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Top 25 Automotive dealership networks based in New Zealand
RevenueBase identified 78 automotive dealership networks headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 1,728 professional contacts across them, including 716 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.
This list covers automotive dealership networks headquartered in New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest automotive dealership networks based in New Zealand
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 209 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “How has Toyota stayed one of New Zealand’s most well-known, trusted, and biggest-selling brands for more than 30 years?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Armstrong’s is New Zealand's largest independent automotive retail group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 126 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Giltrap Group is a proudly New Zealand, family owned business specialising in everything motoring, and has over 50 years’ knowledge and experience in the industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sime Darby Motor Group’s involvement began with the acquisition of the company in Over the following years Sime Darby Motor Group invested heavily in new facilities that allowed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Andrew Simms is the one of the most successful privately owned motor companies in New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 78 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Proudly representing 17 leading automotive brands across 13 dealerships in Auckland & Hamilton - Hyundai, Suzuki, MG, IM, Forthing, Jeep, RAM, Subaru, Fiat, Renault, Chery, Omoda…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “2 Cheap Cars was built on the belief that New Zealanders deserve better value when purchasing a vehicle.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Driving Excellence since 1968 – welcome to New Zealand’s premier family-owned car dealership group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As part of Australasia's largest motoring group, Eagers Automotive NZ can offer you choice and convenience others struggle to match.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Tristram Automotive Group is a leading automotive retailer, proudly representing Volkswagen, ŠKODA, MG and OMODA JAECOO.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Turners Automotive Group is comprised of four different companies – Turners Auto Retail, Oxford Finance, Autosure Insurance and EC Credit Control.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Archibald and shorter Auckland are Auckland’s go to Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, and the most experienced accredited Special Vehicle Operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As part of a locally owned Motor Group, Euromarque have a well-established automotive history that dates back to the 1940s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Miles Group, founded by Bruce Miles, is one of New Zealand’s most successful motor groups, representing some of the world’s top automotive brands at locations throughout New…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Archibalds exists to help our customers purchase a vehicle that best suits their personal tastes and requirements and to serve those customers with their vehicle care needs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Townshend family has been a trusted name in the Hawke's Bay Motor Industry for over 60 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GWD Motor Group has been proudly looking after Southern Motorists since 1906, whether you are seeking a new car, used car, servicing, panel work or even a fleet of vehicles GWD…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blackwell Motors Limited is an independent, family-owned automotive group, with its Head Office based in Christchurch, New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “After over two decades of further expanding his business of luxury car dealerships, Giltrap opened a Volkswagen showroom at 100 Great North Road, Auckland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EuroCity Group is an award-winning company supported by a team of passionate individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cooke Howlison is a locally owned automotive group with a number of dealerships in Dunedin each with a wide range of vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Farmer Motor Group was formed in 1991 by Peter Farmer and quickly grew to be one of the country’s most awarded dealer groups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Colonial Motor Company Limited ("CMC") is a Wellington based New Zealand owned public company listed on NZX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sime Darby Motors New Zealand delivers an end-to-end commercial truck and transport solution and an unrivalled dealer network for European luxury cars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive dealership networks. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names automotive dealership networks.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive dealership networks, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive dealership networks. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Automotive dealership networks based in New Zealand at a glance
As of Sep 16, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 78 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive dealership networks, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “automotive dealership networks”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive dealership networks), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive dealership networks, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 716 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Automotive dealership networks by metro
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive dealership networks, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many automotive dealership networks are there based in New Zealand?
RevenueBase identified 78 automotive dealership networks headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Toyota NEW Zealand Limited, headquartered in Palmerston North, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most automotive dealership networks?
Auckland leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (11) and Hamilton (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 716 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 78 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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