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Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Shelley Roque Shelley Roque Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: June 2024 ANZSIC L6712NZ

Revenue

$37.5bn

2024-25

$37.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xbn

Employees

67,746

Businesses

65,140

Wages

$X.Xbn

Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand industry analysis

Commercial property operators have navigated through dynamic trading conditions in the past five years. A shortage in commercial property supply, driven by a sluggish construction sector, has led to a demand-supply imbalance, driving up commercial property rents. As operators' fees are often determined as a proportion of rent, industry revenue has grown in recent years. Overall, industry revenue is expected to rise at an annualised 5.4% over the five years through 2024-25, to $37.5 billion, including a 4.1% drop anticipated in the current year. 

Trends and Insights

  • Upstream construction challenges are limiting the availability of commercial leases. Labour shortages, land scarcity and high construction costs have impeded developers from initiating new projects, causing supply constraints and upwards pressure on rents in popular areas.
  • The COVID-19 pandemic changed demand dynamics in commercial property leasing. Remote working trends negatively impacted office property demand, while a decline in tourism hit retail property demand.
  • Commercial property operators tend to be situated in urban areas to cater to large business and government clients that prefer leasing properties in major cities. Proximity to clients is crucial for commercial property operators’ success.
  • Competitive dynamics vary in different areas, and market share concentration is typically higher in major cities. In regional areas, a high proportion of commercial property operators are non-employing entities leasing out individual properties.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 5.4 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $37.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Commercial property firms are rallying despite pandemic setbacks

  • The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on industry performance. At the height of the pandemic, demand from some tenants tanked, especially after the border was closed and many professional offices introduced work-from-home measures.
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Commercial Property Operators 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

Upstream supply issues will ease, allowing an influx of new entrants

  • Tenant demand is projected to grow over the next few years as business confidence returns to positive territory and real household discretionary incomes grow. These economic improvements will follow the end of pandemic-related volatility and disruptions.

Biggest companies in the Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Kiwi Property
331.8
Precinct Properties
225.9
Colliers International New Zealand Limited
111.4

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Products & Services Segmentation

Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Office property operation, Retail property operation and Industrial property operation. Office property operation is the largest segment of the Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Office property operation demand is rebounding from a pandemic downturn

  • Commercial property owners lease prime, grade A, grade B and grade C office spaces in CBD, suburban and regional locations.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry operators rent out non-residential properties like offices, retail space, and warehouses. They offer a vast array of leasing services for commercial spaces, serving businesses with their property needs across New Zealand.

What's included in this industry?

Office space renting or leasingShopping centre renting or leasingFactory renting or leasingWarehouse renting or leasingSelf-storage renting or leasingCommercial property body corporationCommercial property strata corporation

Companies

Kiwi PropertyPrecinct PropertiesColliers International New Zealand Limited

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Related Terms

VACANCY RATECOMMERCIAL PROPERTY YIELDPROPERTY GRADES

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 6712 - Commercial Property Operators 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

Upstream construction challenges are limiting the availability of commercial leases. Labour shortages, land scarcity and high construction costs have impeded developers from ...

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

The COVID-19 pandemic changed demand dynamics in commercial property leasing. Remote working trends negatively impacted office property demand, while a decline in tourism hit...

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

Commercial property operators tend to be situated in urban areas to cater to large business and government clients that prefer leasing properties in major cities. Proximity t...

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

Competitive dynamics vary in different areas, and market share concentration is typically higher in major cities. In regional areas, a high proportion of commercial property ...

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

There are no major players in this industry. Market share is diffused among a high portion of smaller operators. Large-scale property funds tend to only operate in major citi...

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 Kiwi Property's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Precinct Properties's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Colliers International New Zealand Limited's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Kiwi Property, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Precinct Properties, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Colliers International New Zealand Limited, 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

Real household income is on track to fall in 2024-25, which may constrain demand in the retail segment. Lower retail spending will reduce businesses’ willingness to expand th...

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

Purchase costs have surged since 2021-22 after New Zealand’s interest rates soared. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has undertaken the fastest hiking cycle in history, which ...

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 Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand in 2024?

The market size of the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand is $37.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand industry in 2024?

There are 65,140 businesses in the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 5.4 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Commercial Property Operators market in New Zealand?

The biggest companies operating in the Commercial Property Operators market in New Zealand are Kiwi Property, Precinct Properties and Colliers International New Zealand Limited

What does the Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand include?

Office space renting or leasing and Shopping centre renting or leasing are part of the Commercial Property Operators industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Commercial Property Operators in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in New Zealand is Kiwi Property.

How competitive is the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Commercial Property Operators industry in New Zealand.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • House Construction in New Zealand
  • Real Estate Services in New Zealand
  • Commercial and Industrial Building Construction in New Zealand
  • Land Development and Subdivision in New Zealand

International industries

  • Global Commercial Real Estate
  • Commercial Leasing in the US
  • Storage & Warehouse Leasing in the US
  • Land Leasing in the US
  • Property Management in the US

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