Source: Statistics New Zealand
Business financial data: September 2024 quarter – information release – 11 December 2024 – 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 2024 quarter compared with the September 2023 quarter:
- sales were $189 billion, down $1.3 billion (0.7 percent)
- purchases were $133 billion, down $888 million (0.7 percent)
- salaries and wages were $31 billion, up $593 million (1.9 percent)
- operating profit was $25 billion, down $1.0 billion (4.0 percent).
When adjusting for seasonal effects, in the September 2024 quarter compared with the June 2024 quarter:
- sales in 6 of the 14 New Zealand Standard Industrial Output Classification (NZSIOC) level 1 industries increased
- electricity, gas, water, and waste services (up $819 million); wholesale trade (down $457 million); and construction (down $429 million) industries had the largest movements in sales.
- Business financial data: September 2024 quarter
- CSV files for download
