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Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Levi Duane-Davis Levi Duane-Davis Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: July 2024 ANZSIC F3411NZ

Revenue

$4.5bn

2024-25

$4.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

4,774

Businesses

417

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand industry analysis

The Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry has faced volatile operating conditions in recent years. Agricultural machinery wholesalers have benefited from flourishing agriculture markets and growing private capital expenditure on machinery and equipment. At the same time, fluctuations in demand from the construction sector have hampered the sale of construction machinery. Wholesalers also experienced a sudden drop in demand from domestic building markets as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall, revenue is expected to climb at an annualised rate of 0.1% over the five years through 2024-25, including a rise of 0.6% in the current year, to an estimated $4.5 billion.

Trends and Insights

  • Construction machinery demand is on the rise. Residential and infrastructure projects are fuelling demand, with large road and rail transport projects driving sales of heavy and civil engineering equipment.
  • Strong demand from the dairy industry has kept tractor sales afloat. Meanwhile, resurging construction acitivites have revitalised excavator sales.
  • Agricultural and construction machinery wholesalers are skewed towards less densely populated regions. These regions, like Waikato, typically have greater agricultural activity.
  • Many wholesalers hold distribution rights to well-known international brands. These wholesalers are largely protected from competition and benefit from the perceived quality of their product offerings.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $4.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Rising private capital expenditure fuels wholesalers' performance

  • Private capital expenditure on machinery and equipment has significantly increased over recent years, fuelling demand for wholesalers' goods and boosting revenue.
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Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Rising business confidence and infrastructure projects are set to boost construction machinery and equipment expenditure

  • Private capital expenditure on machinery and equipment is anticipated to swell because of growing business confidence and shrinking cash rates.

Biggest companies in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
C B Norwood Distributors
321.3

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Products & Services Segmentation

Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Tractors, Loaders and Excavators. Tractors is the largest segment of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Sustained demand from the dairy industry buoyed tractor sales amid pandemic disruptions

  • Tractors are a fundamental tool in agriculture and can differ greatly in terms of size and cost.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry operators wholesale agricultural machinery and implements, earthmoving machinery and other construction machinery and equipment. The industry also wholesales parts for this equipment.

What's included in this industry?

TractorsLoadersExcavatorsPlanting and harvesting machineryMilking machineryGrain handling machineryFarm irrigation equipmentCompactorsParts for machinery and equipment

Companies

C B Norwood Distributors

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Related Terms

VITICULTURETILLAGETRACTOR

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 3411 - Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Construction machinery demand is on the rise. Residential and infrastructure projects are fuelling demand, with large road and rail transport projects driving sales of heavy ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Strong demand from the dairy industry has kept tractor sales afloat. Meanwhile, resurging construction acitivites have revitalised excavator sales.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Agricultural and construction machinery wholesalers are skewed towards less densely populated regions. These regions, like Waikato, typically have greater agricultural activi...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Many wholesalers hold distribution rights to well-known international brands. These wholesalers are largely protected from competition and benefit from the perceived quality ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Norwood lost its distribution rights for Case IH and New Holland branded machinery in July 2022. That's why the company’s market share has contracted.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of C B Norwood Distributors's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for C B Norwood Distributors, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Wholesalers benefit from low import duties on the majority of machinery that they sell and distribute, including tractors, loaders, dozers, graders and levellers. Low tariffs...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

As is typical of wholesale industries, the cost of purchasing goods for wholesale represents the largest share of the industry's cost. The drop in the value of the New Zealan...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand in 2024?

The market size of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand is $4.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand industry in 2024?

There are 417 businesses in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.9 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 0.1 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling market in New Zealand?

The biggest company operating in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling market in New Zealand is C B Norwood Distributors

What does the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand include?

Tractors and Loaders are part of the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in New Zealand is C B Norwood Distributors.

How competitive is the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Agricultural and Construction Machinery Wholesaling industry in New Zealand.

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Competitors

  • Industrial and Mining Machinery Wholesaling in New Zealand

Complementors

  • Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing in New Zealand
  • Commercial Vehicle Wholesaling in New Zealand

International industries

  • Construction & Mining Equipment Wholesaling in the US
  • Farm, Lawn & Garden Equipment Wholesaling in the US
  • Material Handling Equipment Distributors in the US
  • Construction & Forestry Equipment Wholesaling in Canada
  • Farm, Lawn & Garden Equipment Wholesaling in Canada

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