ABC Business Sales Market Intelligence Report Dec 23 - Flipbook - Page 4
DEMAND DATA POINTS
Signed Confidentiality Agreements
Per Month
Month
19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23 vs 22
23 vs 20
January
943
1653
1116
1075
-4%
14%
February
1190
1379
995
1065
7%
-11%
March
861
1493
1172
1255
7%
46%
April
684
1212
976
1109
14%
62%
The twelve months to Dec-23 shows an 30% increase in Signed confidentiality agreements
May
1127
1473
1050
1580
50%
40%
completed by potential purchasers compared to Dec-22. We believe the material increase of
June
1285
1542
1250
1588
27%
24%
30% is driven by the following factors:
July
1392
1432
1135
1576
39%
13%
August
1287
1254
1231
1606
30%
25%
September
1160
1111
1161
1697
46%
46%
October
1315
1235
966
1531
58%
16%
November
1334
918
1190
1174
-1%
-12%
staff levels, which in turn is providing more potential purchasers or people looking to buy
December
1267
800
768
1695
121%
34%
businesses and effectively buy themselves a job.
Total
13,845
15,502
13,010
16,951
30%
22%
SIGNED CONFIDENTIALITY
AGREEMENTS
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New Zealand experiencing new record levels of immigration (back to its record levels of
>100k)
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Unemployment rates are starting to increase with more companies looking to reduce
Investors feeling more confident about the economy with a new business friendly Govt
and interest rates forecasted to starting reducing later in 2024.