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).

Visit our website to read this information release and to download CSV files:

• Business financial data: September 2025 quarter: https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/business-financial-data-september-2025-quarter/
• CSV files for download: https://www.stats.govt.nz/large-datasets/csv-files-for-download/

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