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Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Matilda Reilly Matilda Reilly Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: January 2024 ANZSIC S9412NZ

Revenue

$1.7bn

2024-25

$1.7bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

7,946

Businesses

2,483

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand industry analysis

The Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry has endured mixed demand for various services. Drink-driving reduction initiatives and improved vehicle safety features, like collision warning systems, have enhanced road safety, resulting in a drop in vehicle crashes in recent years. This trend has constrained demand for accident repair services. Even so, a climbing number of registered vehicles has supported underlying demand for motor vehicle repair services over the past few years. Discretionary incomes have risen in recent years, bolstering demand for non-accident repair services like car washing, detailing, rustproofing and cleaning services. Industry revenue is expected to inch upwards at an annualised 0.6% over the five years through 2023-24, to $1.68 billion. This includes an anticipated hike of 0.6% in 2023-24.

Trends and Insights

  • A rising number of cars in use drives the volume of repair work. The bulk of demand for repair services stems from vehicle accidents and most industry revenue derives from payments made by vehicle insurers.
  • Motor vehicle body repair services are the most common service, but modern cars require fewer repairs. The number of vehicle crashes on New Zealand roads is dwindling because of improved safety technology in modern cars, impeding repair shops.
  • Populous regions like Auckland, Canterbury, Waikato and Wellington have more cars in use. The spread of shops largely correlates with the distribution of motor vehicles in New Zealand, which is linked to population spread.
  • Insurers dictate prices to small and large shops. Some repair shops not on preferred collision repairer lists will undercut and charge lower prices than those in preferred networks to drive demand.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.6 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.7bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Mounting competitive pressures are weighing on industry performance

  • Major insurance companies have increasingly dominated the automotive insurance market. These firms have increasingly used their market power to exert greater control over repair prices.
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Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair 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

Motor vehicle insurance firms are set to place downwards pressure on service prices

  • Motor vehicle insurance firms are forecast to increasingly require that their policyholders repair their vehicles at body shops in their approved repairer networks.

Biggest companies in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Belron NZ Limited
70.5
Capital S.M.A.R.T Repairs New Zealand Pty Ltd
20.5
Blair Wright Limited
4.1

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Products & Services Segmentation

Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Motor vehicle body repair services, Motor vehicle painting services and Motor vehicle glass repair and replacement services. Motor vehicle body repair services is the largest segment of the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand.

Trends and Insights

Motor vehicle body repair services are the bulk of the industry’s work

  • Most revenue is generated from car body repair services, including panel beating, vehicle frame realignment and repairs to body panels, grilles, bumpers, lights and mirrors.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry operators primarily repair, panelbeat or spray paint smashed or damaged motor vehicles. The industry also includes firms that primarily replace, repair or tint automotive glass, along with companies that perform interior repair, car wash or vehicle cleaning services.

What's included in this industry?

Motor vehicle body repair servicesMotor vehicle painting servicesMotor vehicle glass repair and replacement servicesCar wash, cleaning and detailing servicesMotor vehicle reupholstery servicesMotor vehicle interior repair servicesMotor vehicle rustproofing services

Companies

Belron NZ LimitedCapital S.M.A.R.T Repairs New Zealand Pty LtdBlair Wright Limited

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Related Terms

CHASSISRUSTPROOFINGPANELBEATING

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 9412 - Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair 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 rising number of cars in use drives the volume of repair work. The bulk of demand for repair services stems from vehicle accidents and most industry revenue derives from pa...

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

Motor vehicle body repair services are the most common service, but modern cars require fewer repairs. The number of vehicle crashes on New Zealand roads is dwindling because...

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

Populous regions like Auckland, Canterbury, Waikato and Wellington have more cars in use. The spread of shops largely correlates with the distribution of motor vehicles in Ne...

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

Insurers dictate prices to small and large shops. Some repair shops not on preferred collision repairer lists will undercut and charge lower prices than those in preferred ne...

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

There are no major companies in this industry, as most services are provided by independent shops. Most revenue is generated from car body repair services, including panel be...

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 Belron NZ Limited's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Capital S.M.A.R.T Repairs New Zealand Pty Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Blair Wright Limited's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Belron NZ Limited, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Capital S.M.A.R.T Repairs New Zealand Pty Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Blair Wright Limited, 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

Older vehicles require more repairs, but rising car sales can dent repairs. Since older vehicles tend to require more extensive repairs and have less advanced safety features...

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

Rising input costs are constraining growth in profit margins. As many of the inputs required for repair services are imported, a depreciating New Zealand dollar in recent yea...

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 Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand in 2024?

The market size of the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand is $1.7bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand industry in 2024?

There are 2,483 businesses in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand, which has grown at a CAGR of 2.7 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand has been growing at a CAGR of 0.6 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair market in New Zealand?

The biggest companies operating in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair market in New Zealand are Belron NZ Limited, Capital S.M.A.R.T Repairs New Zealand Pty Ltd and Blair Wright Limited

What does the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand include?

Motor vehicle body repair services and Motor vehicle painting services are part of the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair in New Zealand?

The company holding the most market share in New Zealand is Belron NZ Limited.

How competitive is the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand?

The level of competition is moderate and increasing in the Motor Vehicle Body, Paint and Interior Repair industry in New Zealand.

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