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Top 25 Dairy companies based in New Zealand

As of September 2026, this directory lists 73 dairy companies based in New Zealand, with contact coverage including 14,506 contacts and 6,553 email addresses. Among the companies listed, Auckland is the most-represented city.

Dairy companies produce, process, package, distribute, or sell milk and milk-based products for consumers, foodservice, or industrial buyers. This list covers companies that produce, process, package, distribute, or sell dairy products, including milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, and related ingredients. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 7, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 7, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
73Companies
14,506Contacts tracked
6,553Verified emails
217Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest dairy companies based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 73 dairy companies based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 7, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to dairy companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202610001+11,526 contacts →

“Fonterra Cooperative Group is the world's largest exporter of dairy products, a leader in dairy science and innovation, and a partner to many of the world's leading food companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDunsandel, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 20261,001-5,000741 contacts →

“Synlait is a New Zealand-based company that is shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking, a new attitude.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
3Strong evidenceHokitika, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026501-1,000362 contacts →

“Westland Milk Products is one of New Zealand’s largest dairy processors located in the West Coast and Canterbury regions of New Zealand.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
4Strong evidenceGlenavy Rd10, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500226 contacts →

“Oceania is a state-of-the-art dairy manufacturing plant based in Glenavy, New Zealand that has great people, in a great place, making great product.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
5Strong evidenceMorrinsville, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500222 contacts →

“The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company is a world-leading specialised dairy ingredients manufacturer.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
6Strong evidenceEast Tamaki, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500187 contacts →

“Open Country is New Zealand's largest independent dairy manufacturer and the second largest dairy exporter of whole milk powder in the world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
7Strong evidenceHamilton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-500127 contacts →

Dairy Goat Co-operative is a farmer owned co-operative that is the world’s leading manufacturer of goat milk nutritional powder products.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
8Strong evidenceHorotiu, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20096 contacts →

“Waikato Milking Systems was founded in the heart of New Zealand’s dairy industry, the Waikato region, in 1967.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
9Strong evidenceChristchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-50084 contacts →

“Established in 2001 Dairyworks is a company built on the values and innovation that have made New Zealand a world leader in dairy production.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
10Strong evidenceInvercargill, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20050 contacts →

“Nestled in Invercargill, New Zealand’s southern most town, Blue River Dairy is a world class nutritional formula manufacturer.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
11Indirect evidenceAuckland ., New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20044 contacts →

“Since 1993, The Produce Company has grown from a few delivery trucks to a premier high quality fresh produce and food & beverage solutions distribution company, serving top cafes…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
12Strong evidenceAshburton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 2026201-50038 contacts →

Dairy Holdings is a New Zealand majority owned and operated company with 100% of its farming assets in the South Island of New Zealand.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20035 contacts →

“The world’s purest ice cream, from the freshest place on earth.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
14Strong evidenceEast Tamaki, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20027 contacts →

“GMP Dairy began production in 2011, it’s first products were infant formula exported to China.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMakarewa, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20026 contacts →

“We farm Southland.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20024 contacts →

“EasiYo is a well-established and highly respected iconic company with a remarkable level of success and significant future growth opportunities.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
17Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5023 contacts →

“From the get-go, Lewis Road Creamery’s focus has been to create dairy products that do justice to New Zealand’s natural assets, the quality of our raw ingredients, the skills of…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
18Strong evidenceKawerau, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20021 contacts →

“Waiū Dairy has a focus on cultivating, nurturing and building strong relationships between our milk suppliers, our team and our customers.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
19Indirect evidenceOamaru, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20019 contacts →

“A proud family owned and operated New Zealand business situated on the East Coast of the South Island in Oamaru.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
20Strong evidenceWaharoa, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5019 contacts →

Dairy Hygiene Backed by Science.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
21Strong evidenceRaglan, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5017 contacts →

“Raglan Food Co makes delicious dairy-free alternatives that have been taking NZ by storm ever since Seb & Tesh started making coconut yoghurt for the locals in 2014.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
22Strong evidencePalmerston North, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5017 contacts →

“Our future dairy will help reduce negative impacts of animal agriculture, aid climate, improve human health and make mouths water.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
23Strong evidenceWaikato & Canterbury, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202651-20012 contacts →

“Southern Pastures LP is an institutional investor dairy farming fund.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
24Strong evidenceRolleston, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 202611-5011 contacts →

“Pure Nutrition is a joint venture between Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed Ausnutria and Westland Milk Products, New Zealand's second largest dairy co-operative.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026
25Strong evidencePalmerston North, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 7, 20261-109 contacts →

“ANDFOODS is developing the next generation of dairy-free creams.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 7, 2026

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Dairy companies based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 7, 2026
45.2%Verified-email coverage
1.5%Mobile-number coverage
198.7Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
26.0%Largest-city concentration · Auckland
Sep 7, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
21
11-50
21
51-200
16
201-500
8
501-1,000
2
1,001-5,000
2
10001+
3

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

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 dairy companies, 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 “dairy companies”. 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 dairy companies), 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 dairy companies, 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, 6,553 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 7, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

How many dairy companies are based in New Zealand?

73 dairy companies are listed based in New Zealand as of September 2026.

How can I find contacts at dairy companies based in New Zealand?

The directory includes 14,506 contacts and 6,553 email addresses associated with dairy companies based in New Zealand.

Which city has the most dairy companies based in New Zealand?

Auckland is the most-represented city among the dairy companies on this list.

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About this data

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.