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Top 20 Dairy product manufacturers based in New Zealand

RevenueBase identified 30 dairy product manufacturers headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 13,977 professional contacts across them, including 6,432 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.

This list covers dairy product manufacturers 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
30Companies
13,977Contacts tracked
6,432Verified emails
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The 20 largest dairy product manufacturers based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 20 of 30 dairy product manufacturers based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to dairy product manufacturers: 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 16, 202610001+11,526 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDunsandel, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 20261,001-5,000741 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 16, 2026
3Strong evidenceHokitika, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026501-1,000362 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
4Strong evidenceGlenavy Rd10, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500226 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
5Strong evidenceMorrinsville, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500222 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6Strong evidenceEast Tamaki, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500187 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
7Strong evidenceHamilton, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-500127 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
8Partial evidenceHorotiu, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20096 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 16, 2026
9Strong evidenceChristchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-50084 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
10Strong evidenceInvercargill, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20050 contacts →

Strong evidence

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

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMakarewa, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20026 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We farm Southland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5023 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
13Partial evidenceKawerau, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202651-20021 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 16, 2026
14Partial evidenceWaharoa, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-5019 contacts →

Partial evidence

Dairy Hygiene Backed by Science.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15Indirect evidenceStoke, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-107 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RELCO, LLC, based in Willmar, Minnesota (USA), was founded in 1982 by Loren Corle.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16Strong evidenceChristchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 202611-505 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
17Strong evidenceRolleston, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-104 contacts →

Strong 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 16, 2026
18Indirect evidenceChristchurch, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-104 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“New Zealand Grass Fed Products LP, or New Zealand Grass as we like to call it, is Southern Pastures’ Wholesale or Business-to-Business (B2B) arm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20Indirect evidenceMangatawhiri, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 16, 2026201-5001 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Take a passionate family business with its roots in the lush soil of the North Waikato, add a modern manufacturing plant along with a dedicated team who have the belief they are…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

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Dairy product manufacturers based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026
46.0%Verified-email coverage
465.9Average contacts per company
51-200Median size (employees)
26.7%Largest-city concentration · Auckland
Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
6
11-50
8
51-200
5
201-500
6
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
2
10001+
2

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 30 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 product manufacturers, 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 product manufacturers”. 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 product manufacturers), 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 product manufacturers, 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, 6,432 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
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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 dairy product manufacturers, 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 product manufacturers are there based in New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 30 dairy product manufacturers 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 product manufacturers?

Auckland leads with 8 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (4) 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 6,432 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 30 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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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.