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4%
20%20%
45%
0-19 20-49 50+
Number of employees
0% 50% 100
%
0-19 employees
20 or more employees
6,141
990
19,152
17,919
1,011
17,016
702
16,437
25,998
14,523
15,975
9,411
4,821
54,519
52,425
22,041
68,076
34,686
105,777
Education & training
Public administration
& safety
Manufacturing
Utilities
Mining
Accommodation
& food services
Healthcare &
social assistance
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transport, postal &
warehousing
Administrative
& support services
Arts & recreation services
Information, media
& communications
Professional, scientific
& technical services
Construction
Other services
Agriculture, Forestry
& Fishing
Finance & insurance services
Rental, hiring & real estate
$57,163m
$13,908m
$100,617m
$46,308m
0-19 Employees
20-49 Employees
$217,995m
TOTAL
50 Or More Employees
Excluded Industries /
Other Items
227,850
372,030
280,240
1,165,510
1-5 Employees
6-19 Employees
2,045,610
TOTAL
20-49 Employees
50 Or More Employees
Data source: Statistics New Zealand Business Demography, Feb 2015
Chart 2: Number of Employees
by Employee Size Group
353,070
97,293
37,239
9,459
5,109
Zero Employees
1-5 Employees
6-19 Employees
502,170
TOTAL
20-49 Employees
50 Or More Employees
SMALL BUSINESSES
IN NEW ZEALAND
How do they compare with larger firms?
SMALL BUSINESSES* DOMINATE OUR INDUSTRIES
May 2016
Chart 1: Number of Enterprises
by Employee Size Group
Chart 4: Number and Percentage of Enterprises
with 0-19 Employees by Industry
Chart 5: Percentage of Enterprises
with Common Ownership
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Data source: Statistics New Zealand Business Demography, Feb 2015
Data source: Statistics New Zealand, National Accounts Mar 2013
Data source: Statistics New Zealand Business Demography, Feb 2015
* Small businesses are defined here as
those enterprises with fewer than
20 employees. There is no official
definition of a small business in
New Zealand, however enterprises
with fewer than 20 employees has
traditionally been used and referred
to in some legislation. Australia
also uses the same definition which
enables comparisons to be made.
Internationally there is no universally
used definition for a small business:
many economies use a limit higher
than 20 employees.
OF ENTERPRISES HAVE
FEWER THAN 20 EMPLOYEES
487,602 ENTERPRISES CHART 1
OF ENTERPRISES HAVE
ZERO EMPLOYEES CHART 1
OF EMPLOYEES IN NEW ZEALAND
ARE EMPLOYED BY ENTERPRISES
WITH FEWER THAN 20 EMPLOYEES
599,880 CHART 2
OF NEW ZEALAND’S GDP IS
ESTIMATED TO BE PRODUCED BY
ENTERPRISES WITH FEWER THAN 20
EMPLOYEES (CHART 3)
THE RENTAL, HIRING, AND REAL
ESTATE SERVICES INDUSTRY
HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF
ENTERPRISES WITH FEWER THAN 20
EMPLOYEES (CHART 4)
OF ENTERPRISES WITH FEWER THAN
20 EMPLOYEES ARE INDEPENDENT
OPERATIONS NOT OWNED BY
OTHERS (CHART 5)
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Data source: Statistics New Zealand Business Demography, Feb 2015
Chart 3: Estimated Contribution to GDP
by Employee Size Group