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Top 25 Dairy farming companies based in New Zealand

Name: Dairy farming companies based in New Zealand
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 41 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 41 dairy farming companies headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 15,079 professional contacts across them, including 6,780 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.

This list covers dairy farming companies 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest dairy farming companies based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 41 dairy farming companies based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to dairy farming 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Fonterra	Partial evidence	Auckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,526 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Livestock Improvement Corporation LIC	Indirect evidence	Newstead, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,240 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LIC is an agritech and herd improvement co-operative which empowers livestock farmers through the delivery of superior genetics and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Synlait Milk Limited	Indirect evidence	Dunsandel, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	741 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Synlait is a New Zealand-based company that is shifting perceptions and driving value through new thinking, a new attitude.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Westland Milk Products	Partial evidence	Hokitika, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	362 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Westland Milk Products is one of New Zealand’s largest dairy processors located in the West Coast and Canterbury regions of New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Oceania Dairy Limited	Partial evidence	Glenavy Rd10, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	226 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	The Tatua Co-Operative Dairy Company Limited	Partial evidence	Morrinsville, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	222 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company is a world-leading specialised dairy ingredients manufacturer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Open Country Dairy LTD	Partial evidence	East Tamaki, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	187 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Open Country is New Zealand's largest independent dairy manufacturer and the second largest dairy exporter of whole milk powder in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Dairy Goat Co-Operative N.Z LTD	Partial evidence	Hamilton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	127 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Dairy Goat Co-operative is a farmer owned co-operative that is the world’s leading manufacturer of goat milk nutritional powder products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Waikato Milking Systems	Partial evidence	Horotiu, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	96 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Waikato Milking Systems was founded in the heart of New Zealand’s dairy industry, the Waikato region, in 1967.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Dairyworks	Partial evidence	Christchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	84 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Dairy Holdings	Strong evidence	Ashburton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	38 contacts →
	Strong evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Riverlock Group Holdings Limited	Indirect evidence	Opotiki, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Riverlock Group is a large-scale family-controlled enterprise with interests in dairying, livestock and kiwifruit (orchards and pack-house).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Fortuna Group	Indirect evidence	Makarewa, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We farm Southland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Lewis Road Creamery	Partial evidence	Auckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Waiū Dairy	Partial evidence	Kawerau, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Waiū Dairy has a focus on cultivating, nurturing and building strong relationships between our milk suppliers, our team and our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Southern Pastures Limited Partnership	Strong evidence	Waikato & Canterbury, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	12 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Southern Pastures LP is an institutional investor dairy farming fund.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	PYE Group	Indirect evidence	Winchester, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are a family owned and operated agricultural business specialising in contracting, transport, dairying, vegetables, cropping and grazing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Halo Food Co. Limited	Partial evidence	Christchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Our Story Keytone was established in 2011 for the production and supply of pristine New Zealand dairy and nutritional powdered dairy products for local and international markets…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Maui Milk	Partial evidence	Hamilton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Maui Sheep Milk we’re passionate about bringing pure wholesome sheep milk products to the world using innovative technology, sustainable farming, and animal welfare practices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Nutrinza	Indirect evidence	Mount Maunganui, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Heartland Feeds & Nutrition Limited	Partial evidence	Rolleston, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Heartland Feeds and Nutrition is built to provide Dairy Farmers with the optimum feeds, supplements commodities and nutritional products to ensure that Farmers are maintaining the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Mataura Valley Milk Limited	Indirect evidence	Christchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Rylib Group	Indirect evidence	Auckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	4 contacts →
	Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Happy COW Milk CO	Partial evidence	Auckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Happy Cow Milk, we're disrupting dairy with a new model that puts the power back in the hands of the people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Airport Farm	Partial evidence	New Plymouth, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “An innovative farming business mixed farming operation in Taranaki.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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: dairy farming companies. 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 dairy farming companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of dairy farming companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name dairy farming companies. 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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Dairy farming companies based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

45.0%Verified-email coverage

367.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

19.5%Largest-city concentration · Auckland

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

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 41 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 dairy farming 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 farming 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 farming 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 farming 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, 6,780 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 19, 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.

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 dairy farming companies, 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 dairy farming companies are there based in New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 41 dairy farming companies 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?

Fonterra, headquartered in Auckland, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most dairy farming companies?

Auckland leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (6) and Hamilton (3).

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 6,780 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 41 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 19, 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.