Connect and transform your business with the NZBN

Are you ready to connect and transform your business? The NZBN makes doing business faster and easier because it’s a globally unique identifier. There’s an NZBN for every Kiwi business and it’s a digital link to core business information (for example, trading name, location and contact details).

Watch these videos to see how easy it is to use your NZBN

Match your business contacts with their NZBN

Find out how to stay up to date with our free NZBN-Business Match service.

Read the transcript Video transcript You probably have a list of your customers and suppliers, but is it up-to-date? Whatever your business size, keeping up can be a chore. And once the list is out-of-date, it’s hard to get back on track. There’s a simpler way. If you knew the NZBN of each business on your list, you could stay up-to-date more easily and receive alerts when their information changes. Finding those NZBNs can take time, but we can help. We can match the businesses on your list to their NZBNs. It’s our free, secure NZBN-Business Match service. Just give us any of the following for the businesses you want NZBNs for: trading name

legal entity name or

Companies Office registration number. It’s simple and safe! We’ll run your list through our NZBN-Business Match programme and return it to you with the NZBNs we’ve found. Just email us to learn more - support@nzbn.govt.nz

Email us for the next steps

The email address for next steps is support@nzbn.govt.nz.

Connecting sole traders with the NZBN

Find out how to get and use your free NZBN.

Read the transcript Video transcript You work on your own, so your day can be s t r e t c h e d … everyone wants information. They add up. And there’s only one of you, running your business and working behind the scenes! With NZBN, you keep your core business information updated digitally, in one place, where everyone can get it. When some of that information changes, your business contacts can be notified automatically about the change. And that’s just the start. There’s a globally unique NZBN for every Kiwi business – making it easier for all businesses to digitally connect and stay up-to-date. More than 700,000 businesses have an NZBN. The NZBN Register is searched millions of times each year, saving businesses time and money. As more businesses get an NZBN, savings will increase for everyone, exponentially. Get your NZBN now – it’s easy and free to apply. Go to nzbn.govt.nz/soletrader

Find out how to get your NZBN

Making the most of your NZBN

Find out how to use your NZBN to save your business time and money.

Read the transcript Video transcript Kiwi businesses are connecting with the NZBN, the New Zealand Business Number that’s unique - locally, nationally and globally. Each NZBN is one of a kind, just like your business. And there’s an NZBN for every Kiwi business, whether you work out of your garage, you’re a large retailer or a global exporter. Having an NZBN helps businesses connect and share information a business is most often asked for by suppliers, customers and government. Registered companies have been allocated an NZBN. Sole traders, partnerships and trusts can get yours free on our website. Share your NZBN and ask other businesses for theirs. As more businesses get one, and everyone is using them, time and cost savings will increase for everyone, exponentially. More than 700,000 businesses have an NZBN and the register is searched millions of times every year. Use our free services to stay in the know and automate time-consuming work. Find out more on our website – nzbn.govt.nz.

Learn more about our free services

In the know, with NZBN Watchlist

Find out how to get free automatic alerts when core business information changes (eg. customer contact details).

Read the transcript Video transcript Every Kiwi business can have a New Zealand Business Number – NZBN – to stay up-to-date. By creating an NZBN Watchlist of the businesses you interact with, you’ll automatically receive an update if any of their NZBN information changes. So your emails, invoices and deliveries will get to the right place, and you’ll know if the business makes other changes too. Tell your business network about it, so they can add you to their NZBN Watchlist and save you from having to update everyone individually. The NZBN register is searched millions of times each year, saving businesses time and money. As more businesses get and use the NZBN, these savings will increase for everyone, exponentially. Log on to nzbn.govt.nz Search for a business you want to follow.

Click on the business.

Select ‘Click to add to Watchlist’. To add more businesses, repeat the process. It’s that easy! And it’s all enabled by the NZBN. You’ll find information about other free services on our website: nzbn.govt.nz

Set up an NZBN Watchlist

Better connected, with the NZBN API

Find out how our free NZBN API can help you streamline business processes.

Read the transcript Video transcript We’re making it easier for businesses to connect, build high quality business networks and automate time-consuming work. If you work with a lot of businesses, our NZBN API – Application Programming Interface – is the best way to find, share and update information about those businesses and your own. With some technical know-how, it connects your business systems and ours, streamlining the transfer of information. It’s working too – there are millions of searches of the NZBN register each year. Use it to: Search the NZBN Register

Pre-populate forms

Verify core business information

Get automatic information updates Integrate it with your finance, procurement or customer relationship manager applications. It’s free to connect to and use. Just visit www.api.business.govt.nz Choose the ‘APIs’ tab or ‘Explore APIs’.

Click the NZBN tile for information for you and your IT developer. Ready to get started? www.api.business.govt.nz(external link)

Find out more on the API website(external link)

Making the NZBN API connection

Find out how to connect your business using our free NZBN API.

Read the transcript Video transcript Connect and integrate your business systems to the NZBN API - Application Programming Interface. Let’s explore, at www.api.business.govt.nz Choose the ‘APIs’ tab or ‘Explore APIs’.

Select the NZBN tile.

Choose NZBN Version v4.

Next step, log in and subscribe. We’ll confirm your subscription once we have all the information we need, including an API Access Agreement. You then generate access credentials from the My Subscriptions page and start using the API. See more in our Support tab, under API security information. You’ll need technical knowhow from here, for testing and integration through to set-up and go. Contact us with any questions. Learn about our other free services at nzbn.govt.nz

Find out more on the API website(external link)

How do I find an NZBN?

As a first step towards implementing the NZBN, find out how your contact centre can search the NZBN Register to identify callers.

Read the transcript Video transcript English Alex is one of your business customers. He’s got a question, so he phones your contact centre. You answer the call from Alex. Alex has his NZBN at the ready, but your organisation hasn’t built an NZBN look-up function into its systems yet. So, how can you identify Alex’s business, and find the information you need? As a temporary measure, you can use the search function of the NZBN website. Navigate to www.nzbn.govt.nz and input Alex’s NZBN into the search field. Alex’s business shows up in the search results, and you select the business name. Great, you’ve now successfully recognised Alex’s business using only his NZBN. Easy! From here you can see the information you need, like the business’s trading name, phone number and physical address. Now that you have all of Alex’s key business information, you can help him with his query. Te reo Māori Ko Alex tētahi o ō kiritaki pakihi. He pātai tāna, ā, ka waea atu ia ki tō pokapū whakapā. Ka whakautu koe i te waea a Alex. Kua reri mai te NZBN a Alex, engari kāore anō kia hangaia e tō whakahaere tētahi taumahi rapu NZBN ki ana pūnaha. Nā, me pēhea tō tautohu i te pakihi a Alex, me kimi i ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana koe? Hei whakaritenga wā poto, ka taea e koe te taumahi rapu o te paetukutuku a NZBN te whakamahi. Whakatere ki www.nzbn.govt.nz ka tāuru i te NZBN a Alex ki te āpure rapu. Ka puta mai te pakihi a Alex i ngā otinga rapu, ā, ka tīpako koe i te ingoa pakihi. Ka pai, kua āhukahukatia e koe te pakihi a Alex mā te whakamahi anake i tana NZBN anake. He māmā! Mai i konei ka kitea e koe ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana koe, pērā i te ingoa tauhokohoko o te pakihi, te tau waea me te wāhinoho. I te mea kei a koe ngā mōhiohio pakihi katoa a Alex, ka taea e koe ia te āwhina me tana pātai.

Not sure whether your business has an NZBN? Check by using the search bar at the top of this page.

If you don’t have one, get yours free at Get an NZBN.

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