Business valuation benchmarks by industry
Industry-specific valuation evidence for New Zealand businesses, drawn from verified sales recorded by licensed NZ business brokers. Each page covers indexed price and SDE-multiple trends, median time-to-sell, recent comparables and a regional heatmap, organised by ANZSIC division.
ANZSIC Division C
Manufacturing
Food and beverage producers, machinery makers, joinery, plastics and metal-product manufacturers. A low-churn market of larger deals, with median sale price up 52% since 2010, from 1,267 verified sales.
View Manufacturing benchmarksANZSIC Division E
Construction
Plumbing, electrical, roofing, HVAC and building-services businesses, across 446 verified sales with median sale price up 178% since 2010.
View Construction benchmarksANZSIC Division F
Wholesale Trade
Grocery, machinery, motor-parts and plumbing-supply distributors and importers. The steepest price growth of any Bizstats industry, up 239% since 2010, from 715 verified sales.
View Wholesale Trade benchmarksANZSIC Division G
Retail Trade
Car dealers, supermarkets, dairies, pharmacies, hardware and clothing stores. Median sale price is up 124% since 2010, across 2,263 verified retail sales.
View Retail Trade benchmarksANZSIC Division H
Accommodation and Food Services
Cafes, restaurants, takeaways, bars and accommodation businesses. The largest sales category Bizstats tracks, built from 4,755 verified transactions, with a median time-to-sell near 4 months.
View Accommodation and Food Services benchmarksANZSIC Division I
Transport, Postal and Warehousing
Road freight, courier, warehousing, taxi and transport-support businesses. A small, volatile market with median sale price up 76% since 2010, from 277 verified sales.
View Transport, Postal and Warehousing benchmarksANZSIC Division L
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
Equipment hire, vehicle rental, real estate agencies and leasing businesses. Asset-backed, recurring-fee operations that sell quickly, with a median time-to-sell near 3 months, from 328 verified sales.
View Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services benchmarksANZSIC Division M
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
IT, engineering, accounting, design and advertising businesses. The fastest-selling category Bizstats tracks, with a median time-to-sell near 1.5 months, across 285 verified sales.
View Professional, Scientific and Technical Services benchmarksANZSIC Division N
Administrative and Support Services
Commercial cleaning, pest control, gardening and grounds-maintenance businesses. Recurring-contract operations where median time-to-sell has fallen sharply, built from 333 verified sales.
View Administrative and Support Services benchmarksANZSIC Division P
Education and Training
Childcare and preschools, vocational training, tutoring and arts education. SDE multiples have compressed under regulatory and funding pressure, across 233 verified sales.
View Education and Training benchmarksANZSIC Division R
Arts and Recreation Services
Gyms, fitness centres, and amusement and recreation businesses. A discretionary-spending category where sale prices have ended close to the 2010 baseline, across 233 verified sales.
View Arts and Recreation Services benchmarksANZSIC Division S
Other Services
Mechanics, panel beaters, hairdressers, beauty salons and barbers. One of the few categories where both sale prices and SDE multiples have re-rated upward, across 1,077 verified sales.
View Other Services benchmarksBenchmark pages cover the ANZSIC divisions with enough recorded sales for a reliable read. More divisions are published as transaction coverage reaches a sufficient sample size.