List of companies of New Zealand

New Zealand is a wealthy country, with a relatively high GDP per capita and a relatively low rate of poverty.

The restructuring and sale of state-owned enterprises in the 1990s reduced government's role in the economy.

[1] New Zealand companies are dependent on international trade, mainly with Australia, the European Union, the United States, China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

[2] The Financial Reporting Act 1993[3] defines a large company as one that satisfied at least one of two criteria: Several of the largest firms are listed below: (NZ$ thousand) This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country.

For convenience, the word "Limited", which every company registered or re-registered under the Companies Act 1993 must have at the end of its name, is reduced to the common and universally recognised term "Ltd", which is a specifically permitted abbreviation under the Act.