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Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Anthony Kelly Anthony Kelly Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: October 2024 ANZSIC E3241NZ

Revenue

$979.0m

2024-25

$979.0m

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

3,752

Businesses

2,233

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand industry analysis

The Plastering and Ceiling Services industry has faced divergent trends in the core building markets. The industry’s performance has also been constrained by the long-term shift in residential building construction towards multi-unit apartments and townhouses, which typically have a smaller wall and ceiling area per dwelling unit than single-unit houses. Over the five years through 2024-25, industry revenue is expected to contract at an annualised 2.9% to $979.0 million, including a decline of 3.2% in the current year. Profit margins have deteriorated because of intensifying price competition in the housing construction market and rising input costs in the wake of global supply chain disruptions.

Trends and Insights

  • A recent hike in mortgage interest rates has contributed to a slump in plastering and ceiling activity in the residential building market. Still, many of the industry’s larger contractors continue to benefit from favourable commercial building trends.
  • Plasterboard fixing is the most popular service. Plasterboard services have become popular as a faster and more cost-effective plastering solution. Still, the recent hike in interest rates has dampened domestic plasterboard fixing.
  • Auckland is the largest building market in New Zealand and has the highest concentration of plastering and ceiling contractors. Still, Auckland is under-represented in direct employment, indicating contractors are more reliant on a subcontracted workforce.
  • New entrants with trade qualifications are able to compete with existing plasterers on price. Even so, existing plasterers have an advantage because of their established relationships with builders and developers based on a proven reputation for quality and value.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 2.9 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $979.0m in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Cracks appeared with a slump in housing construction

  • A hike in mortgage interest rates and less favourable bank lending practices have contributed to a slump in plastering and ceiling activity in the residential building market and a deterioration in industry revenue through 2024-25.
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Plastering and Ceiling Services 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

Plastering activity is crumbling in the residential building market

  • Contractors will continue to face challenging conditions in the residential building market. Although homebuyers will benefit from easing mortgage interest rates, bank lending practices will remain tight and new home buyers will be adversely affected by the removal of the First Home Grant subsidy.

Biggest companies in the Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Troake Group Limited
12.0
Master Touch Ltd
5.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Plasterboard fixing, Plasterboard repair and Solid and fibrous plastering. Plasterboard fixing is the largest segment of the Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Interest rate hikes have taken their toll on plasterboard fixing

  • Plasterboard fixing, or GIB stopping, refers to installing plasterboard as the interior lining of walls and ceilings in residential, commercial and institutional buildings. Contractors often install insulation, vapour barriers, battens or wall-brace systems before fixing the plasterboards and cornices.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry companies are mainly engaged in plastering, plaster fixing or finishing.

What's included in this industry?

Cement rendering of buildingsDecorative plaster fixingFibrous plaster fixing or finishingPlaster work on construction projectsPlasterboard fixing or finishingSolid plastering

Companies

Troake Group LimitedMaster Touch Ltd

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Related Terms

SOLID PLASTERINGFIBROUS PLASTERINGPLASTERBOARDSTUCCORENDERGIB STOPPINGSCRIM

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 3241 - Plastering and Ceiling Services 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

A recent hike in mortgage interest rates has contributed to a slump in plastering and ceiling activity in the residential building market. Still, many of the industry’s large...

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

Plasterboard fixing is the most popular service. Plasterboard services have become popular as a faster and more cost-effective plastering solution. Still, the recent hike in ...

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

Auckland is the largest building market in New Zealand and has the highest concentration of plastering and ceiling contractors. Still, Auckland is under-represented in direct...

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

New entrants with trade qualifications are able to compete with existing plasterers on price. Even so, existing plasterers have an advantage because of their established rela...

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

The Plastering and Ceiling Services industry has no major companies. Most plastering contractors are small-scale businesses that operate in narrow regional markets.

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 Troake Group Limited's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Master Touch Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Troake Group Limited, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Master Touch Ltd, 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

A current slump in residential building construction represents the principal constraint on plastering contractors. A hike in mortgage interest rates and tightening bank lend...

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

Fierce price competition in the housing market and an upwards trend in input costs have squeezed profit margins. Even so, plastering work in the faster-growing commercial bui...

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 Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand in 2024?

The market size of the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand is $979.0m in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand industry in 2024?

There are 2,233 businesses in the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.7 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand has been declining at a CAGR of 2.9 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Plastering and Ceiling Services market in New Zealand?

The biggest companies operating in the Plastering and Ceiling Services market in New Zealand are Troake Group Limited and Master Touch Ltd

What does the Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand include?

Cement rendering of buildings and Decorative plaster fixing are part of the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Plastering and Ceiling Services in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in New Zealand is Troake Group Limited.

How competitive is the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Plastering and Ceiling Services industry in New Zealand.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Painting and Decorating Services in New Zealand
  • Concreting, Bricklaying and Roofing Services in New Zealand
  • Hardware Wholesaling in New Zealand

International industries

  • Drywall & Insulation Installers in the US
  • Plastering and Ceiling Services in Australia
  • Plastering in the UK
  • Building Completion & Interior Design in China

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Key data sources in New Zealand include:

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  • Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

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  • Industry federations or regulators
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