Business valuation benchmarks by region
Region-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 breakdown of the most active industries in the region.
North Island
Auckland
New Zealand's largest business-sales market: 6,736 verified Auckland sales, with median sale prices up 41% since 2010.
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Bay of Plenty
One of New Zealand's fastest-growing regions, centred on Tauranga: 1,092 verified Bay of Plenty sales, with strong long-run price growth.
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Canterbury
The South Island's largest business-sales market, centred on Christchurch: 1,522 verified Canterbury sales, prices up 74% since 2010.
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Nelson
A lifestyle-weighted top-of-the-South market: 292 verified Nelson sales, with a hospitality-heavy mix and a thin-sample, volatile read.
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Northland
The far north market spanning Whangarei and the Bay of Islands: 212 verified Northland sales, with a fast-tightening time-to-sell.
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Otago
A tourism-weighted southern market spanning Queenstown and Dunedin: 505 verified Otago sales, with hospitality the dominant category.
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Taranaki
The western North Island market centred on New Plymouth: 430 verified Taranaki sales, with a steady, modest long-run price trend.
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Waikato
The central North Island market centred on Hamilton: 673 verified Waikato sales, with strong long-run price growth and a fast-tightening time-to-sell.
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Wellington
The capital-city market, with a hospitality-heavy mix and a softening time-to-sell: 464 verified Wellington sales.
View Wellington benchmarksBenchmark pages cover the regions with enough recorded sales for a reliable read. More regions are published as transaction coverage reaches a sufficient sample size.