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 June 2023 quarter compared with the June 2022 quarter:

• sales were $191 billion, up $6.2 billion (3.4 percent)
• purchases were $134 billion, up $2.9 billion (2.2 percent)
• salaries and wages were $31 billion, up $2.4 billion (8.7 percent)
• operating profit was $27 billion, up $866 million (3.3 percent).

When adjusting for seasonal effects, in the June 2023 quarter compared with the March 2023 quarter:

• sales in 9 of the 14 New Zealand Standard Industrial Output Classification (NZSIOC) level 1 industries increased
• construction (up $1.4 billion); wholesale trade (down $458 million); and electricity, gas, water, and waste services (up $391 million) industries had the largest movements in sales.

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