 1,017,291 companies in New Zealand with address, SIC code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our New Zealand company database.
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