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Dental businesses total: New Zealand, 2025
Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of
New Zealand had 2,568 dental businesses in 2025, according to Figure.NZ Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand, republished from Stats NZ business demography statistics. Scope: economically significant enterprises only. Basis: other (economically significant enterprises only).
Comparability C Confidence medium
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Figure.NZ (data provider: Stats NZ). (2026). Dental businesses total: New Zealand, as of 2025-02-28 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/nz/dental-businesses-total/2025/
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Record
- Value
- 2,568 businesses
- Scope qualifier
- economically significant enterprises only
- Unit
- businesses
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 2
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other: economically significant enterprises only
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
- Status
- Latest record for this market and metric; 1 earlier revision is kept below
Source quote
Industry: Q8531, Measure: Enterprises ... 2025 2,568
Locator: Chart "Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand, as at February 2000-2025, number of enterprises", table view, year 2025
Local definition
Enterprises (legal business entities) classified to ANZSIC06 Q8531 Dental services, economically significant only
Source
Figure.NZ (data provider: Stats NZ): Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand (enterprises, ANZSIC06 Q8531), republished from Stats NZ business demography statistics. Registry entry: nz-figurenz-business-demography-dental.
Notes
Revision 2 (2026-11-09, steward fix): Scope qualified: economically significant enterprises only (above the GST/employee threshold). Business count, not a premises/clinic count (DECISIONS L9). Moved from nz.dental_clinics_total.2025. Quote is assembled from two cells of a JavaScript-rendered table (filter caption + 2025 row); automatic cross-check cannot fetch it, verify in a browser. Enterprises, not clinic sites; one enterprise can run several practices, and covers only enterprises above the GST/employee threshold. Republished by Figure.NZ from Stats NZ business demography statistics (Feb 2025). 2024: 2,532. Geographic-unit (site) counts exist by region but no national 4-digit total was read.
Metric definition
Registered dental businesses/enterprises (tax or business register). Not a count of clinic premises: one practice can hold several registrations, a group can run many premises All markets for this metric.
Revisions
Earlier revisions of this figure stay on record for citation. They are never deleted.
Revision 1 (superseded)
- Value
- 2,568 businesses
- Unit
- businesses
- As of
- Accessed
- Revision
- 1
- Confidence
- medium
- Method
- reported
- Basis
- other
- Scope
- other
- Comparability
- Comparability C C: different basis; use with caution when comparing
Industry: Q8531, Measure: Enterprises ... 2025 2,568
Locator: Chart "Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand, as at February 2000-2025, number of enterprises", table view, year 2025
Source: Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand (enterprises, ANZSIC06 Q8531), republished from Stats NZ business demography statistics. Registry entry: nz-figurenz-business-demography-dental.
Local definition: Enterprises (legal business entities) classified to ANZSIC06 Q8531 Dental services, economically significant only
Notes: Business count, not a premises/clinic count (DECISIONS L9). Moved from nz.dental_clinics_total.2025. Quote is assembled from two cells of a JavaScript-rendered table (filter caption + 2025 row); automatic cross-check cannot fetch it, verify in a browser. Enterprises, not clinic sites; one enterprise can run several practices, and covers only enterprises above the GST/employee threshold. Republished by Figure.NZ from Stats NZ business demography statistics (Feb 2025). 2024: 2,532. Geographic-unit (site) counts exist by region but no national 4-digit total was read.
History
| Year | Value | Basis | As of | Comparability | Source | Series break |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,568 businesses | other (economically significant enterprises only) | Comparability C | Businesses in the dental services industry in New Zealand (enterprises, ANZSIC06 Q8531), republished from Stats NZ business demography statistics |
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