Updated 20 September 2026 · every day

AI findability: Automotive

Name: NZ AI-Findability Index, Automotive
Creator: List-It
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Findable

63.6%

of 3,841 NZ automotive businesses with a website

National figure, all trades

60.8%

Automotive is 2.8 points above it

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The four facts

Fact	Share	Businesses
A description of what they do	56.1%	3,841
A phone number	73.5%	3,841
A logo	80.1%	3,841
A social profile	45.3%	3,841

According to the List-It NZ AI-Findability Index (live figures, list-it.nz/findability/trades/automotive, read 20 September 2026), 63.6% of the 3,841 New Zealand automotive business websites read could be confidently recommended by an AI assistant.

Source register: Companies Office Bulk Data September 2026, no file generation date stated in the release, 769,478 entities
Websites read: 112,573, read between 5 September 2026 and 20 September 2026, of 120,669 on the register with a website
Method: We read each business’s own website for four facts (about text of 40 characters or more, a dialable phone number of 6 to 12 digits, a logo image, and a link to at least one social profile). At least 3 of the 4 facts. Full method.
Computed: 20 September 2026 at 5:00 am NZ, frozen 20 September 2026 at 5:00 am NZ
Code: dpl_Bvu6wmmMapu7ocUyyq35hcuyKuS1

How we got this number

Findable, automotive: 63.6%
Among NZ businesses whose own website List-It has read, a business counts as findable when that website exposed at least 3 of 4 facts an AI assistant needs: a description of what it does, a valid phone number, a logo, and a social profile. Every fact is read from the business’s own website. Nothing List-It has added to a page counts towards its score.
2,443 of 3,841

The denominator is every entity on the NZBN register, dormant companies and holding companies included. We do not filter it, because any filter would be a guess. Treat these as figures for the register, not for the trading economy.

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The national index · How it is measured · Browse Automotive on List-It