--- title: "Five Good Friends vs The CareSide: Which is searched more in Australia?" description: "Is Five Good Friends or The CareSide more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Home care providers 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/five-good-friends-vs-the-careside" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Five Good Friends vs The CareSide: Which is searched more in Australia? Is Five Good Friends or The CareSide more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Home care providers 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**: Five Good Friends and The CareSide - **Competitive set**: Home care providers - **Market**: Australia - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Five Good Friends Share of Search**: 10.1% - **The CareSide Share of Search**: 3% ## Is Five Good Friends or The CareSide more popular in search? - In September 2026, Five Good Friends had more branded searches than The CareSide among home care providers in Australia. Five Good Friends had about 5,400 branded searches, while The CareSide had 1,600. Five Good Friends made up 10.1% of all home care provider searches we track, and The CareSide accounted for 3%. - Five Good Friends was ahead of The CareSide in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Five Good Friends’ share of searches among home care providers in Australia moved from 10.6% to 10.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 5.4K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, The CareSide’s share of searches among home care providers in Australia moved from 3.1% to 3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.6K. ## Top home care providers in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Five Good Friends and The CareSide were each mentioned in two out of four: in two of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in the Google AI Overview. The CareSide was listed before Five Good Friends in two out of three answers. 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Australian Unity | 1st | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Bolton Clarke | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 | | Trilogy Care | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | The CareSide | 4th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Five Good Friends | 5th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 | | Feros Care | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | | Just Better Care | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 | ## Every AI answer about home care providers - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best home care provider in Australia?": 1. Australian Unity, 2. Bolton Clarke, 3. The CareSide - Asked ChatGPT "Which home care package provider in Australia is best?": 1. Trilogy Care, 2. The CareSide, 3. Bolton Clarke, 4. Five Good Friends - Asked ChatGPT "Who are the main home care providers in Australia?": 1. Australian Unity, 2. Bolton Clarke, 3. Trilogy Care, 4. Five Good Friends - Searched Google, AI Overview "home care package": named none of the brands we track Not named in any answer: Feros Care and Just Better Care. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in Australia on October 23, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for Australia home care providers in September 2026? - In September 2026, Five Good Friends gained share of searches among home care providers in Australia, from 9.5% to 10.1%. ## Month by month | Month | Five Good Friends estimated searches | Five Good Friends Share of Search | Five Good Friends rank | The CareSide estimated searches | The CareSide Share of Search | The CareSide rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 5.4K | 10.6% | 3 | 1.6K | 3.1% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 5.4K | 10.5% | 3 | 1.6K | 3.1% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 4.4K | 9.6% | 3 | 1.3K | 2.8% | 7 | | Jan 2026 | 5.4K | 10.7% | 3 | 1.9K | 3.8% | 7 | | Feb 2026 | 5.4K | 10.4% | 3 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 7 | | Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 9.5% | 3 | 1.9K | 3.4% | 7 | | Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 10.5% | 3 | 1.6K | 3.1% | 7 | | May 2026 | 5.4K | 10.4% | 3 | 1.9K | 3.7% | 7 | | Jun 2026 | 5.4K | 10% | 3 | 1.9K | 3.5% | 7 | | Jul 2026 | 5.4K | 10.2% | 3 | 1.6K | 3% | 7 | | Aug 2026 | 5.4K | 9.5% | 3 | 1.6K | 2.8% | 7 | | Sep 2026 | 5.4K | 10.1% | 3 | 1.6K | 3% | 7 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Five Good Friends’ and The CareSide’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. - **Five Good Friends**: Measured on the search term “five good friends”. - **The CareSide**: Measured on the search term “the careside”. - [Five Good Friends profile](/demand/au/brands/five-good-friends) - [The CareSide profile](/demand/au/brands/the-careside) - [All home care providers in Australia](/demand/au/categories/au-home-care-providers): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 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 Five Good Friends or The CareSide more popular in search? In September 2026, Five Good Friends had more branded searches than The CareSide among home care providers in Australia. Five Good Friends had about 5,400 branded searches, while The CareSide had 1,600. Five Good Friends made up 10.1% of all home care provider searches we track, and The CareSide accounted for 3%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Five Good Friends vs The CareSide: Which is searched more in Australia?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/compare/five-good-friends-vs-the-careside This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/au/compare/five-good-friends-vs-the-careside. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.