What our New Zealand company report includes
Our New Zealand reports are researched from sources including New Zealand Companies Office records, IRD registration data, court judgement records and PPSR security register filings. Coverage of any individual source depends on what the subject company has filed and what is publicly accessible at the time of the search.
Identity & registration
- ✓ NZBN (New Zealand Business Number, 13-digit)
- ✓ Companies Office company number
- ✓ IRD number
- ✓ Registered name and legal form
- ✓ Date of incorporation and registered office
- ✓ Operating status
People & ownership
- ✓ Directors and director addresses
- ✓ Shareholders and shareholding
- ✓ Ultimate holding company where disclosed
- ✓ Beneficial ownership for relevant entities
- ✓ NZX listing status if applicable
Financial & trading
- ✓ Financial statements for large and FMC-reporting entities
- ✓ Turnover and profitability (where filed)
- ✓ GST registration status
- ✓ Number of employees and trading premises
- ✓ Risk indicator and calculated credit limit
Risk & public records
- ✓ Court judgements and District / High Court actions
- ✓ Liquidation, receivership and voluntary administration
- ✓ PPSR security interests over the company
- ✓ Director history including disqualifications
- ✓ Phoenix activity indicators where present
Why verify a New Zealand company?
New Zealand is widely regarded as one of the most transparent and predictable trading environments in the world. The Companies Office register is open, free to search and maintained in real time, and basic identity, director and ownership information is exceptionally easy to verify. What investigated reports add is depth on the questions the register does not answer: actual financial covenant for non-reporting private companies, director track record across prior entities, and the same phoenix-activity question that affects Australia.
Financial reporting obligations apply only to large companies, FMC reporting entities (including listed companies) and certain regulated industries. Most NZ private limited companies file no accounts publicly. For trade credit, supply agreements or partnership decisions involving a private NZ counterparty, our agents research the available records to establish trading status and group structure, and may ask the company for supplementary information, which it may or may not choose to provide.
An investigated NZ report is most useful where the exposure is meaningful, where directors have prior corporate history that needs reading, or where the counterparty is part of a wider group whose covenant strength sits elsewhere.