Source: Statistics New Zealand
Annual enterprise survey: 2025 financial year (provisional) – information release
25 June 2026
The annual enterprise survey (AES) is New Zealand’s most comprehensive source of financial statistics covering more than 500,000 businesses. It provides annual information on the financial performance and financial position for industry groups operating in New Zealand. AES is a key source of data for Stats NZ national accounts publications.
Key facts
Provisional results for all AES industries are for the 2025 financial year, compared with the 2024 financial year.
- Total income decreased by $4.2 billion (0.4 percent) to $976 billion. A $16 billion fall in interest, dividends, and donations received contributed to this fall in total income.
- Total expenditure increased by $10 billion (1.2 percent) to $868 billion.
- Businesses earned $110 billion in surplus before income tax – down $11 billion (9.4 percent). This decrease was mainly driven by a fall in interest, dividends, and donations received, as well as a fall in non-operating income.
- Operating surplus (excludes non-operating income and expenses) decreased by $6.3 billion (5.9 percent) to $101 billion. This fall was driven by an $8.9 billion decrease in operating surplus for the financial and insurance services industries.
- Total assets increased by $117 billion (4.0 percent) to $3.1 trillion.
- Businesses made a 4 percent return on assets – unchanged from 2024.
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