Businesses in the higher education industry in New Zealand
By territorial authority, as at February 2024, number of geographic units
| Territorial authority | Number of geographic units |
|---|---|
| Far North | 3 |
| Whangārei | 3 |
| Waikato | 0 |
| Hamilton | 6 |
| Waipā | 0 |
| South Waikato | 3 |
| Waitomo | 0 |
| Tauranga | 3 |
| Rotorua | 0 |
| Whakatāne | 6 |
| Kawerau | 3 |
| Ōpōtiki | 0 |
| Gisborne | 0 |
| Hastings | 0 |
| New Plymouth | 3 |
| Whanganui | 0 |
| Palmerston North | 3 |
| Kāpiti Coast | 3 |
| Porirua | 0 |
| Lower Hutt | 0 |
| Wellington | 15 |
| Nelson | 3 |
| Marlborough | 0 |
| Christchurch | 9 |
| Selwyn | 0 |
| Dunedin | 6 |
| Invercargill | 3 |
| Auckland | 30 |
Definitions
Geographic unit: A separate operating unit engaged in New Zealand in one, or predominately one, kind of economic activity from a single physical location or base.
Employee Count (EC): Employee count is a head-count of all salary and wage earners for the February reference month.
ANZSIC06: Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006. A business is normally assigned to an ANZSIC06 category according to the predominant activity it is engaged in. ANZSIC06 is a hierarchical classification with four levels: division, subdivision, group, and class.
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Limitations of the data
The Statistical Business Register (SBR) supports quality national-level and aggregate industry-level statistics but is not designed to provide quality fine-level regional or industry statistics. The SBR update sources can have timing lags and less robust information for small and medium-sized enterprises. These quality weaknesses can be highlighted in fine-level business demography statistics.
Inclusions
Business demography statistics coverage is limited to economically significant enterprises that are engaged in producing goods and services in New Zealand. An enterprise must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- annual expenses or sales subject to GST of more than $30,000
- 12-month rolling mean employee count of greater than three
- part of a group of enterprises
- registered for GST and involved in agriculture or forestry
- over $40,000 of income recorded in the IR10 annual tax return (this includes some units in residential property leasing and rental).
Exclusions
All non-trading or dormant enterprises, as well as enterprises outside New Zealand, are excluded from business demography statistics.
Changes to data collection/processing
Up to the 2015 release, the business demography statistics series used the Longitudinal Business Frame as its data source. The Longitudinal Business Frame was constructed from all current and historic Business Frame data. The Statistical Business Register (SBR) that replaced the Business Frame in 2014 allows for easy creation of longitudinal snapshots.
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Dataset name
Business Demography Statistics: Geographic units by area (TA and RC) and industry 2024
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How to find the data
Data is displayed at URL provided. To create this dataset, click on download and “unfiltered data in tabular text (CSV)”.
Due to file size, only years from 2015 onwards were selected.
Please note Figure.NZ filtered this dataset to remove duplicate industry categories.
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Business Demography Statistics: Geographic units by area (TA and RC) and industry 2024
From the dataset Business Demography Statistics: Geographic units by area (TA and RC) and industry 2024, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: STATSNZ,BDS_BDS_001,1.0,filtere
- Range:
M2:M865127 - Provided: 651,724 data points
This data forms the table Business - Geographic units and employees by territorial authority and detailed industry 2015–2024.
Dataset originally released on:
October 31, 2024
About this dataset
Business demography statistics provide an annual snapshot (at February) of the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses. The series covers economically significant enterprises that are engaged in producing goods and services in New Zealand.