Businesses

Statistics about business include demographic details about the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses, business finance, growth and innovation. Information covers both the wholesale and retail trade sectors.

	Business characteristics Includes number, type and location of businesses (excluding farming) in New Zealand.
	Business growth and innovation Shows levels of the introduction of a new or significantly improved product or service to the market, or within a business, by business size, industry and kind of innovation used.
	Business finance Includes details about income, expenditure and balance sheets for industry groups, manufacturing industry statistics including income and operating expenditure, and retail and wholesale trade sales by storetype and region.
	Research and development Comprises creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge.