NZ Company Formation Statistics

Live data on newly incorporated NZ companies, updated daily from the Companies Register.

Data covers: 28 May 2026 to 15 Jun 2026 · 3,184 companies indexed

3,184 NZ companies indexed
265 new companies per weekday
13% with contact details found
4,156 unique directors tracked

Registration activity (last 12 days)

236 05-28
201 05-29
336 06-02
272 06-03
273 06-04
235 06-05
350 06-08
262 06-09
228 06-10
245 06-11
232 06-12
314 06-15

Weekdays only; weekends show 0 new registrations (Companies Office closed).

Top industries by new-company count

Trustee service
151
Investment
109
Building
109
Rental of residential property
80
Business consultant service
72
Investment
64
Holding company operation
64
Residential property development (excluding constr
62
Computer software publishing
54
Cleaning service
54

Industry classification from ANZSCO codes assigned at registration. A single company may span multiple sectors.

Top regions by registration volume

Auckland
1202
Christchurch
275
Hamilton
128
Wellington
117
Tauranga
83
Dunedin
55
Lower Hutt
53
Papakura
45
Palmerston North
41
Queenstown
36

Contact intelligence coverage

427
with email or phone (13%)
319
with email address (10%)
238
with phone number (7%)
601
with website found (19%)
FreshFirms discovers contact details by checking each company's own website, Google Business Profile, the director's other registered businesses, and Hunter.io. Only direct business contacts are included. Sole-trader and early-stage companies with no online presence remain unreachable until they publish contact details.

Key insights

Trustee service is the most common new business type, representing 5% of all new registrations.
Auckland is the most active region, with 1202 newly incorporated companies in this dataset.
13% of new companies have at least one discoverable contact (email or phone). FreshFirms continuously rescans companies to improve coverage as they establish their online presence.
1 companies are already GST registered. 3,183 are not yet registered -- a prime window for accountants and bookkeepers.

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Data source: NZ Companies Office public register + NZBN API, enriched by FreshFirms. Updated daily on New Zealand business days. Only newly incorporated limited liability companies (LTCs) are included. Statistics cover the FreshFirms index period shown above.