Employees of enterprises in New Zealand

By institutional sector, as at February 2000–2023, millions of employees

The following information applies to all values in the table. Industry: TOTAL, Measure: Employee Count
Year as at February	Institutional sector	Number of employees
2000	Non-financial business enterprises	1,210,800
2001	Non-financial business enterprises	1,227,700
2002	Non-financial business enterprises	1,270,900
2003	Non-financial business enterprises	1,314,300
2004	Non-financial business enterprises	1,366,900
2005	Non-financial business enterprises	1,420,100
2006	Non-financial business enterprises	1,450,600
2007	Non-financial business enterprises	1,475,700
2008	Non-financial business enterprises	1,511,100
2009	Non-financial business enterprises	1,457,200
2010	Non-financial business enterprises	1,418,100
2011	Non-financial business enterprises	1,427,500
2012	Non-financial business enterprises	1,443,700
2013	Non-financial business enterprises	1,460,600
2014	Non-financial business enterprises	1,510,800
2015	Non-financial business enterprises	1,559,500
2016	Non-financial business enterprises	1,607,200
2017	Non-financial business enterprises	1,662,800
2018	Non-financial business enterprises	1,720,700
2019	Non-financial business enterprises	1,758,400
2020	Non-financial business enterprises	1,783,400
2021	Non-financial business enterprises	1,752,000
2022	Non-financial business enterprises	1,815,500
2023	Non-financial business enterprises	1,869,700
2000	Financial business enterprises	49,400
2001	Financial business enterprises	47,900
2002	Financial business enterprises	48,200
2003	Financial business enterprises	48,900
2004	Financial business enterprises	50,800
2005	Financial business enterprises	51,800
2006	Financial business enterprises	55,500
2007	Financial business enterprises	57,100
2008	Financial business enterprises	58,200
2009	Financial business enterprises	56,100
2010	Financial business enterprises	54,600
2011	Financial business enterprises	55,700
2012	Financial business enterprises	57,400
2013	Financial business enterprises	57,300
2014	Financial business enterprises	57,500
2015	Financial business enterprises	57,400
2016	Financial business enterprises	57,900
2017	Financial business enterprises	58,000
2018	Financial business enterprises	58,300
2019	Financial business enterprises	58,400
2020	Financial business enterprises	59,600
2021	Financial business enterprises	61,700
2022	Financial business enterprises	64,900
2023	Financial business enterprises	68,000
2000	General government institutions	255,600
2001	General government institutions	264,500
2002	General government institutions	266,900
2003	General government institutions	275,200
2004	General government institutions	283,900
2005	General government institutions	289,700
2006	General government institutions	294,200
2007	General government institutions	305,200
2008	General government institutions	312,400
2009	General government institutions	317,700
2010	General government institutions	327,800
2011	General government institutions	327,100
2012	General government institutions	327,000
2013	General government institutions	325,300
2014	General government institutions	330,300
2015	General government institutions	329,900
2016	General government institutions	333,500
2017	General government institutions	338,700
2018	General government institutions	351,900
2019	General government institutions	364,200
2020	General government institutions	377,900
2021	General government institutions	386,200
2022	General government institutions	396,200
2023	General government institutions	406,800
2000	Non-profit institutions serving households	90,700
2001	Non-profit institutions serving households	92,400
2002	Non-profit institutions serving households	95,700
2003	Non-profit institutions serving households	96,100
2004	Non-profit institutions serving households	101,500
2005	Non-profit institutions serving households	102,900
2006	Non-profit institutions serving households	98,100
2007	Non-profit institutions serving households	99,600
2008	Non-profit institutions serving households	103,100
2009	Non-profit institutions serving households	104,000
2010	Non-profit institutions serving households	107,500
2011	Non-profit institutions serving households	106,700
2012	Non-profit institutions serving households	106,300
2013	Non-profit institutions serving households	105,200
2014	Non-profit institutions serving households	104,500
2015	Non-profit institutions serving households	105,600
2016	Non-profit institutions serving households	105,500
2017	Non-profit institutions serving households	105,400
2018	Non-profit institutions serving households	106,500
2019	Non-profit institutions serving households	108,200
2020	Non-profit institutions serving households	110,600
2021	Non-profit institutions serving households	112,800
2022	Non-profit institutions serving households	114,500
2023	Non-profit institutions serving households	117,400

Definitions

Enterprises: A business or service entity operating in New Zealand. It can be a company, partnership, trust, estate, incorporated society, producer board, local or central government organisation, voluntary organisation or self-employed individual.
Employee Count: Employee count is a head-count of all salary and wage earners for the February reference month.
ANZSIC: A hierarchical industry classification. For more information, visit http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/industrial-classification.aspx
Institutional sector: an economic entity that is capable in its own right, of owning assets, incurring liabilities and engaging in economic activities and in transactions with other entities. For more information, visit http://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/institutional-sector.aspx

Limitations of the data

There are a number of limitations associated with business demography data. These limitations include:
- Non-coverage of 'small' enterprises that fall below the economic significance criteria on the Statistical Business Register (SBR).
- Lags in recording business births and deaths.
- Difficulties in maintaining industrial and business classifications for smaller firms (that are primarily maintained using administrative data).

Inclusions

Business demography statistics are limited to economically significant individual, private-sector and public-sector enterprises that are engaged in the production of goods and services in New Zealand. These enterprises are maintained on the Statistical Business Register, which generally includes all employing units and those enterprises with GST turnover greater than $30,000 per year.

Changes to data collection/processing

Up to 2015 business demography series was based on the Stats NZ Longitudinal Business Frame (LBF).
From 2016 business demography series is based on the Statistical Business Register (SBR).

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Business Demography Statistics: Enterprises by institutional sector and industry 2023

Webpage:

http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/WBOS/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE7607

How to find the data

Data is displayed at URL provided. To create this dataset, all variables were selected.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Business Demography Statistics: Enterprises by institutional sector and industry 2023

From the dataset Business Demography Statistics: Enterprises by institutional sector and industry 2023, this data was extracted:

Rows: 2-3,903
Column: 5
Provided: 3,902 data points

This data forms the table Business - Enterprises and employees by institutional sector and industry 2000–2023.

Dataset originally released on:

October 26, 2023

About this dataset

Business demographic statistics give an annual snapshot (as at February) of the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses.

Employees of enterprises in New Zealand

By institutional sector, as at February 2000–2023, millions of employees

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