Source: Statistics New Zealand
Business financial data: September 2025 quarter – information release
11 December 2025
Business financial data provides sales, purchases, salaries and wages, and operating profit estimates for most market industries in New Zealand, and information on stocks for selected industries. This collection uses a combination of survey, tax, and other administrative data.
Key facts
For all business financial data (BFD) industries, in the September 2025 quarter compared with the September 2024 quarter:
- sales were $197 billion, up $7.6 billion (4.0 percent)
- purchases were $138 billion, up $5.1 billion (3.8 percent)
- salaries and wages were $32 billion, up $436 million (1.4 percent)
- operating profit was $27 billion, up $2.1 billion (8.5 percent).
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