Building consents · Stats NZ figures to September 2026
Commercial building consents in Auckland
Councils consented $3.37b of non-residential building work in Auckland in the year to September 2026, up 5% on the year before. Below: 893 commercial consents we hold in Auckland, searchable and on the map.
Non-residential building work each month
The value of new and altered non-residential buildings consented — offices, shops, factories, warehouses, farm buildings, schools, hospitals — Auckland, the last five years.
What is being built
Non-residential building work consented in the year to September 2026, by type: the value of new and altered work, new floor area, and what new floor area cost to build per square metre.
- Offices$753m
43 buildings · 26,927 m² new floor area · $8,567/m² new · −24% on the year before
- Warehouses and storage$631m
84 buildings · 233,139 m² new floor area · $2,450/m² new · +9% on the year before
- Education$590m
77 buildings · 54,555 m² new floor area · $8,792/m² new · +4% on the year before
- Factories and industrial$402m
44 buildings · 21,405 m² new floor area · $14,113/m² new · −5% on the year before
- Shops, restaurants and bars$307m
32 buildings · 40,270 m² new floor area · $4,291/m² new · +19% on the year before
- Hospitals and health$219m
29 buildings · 19,980 m² new floor area · $6,216/m² new · +41% on the year before
- Hostels, boarding houses and prisons$197m
11 buildings · 25,285 m² new floor area · $7,276/m² new · +218% on the year before
- Social, cultural and religious$167m
29 buildings · 11,019 m² new floor area · $3,823/m² new · +62% on the year before
- Hotels and motels$75.4m
17 buildings · 13,619 m² new floor area · $3,956/m² new · +37% on the year before
- Farm buildings$26.2m
121 buildings · 68,341 m² new floor area · $353/m² new · +4% on the year before
Non-residential work since 1991
The value consented each year, in the dollars of the day (not adjusted for inflation).
Local boards compared
The year to September 2026 against the year before.
| Local board | Non-residential | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Waitemata | $907m | +83% |
| Mangere-Otahuhu | $582m | −16% |
| Maungakiekie-Tamaki | $295m | +37% |
| Albert-Eden | $270m | +37% |
| Upper Harbour | $211m | +1% |
| Franklin | $195m | −12% |
| Manurewa | $168m | +225% |
| Henderson-Massey | $101m | −39% |
| Howick | $95.3m | −75% |
| Papakura | $90.9m | +81% |
| Otara-Papatoetoe | $85.2m | −53% |
| Rodney | $73.7m | −10% |
| Whau | $58.1m | +13% |
| Orakei | $52.7m | +10% |
| Kaipatiki | $51.2m | +23% |
| Devonport-Takapuna | $50.9m | +43% |
| Hibiscus and Bays | $44.7m | 0% |
| Puketapapa | $18.1m | −42% |
| Waitakere Ranges | $14.7m | +90% |
| Waiheke | $2m | −83% |
| Great Barrier | $210k | +200% |
Commercial consents on record in Auckland
Individual building consents we hold, each on its property: 893 from 1 Aug 2019 to 1 Sep 2026. Councils publish their records unevenly, so these are what we have, not every consent issued — for the full count, see the official figures above.
What the work is
Consents in the last five years by the kind of work their description names.
- Commercial alterations341
53 in the last 12 months · typically $90k
- New commercial buildings172
38 in the last 12 months · typically $1m
- Fit-outs90
21 in the last 12 months · typically $100k
- Farm buildings5
1 in the last 12 months · typically $80k
- Relocated buildings3
typically $190k
- Demolition2
1 in the last 12 months · typically $205k
Consents on record by month
The last three years. A recent dip is often records still to arrive.
Largest in the last 12 months
- $5mRbw - construction of new 5 storey split level dwg, 4 bedrooms, office, gym, media, study, library, entertainment & gge. New driveway & earthworks. New lap pool. New membrane & slatted d 189 Orakei Road, Remuera
- $4mRbw - stage 1 of intended 4 stages - 12 two-storey townhouses of t2 typography for retirement village development, comprised in four townhouse blocks, each townhouse has three units. Each unit has two 203 Glenvar Road, Long Bay
- $3mRbw - modular wall, floor & roof components single res 2 storey dwg 4 bedrooms 3.5 bathrooms library office meditation room. 2 car gge. Collect rainwater to tanks, wastewater to mains. 22 Grendon Road, Titirangi
- $3mRbw - construction of a new detached 2-storey family home & gge with external swimming pool. Dining, living, kitchen, scullery & laundry. 1x guest/office, 1x kids room, 2x bathrooms, 3 bdrm 28 Te Aute Ridge Road, Waitākere
- $3mRbw - construction of a new two-storey detached dwg, with 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, office, dbl internal gge & swimming pool. Retaining walls 51 Norwood Road, Bayswater
893 consents
- New commercial buildings$1m
Rbw - construction of terraced 4 level house with ground level gge. 3 bedrooms, 1 office, 4 bathrooms, kitchen. Construction of multiple retaining walls. Associated plumbing & drainage. Construct
- Fit-outs$15k
Rbw - amendment to bco10406350 - replacing some existing rotten timber piles with new piles replacing some bearers & adding new bearer lines next to inter-tenancy wall new subfloor bracing calculati
- Demolition$90k
Rbw - the demolition of part of the tenancy wall to combine the two units into one unit dwg. Add to two bedrooms & bathrm. Removal of portion of existing ceiling to form sloping ceiling.
- Commercial alterations$39k
Rbw - alterations to existing dwg. Ground floor alterations include kitchen, dining, living, three bedrooms, new walk-in wardrobe, new ensuite, office, bathrm & new skylight. Conversion of ga
- Fit-outs$245k
Building C, level 2 - the proposed works involve reconfiguring the central area of the existing tenancy to create a new boardroom & training room. This includes subdividing the current tenancy & a
- Commercial alterations$95k
Rbw - the proposed works include the following: new loft space within existing roof void new office space built within existing void space new windows added window in office replaced new roof windows
- New commercial buildings$2.9m
Rbw - lot 1 - 3-storey detached dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 wcs, 1 home office, 1 enclosed alfresco, 1 piano room, attached triple gge. Lot 2-3 is a 4-storey duplex, each unit with 4 b
- Fit-outs$120k
Rbw - add/alt - alterations to an existing two unit two-level res building to create four self-contained res units. The works include the construction of new inter-tenancy
- Commercial alterations$300k
Rbw - 2 houses will be relocated to this site. They will be 1 minor dwg & 1 home office. Private stormwater & wastewater systems, retaining wall.
- Commercial alterations$90k
Rbw - converting the existing attached gge into 2 bedrooms, bathrm, lounge. Renovating upstairs office into laundry storage. New solatube.
- New commercial buildings$1.6m
Rbw - construction of a new detached, 2 storey res dwg with 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, living, dining, kitchen, gym & office with associated retaining walls & drainage.
- Fit-outs$500k
Rbw - lot 99 - new 3-storey dwg, part of duplex with inter-tenancy fire wall. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, gge, kitchen, dining, living. Stormwater detention, drainage, block retaining walls.
- Fit-outs$525k
Rbw - Aorere ao15&16 building 7 (proposed lots 20-21) 2-storey duplex dwg comprising two units total, with two bedrooms, two bathrooms & inter-tenancy walls.
- New commercial buildings$990k
Rbw - new single-storey dwg with an office, entertainment room, living, dining & kitchen areas with scullery, laundry, bedrooms with ensuite & bathrm facilities, dbl gge, & two dete
- Commercial alterations$350k
Rbw - full re-clad to existing two storey level dwg with new timber horizontal weatherboard cladding systems over cavity, new slab extension for office, new deck membrane installation, new roof c
- Fit-outs$80k
Rbw - 63m2 gge with provision for future bathrm. No bathrm fit-out.
- Commercial alterations$495k
Rbw - alterations & additions to existing single storey dwg. Internal alterations including walk in wardrobe, ensuite & bathrm, 3 bedrooms with new wardrobes, & office room. Proposed addi
- Commercial alterations$199k
Construct new separate 66m2 gge & 119m2 workshop with new wastewater treatment system
- Fit-outs$55k
Rbw - interior & drainage works only relocate existing hwc, bathrm & upgrade fixtures enlarge existing rumpus, remove existing partition & add new beam & post add bar cabinet to rumpus with
- Commercial alterations$390k
Convert ensuite to a tiled wet-floor bathrm. Upgrade main bathrm & extension of office & lounge
- Commercial alterations$6,500
Install metro wee curve freestanding woodburner in outside bar / eatery complex
- New commercial buildings$990k
Rbw - lot 1 - new three storey dwg with four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, office, lift & attached dbl gge. New retaining walls.
- Commercial alterations$450k
Rbw - alterations to existing single storey residence. New living, kitchen, scullery, laundry, office, bdrm & ensuite.
- New commercial buildings$912k
Rbw - new 3 storey dwg with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, office & attached dbl gge.
- Commercial alterations$80k
Rbw - 1. Convert existing gge to two bedrooms, one gaming room, one bathrm, one lounge & one study. 2. Covert gf existing office to bathrm. 3. Convert existing gge doors to sliding doors.
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Suburbs in Auckland
Where the consents we hold are, most in the last 12 months first.
- Browns Bay6 / 14
- Remuera5 / 33
- Mount Eden4 / 23
- Epsom4 / 16
- Mount Roskill3 / 18
- Glendowie3 / 17
- Saint Heliers3 / 17
- Long Bay3 / 15
- Devonport3 / 14
- Onehunga3 / 13
- Māngere East3 / 12
- Mount Wellington3 / 9
- Flat Bush2 / 23
- Hobsonville2 / 19
- Greenhithe2 / 17
- Mount Albert2 / 12
- Greenlane2 / 10
- Takapuna2 / 9
- Castor Bay2 / 9
- Milford2 / 8
- Meadowbank2 / 8
- Birkenhead2 / 8
- Sandringham2 / 7
- Māngere Bridge2 / 7
- Hillsborough2 / 5
- Chatswood2 / 4
- Waitākere2 / 2
- Point Chevalier1 / 14
- Maraetai1 / 13
- Beachlands1 / 13
- Parnell1 / 12
- Bucklands Beach1 / 12
- Titirangi1 / 11
- Te Atatū South1 / 11
- Ōtāhuhu1 / 11
- Te Atatū Peninsula1 / 11
- New Windsor1 / 10
- Henderson1 / 10
- Massey1 / 8
- Herne Bay1 / 8
- Cockle Bay1 / 8
- Beach Haven1 / 8
- Birkdale1 / 7
- Hauraki1 / 7
- Swanson1 / 7
- New Lynn1 / 7
- Northcote1 / 6
- Howick1 / 6
- Māngere1 / 6
- Ellerslie1 / 6
- Laingholm1 / 6
- Oratia1 / 6
- Tōtara Vale1 / 5
- Whenuapai1 / 5
- One Tree Hill1 / 5
- Royal Oak1 / 4
- Glenfield1 / 4
- Pakuranga Heights1 / 3
- Pinehill1 / 3
- Bayview1 / 3
- Sunnyhills1 / 3
- Murrays Bay1 / 3
- Oteha1 / 3
- Albany1 / 2
- Lucas Heights1 / 2
- Half Moon Bay1 / 2
- Bayswater1 / 2
- Kingsland1 / 1
- Manurewa0 / 21
- Papatoetoe0 / 16
- Glen Eden0 / 13
- Torbay0 / 10
- Mellons Bay0 / 8
- Grey Lynn0 / 8
- Narrow Neck0 / 7
- Hillcrest0 / 7
- Rothesay Bay0 / 7
- Blockhouse Bay0 / 7
- Westmere0 / 7
- Mairangi Bay0 / 6
- Ponsonby0 / 6
- Clover Park0 / 6
- Ōtara0 / 6
- West Harbour0 / 6
- Avondale0 / 6
- Forrest Hill0 / 5
- Panmure0 / 5
- Tōtara Park0 / 5
- Wattle Downs0 / 5
- Pakuranga0 / 4
- Campbells Bay0 / 4
- East Tāmaki Heights0 / 4
- Lynfield0 / 4
- Rānui0 / 4
- Mission Bay0 / 3
- Albany Heights0 / 3
- Botany Downs0 / 3
- Dannemora0 / 3
- Eastern Beach0 / 3
- Henderson Valley0 / 3
- Kohimarama0 / 3
- Ōrākei0 / 3
- Shelly Park0 / 3
- Takanini0 / 3
- Randwick Park0 / 2
- Redvale0 / 2
- Ōkura0 / 2
- Northcote Point0 / 2
- Windsor Park0 / 2
- Somerville0 / 2
- Hillpark0 / 2
- Highland Park0 / 2
- Green Bay0 / 2
- Glen Innes0 / 2
- Glendene0 / 2
- Unsworth Heights0 / 2
- Favona0 / 2
- Waterview0 / 2
- Weymouth0 / 2
- Auckland Central0 / 1
- Wiri0 / 1
- Point England0 / 1
- Herald Island0 / 1
- Farm Cove0 / 1
- The Gardens0 / 1
- Three Kings0 / 1
- Goodwood Heights0 / 1
- Brookby0 / 1
- Totara Heights0 / 1
- Parau0 / 1
- Belmont0 / 1
- Northpark0 / 1
- Freemans Bay0 / 1
- Saint Marys Bay0 / 1
- Morningside0 / 1
- Schnapper Rock0 / 1
- Pāremoremo0 / 1
- Wai o Taiki Bay0 / 1
- Stanley Point0 / 1
- St Johns0 / 1
- Stonefields0 / 1
- Kelston0 / 1
Questions
How many building consents were issued in Auckland?
In the year to September 2026, Stats NZ counted 17,131 new homes consented in Auckland, with $8.53b of residential and $3.37b of non-residential building work.
What is a building consent?
Written approval from a council (a building consent authority) that planned building work complies with the Building Code. Most new buildings, additions, structural alterations, fires and plumbing and drainage work need one; some minor work is exempt under Schedule 1 of the Building Act 2004.
Where do these figures come from?
The official counts are Stats NZ’s monthly Building consents issued release (CC BY 4.0), covering every consent every council issues. The individual consents listed are ones we hold from councils’ records and other public sources; they are not a complete list for every council.