New Zealand Business Demography Statistics: At February 2011

Compared with February 2010, provisional figures at February 2011 showed:

• There were 470,050 enterprises, down 0.6 percent.
• The number of enterprises fell for the second consecutive year (each of the preceding eight years saw an increase).
• There were 42,370 enterprise births over the year, down 9.1 percent.
• There were 48,950 enterprises that ceased over the year, down 7.9 percent.
• There were 1.91 million paid employees (not an official employment statistic), up 0.4 percent.
• Rental, hiring, and real estate services remained the largest industry with one-fifth of all enterprises.
• The manufacturing industry continued to be the largest employer (225,300 employees), but this number was down 1.3 percent.
• The Auckland region (which has the same geographic boundaries as the Auckland Council) had 32 percent of all business locations and 33 percent of all paid employees.