--- title: "Dôme Café vs Merlo Coffee: Which is searched more in Australia?" description: "Is Dôme Café or Merlo Coffee more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee chains set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/compare/dome-cafe-vs-merlo-coffee" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Dôme Café vs Merlo Coffee: Which is searched more in Australia? Is Dôme Café or Merlo Coffee more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Coffee chains set in Australia. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Dôme Café and Merlo Coffee - **Competitive set**: Coffee chains - **Market**: Australia - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Dôme Café Share of Search**: 4.9% - **Merlo Coffee Share of Search**: 2.2% ## Is Dôme Café or Merlo Coffee more popular in search? - In September 2026, Dôme Café had more branded searches than Merlo Coffee among coffee chains in Australia. Dôme Café had about 14,800 branded searches, while Merlo Coffee had 6,600. Dôme Café made up 4.9% of all coffee chain searches we track, and Merlo Coffee accounted for 2.2%. - Dôme Café was ahead of Merlo Coffee in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Dôme Café’s share of searches among coffee chains in Australia moved from 6.7% to 4.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 27.1K to 14.8K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Merlo Coffee’s share of searches among coffee chains in Australia moved from 1.6% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 6.6K. ## Top coffee chains in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Dôme Café and Merlo Coffee were each mentioned in two out of four: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in the Google AI Overview. Merlo Coffee was listed before Dôme Café in every answer that named either. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Campos Coffee | 1st | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Merlo Coffee | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Muffin Break | 3rd | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Dôme Café | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | The Coffee Club | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Zarraffa's Coffee | 6th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Gloria Jean's | 7th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 | | Starbucks | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | ## Every AI answer about coffee chains - Asked ChatGPT "Which coffee chain has the best coffee in Australia?": 1. Campos Coffee, 2. Merlo Coffee, 3. Dôme Café - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best coffee chains in Australia?": 1. Campos Coffee, 2. Merlo Coffee, 3. Dôme Café, 4. Zarraffa's Coffee, 5. The Coffee Club, 6. Gloria Jean's - Asked ChatGPT "Which café chain in Australia is best for a quick coffee and snack?": 1. Muffin Break, 2. The Coffee Club - Searched Google, AI Overview "coffee shops": named none of the brands we track Not named in any answer: Starbucks. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 22, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for Australia coffee chains in September 2026? - In September 2026, Dôme Café lost share of searches among coffee chains in Australia, from 5.6% to 4.9%. ## Month by month | Month | Dôme Café estimated searches | Dôme Café Share of Search | Dôme Café rank | Merlo Coffee estimated searches | Merlo Coffee Share of Search | Merlo Coffee rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 27.1K | 6.7% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.6% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 22.2K | 4.9% | 5 | 8.1K | 1.8% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 22.2K | 4.7% | 4 | 8.1K | 1.7% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 22.2K | 5.4% | 4 | 8.1K | 2% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | 22.2K | 5.7% | 4 | 6.6K | 1.7% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | 22.2K | 5.6% | 4 | 8.1K | 2% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 18.1K | 5% | 4 | 8.1K | 2.3% | 7 | | May 2026 | 14.8K | 4.3% | 6 | 8.1K | 2.4% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 14.8K | 4.9% | 5 | 8.1K | 2.7% | 7 | | Jul 2026 | 14.8K | 4.9% | 6 | 8.1K | 2.7% | 7 | | Aug 2026 | 18.1K | 5.6% | 5 | 8.1K | 2.5% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | 14.8K | 4.9% | 6 | 6.6K | 2.2% | 7 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Dôme Café’s and Merlo Coffee’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Dôme Café**: Measured on the search term “dome cafe”. - **Merlo Coffee**: Measured on the search term “merlo coffee”. - [Dôme Café profile](/demand/au/brands/dome-cafe) - [Merlo Coffee profile](/demand/au/brands/merlo-coffee) - [All coffee chains in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-coffee-chains): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Dôme Café or Merlo Coffee more popular in search? In September 2026, Dôme Café had more branded searches than Merlo Coffee among coffee chains in Australia. Dôme Café had about 14,800 branded searches, while Merlo Coffee had 6,600. Dôme Café made up 4.9% of all coffee chain searches we track, and Merlo Coffee accounted for 2.2%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Dôme Café vs Merlo Coffee: Which is searched more in Australia?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/compare/dome-cafe-vs-merlo-coffee This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/compare/dome-cafe-vs-merlo-coffee. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.