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Top 10 Film animation studios based in New Zealand

RevenueBase identified 28 film animation studios headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 2,163 professional contacts across them, including 1,545 with verified work emails. Wellington is the largest hub.

This list covers film animation studios 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 20, 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 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
28Companies
2,163Contacts tracked
1,545Verified emails
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The 10 largest film animation studios based in New Zealand

Ranked by team size
Top 10 of 28 film animation studios based in New Zealand, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to film animation studios: 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
1Indirect evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,0001,585 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are Wētā FX - artists and innovators in the world of digital entertainment (previously Weta Digital).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Partial evidenceMiramar, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261,001-5,000295 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Weta Digital is the standard-bearer for creativity and innovation in visual effects and animation, attracting talent, partners, and clients that seek to push what is possible in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5025 contacts →

Strong evidence

“With 25 years of experience in creating world class character animation in advertising, film and television, we know what it takes to ensure beautiful craft and story telling are…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Strong evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5020 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Floating Rock Studio is an Animation and VFX powerhouse in Wellington, delivering photorealistic or stylized work for films, commercials, and game cinematics-all while making a…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Strong evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5010 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Award-winning animation & moving image studio in Auckland.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-507 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We make animations sometimes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Indirect evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Assembly is a production company with a core team of directors, filmmakers, concept artists, graphic designers, developers, engineers, vfx specialists, 3D artists and animators.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Partial evidenceWellington, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-504 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fox & Co: Makers of eMotion With roots in Wellington and an active presence in Sydney, Fox & Co has become a trusted name in captivating animation and motion design.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Strong evidenceAuckland City, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-103 contacts →

Strong evidence

“We’re a motion & animation studio.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Partial evidenceAuckland, New ZealandHQ checked Sep 20, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Pixie is a creative visual effects studio owned and operated by the artists who bring your visions alive.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Film animation studios based in New Zealand at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
71.4%Verified-email coverage
77.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
35.7%Largest-city concentration · Wellington
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
14
11-50
9
51-200
2
1,001-5,000
3

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 28 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 film animation studios, 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 “film animation studios”. 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 film animation studios), 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 film animation studios, 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, 1,545 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 20, 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 film animation studios, 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 film animation studios are there based in New Zealand?

RevenueBase identified 28 film animation studios 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?

Wētā FX, headquartered in Wellington, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most film animation studios?

Wellington leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Auckland (9) and Gisborne (1).

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 1,545 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 28 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 20, 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.