The Top 5 operators in NZ account for 50% of all village units. (See chart opposite).Only Bupa, the smallest, is not a private operator – see separate article).


Within the Private operators, Corporates (listed on the NZSX) account for 64% of retirement village units, private companies 19% and Not For Profits 17%.


By comparison in Australia the Top 4 major private operators (Lend Lease, Aveo, Stockland, RetireAustralia) account for 26%. The Not For Profits also account for 40% of the total market in ILU numbers.

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