SMEs and Industry Sectors
Enterprises on the Statistics New Zealand Business Frame are assigned to different industrial sectors using the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC). Statistics on farming businesses (ANZSIC A01) are removed to allow for comparison of data produced in business demography releases up to 2003 (which exclude farming). However, statistics on farming businesses (2004-2006) are available from Statistics New Zealand on request.4
The enterprise ANZSIC is derived from the ANZSIC and the employment levels of the geographic unit(s) belonging to that enterprise. A geographic unit (or business location) is assigned to an ANZSIC category according to the predominant business activity in which it is engaged.
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 most industries.
SMEs are most predominant in the property and business services sector, accounting for 98.7 percent of all enterprises in this industry at February 2006. SMEs are dominant also in the finance and insurance, construction, personal and other services, and communication services, making up 97 percent of businesses in each of these industry groups.
Figure 11. Percentage of Enterprises by EC Size Group and ANZSIC, at February 2006
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