Looking closer at some of New Zealand’s leading business sectors, we’re seeing interesting trends emerging across the market. In particular, agribusiness has seen a jump forward in current business performance sentiment compared to October 2023, while retail and tourism have both experienced a significant decline in business performance sentiment. And while negative sentiment is reflected across business performance and wellbeing measures for many sectors, we are mostly seeing this return to levels similar to our pre-October 2023 surveys.
To learn more about how specific sectors are feeling, view our commentaries, business tips, and video interviews across agribusiness, construction, Māori business, Not-for-Profit, retail, and tourism below – including insights from BDO Sector Leaders and actual business leaders at the ‘coalface’ of their industry.
