Small to Medium Enterprises

Small to Medium Enterprises

Table of contents

  1. General
  2. Māori Business
  3. Māori Employment
  4. Māori Income
  5. Māori Entrepreneurship
  6. Discussion

General

As at February 2007:1

  • 97% of enterprises were SMEs with 89% of enterprises employing five or fewer people;
  • the number of SMEs had increased 2% since 2006;
  • SMEs accounted for 31% of all employees with five or fewer employee firms accounting for 12% of all employees; and
  • those employed by SME’s increased by 18% since 2001.

 

1 SMEs in New Zealand: Structure and Dynamics 2008, Ministry of Economic Development (MED) 2008.