SMEs and Industry Sectors

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SMEs in New Zealand: Structure and Dynamics - 2005

[ Last Updated 3 November 2005 ]

Enterprises on the Statistics New Zealand Business Frame are assigned to different industrial sectors using the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC). A geographic unit (or business location) is assigned to an ANZSIC category according to the predominant business activity in which it is engaged. Statistics on farming businesses (ANZSIC A01) are removed, but will be included in future reports.

ANZSIC industry classifications used in this report are:

A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing
B	Mining
C	Manufacturing
D	Electricity, gas and water supply
E	Construction
F	Wholesale trade
G	Retail trade
H	Accommodation, cafes and restaurants
I	Transport and storage
J	Communication services
K	Finance and insurance
L	Property and business services
M	Government administration and defence
N	Education
O	Health and community services
P	Cultural and recreational services
Q	Personal and other services

SMEs constitute over 90 percent of enterprises in several industries.

SMEs are most predominant in the property and business services sector, accounting for 98.77 percent of all enterprises in this industry. Enterprises with 5 or fewer employees constitute a very large majority, making up 95.32 percent.

SMEs are dominant also in the finance and insurance, communications services, cultural and recreational services, and personal and other services industries, making up at least 96 percent of businesses in each of these industry groups.

Figure 10 illustrates the significance of SMEs in each ANZSIC group.

Figure 10: Significance of SMEs by ANZSIC Classification

→ Long Description of Figure 10: Significance of SMEs by ANZSIC Classification