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title: "B&Q: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide"
description: "B&Q is hardware retailer. 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/global-en/brands/b-and-q"
publisher: "Brandwave"
---

# B&Q: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide

B&Q is hardware retailer. 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

- **Brand**: B&Q
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among hardware retailers**: 14.9%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware retailers | 3 | 14.9% | 1.5M |

- [Hardware retailers](/demand/global-en/categories/hardware-retailers)

## How has branded search demand for B&Q changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for B&Q worldwide rose from 1.2M to 1.5M.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, B&Q’s estimated Share of Search among hardware retailers worldwide increased from 12.9% to 14.9%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, B&Q’s estimated Share of Search among hardware retailers worldwide peaked at 17.6% in April 2026 and was lowest at 12.2% in December 2025.

## How did search popularity change for hardware retailers worldwide in August 2026?

- B&Q’s estimated Share of Search among hardware retailers worldwide has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 17.6% to 14.9% in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Wickes worldwide rose 23% over 11 measured months, from 1.2M to 1.5M in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Robert Dyas worldwide rose 22.4% over 11 measured months, from 201K to 246K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Homebase worldwide fell 18.2% over 11 measured months, from 7.5K to 6.1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Hardware retailers | 1.2M | 12.9% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Hardware retailers | 1.2M | 12.8% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Hardware retailers | 1M | 12.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.2M | 12.9% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.2M | 14.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.5M | 14.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.8M | 17.6% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.8M | 17.6% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.5M | 15.3% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.5M | 14.9% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Hardware retailers | 1.5M | 14.9% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Hardware retailers | — | — | — |

## How is B&Q measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using B&Q’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “b and q”

## Which hardware retailers compete with B&Q?

- [Screwfix](/demand/global-en/brands/screwfix): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/b-and-q-vs-screwfix
- [Toolstation](/demand/global-en/brands/toolstation): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/b-and-q-vs-toolstation
- [Wickes](/demand/global-en/brands/wickes): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/b-and-q-vs-wickes
- [Robert Dyas](/demand/global-en/brands/robert-dyas): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/b-and-q-vs-robert-dyas
- [Homebase](/demand/global-en/brands/homebase-scheduling): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/b-and-q-vs-homebase-scheduling

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "B&Q: search popularity and Share of Search worldwide". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/b-and-q

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