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title: "Columbus Coffee: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Columbus Coffee is a café chain in New Zealand. 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/nz/brands/columbus-coffee"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Columbus Coffee: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Columbus Coffee is a café chain in New Zealand. 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**: Columbus Coffee
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among coffee chains**: 23.2%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee chains | 2 | 23.2% | 30.8K |

- [Coffee chains](/demand/nz/categories/nz-coffee-chains)

## How has branded search demand for Columbus Coffee changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Columbus Coffee in New Zealand held steady, from 30.6K to 30.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Columbus Coffee’s estimated Share of Search among coffee chains in New Zealand peaked at 26.2% in February 2026 and was lowest at 21.1% in November 2025.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand coffee chains in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Starbucks gained estimated Share of Search among coffee chains in New Zealand, from 48.4% to 53.8%.
- In August 2026, The Coffee Club lost estimated Share of Search among coffee chains in New Zealand, from 17.5% to 14.6%.
- In August 2026, Columbus Coffee lost estimated Share of Search among coffee chains in New Zealand, from 25.2% to 23.2%.
- In August 2026, Muffin Break lost estimated Share of Search among coffee chains in New Zealand, from 5.5% to 4.9%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Robert Harris in New Zealand rose 25.5% over 11 measured months, from 1.9K to 2.4K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Esquires in New Zealand fell 28.7% over 11 measured months, from 1.4K to 1K in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Coffee chains | 30.6K | 23.6% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | Coffee chains | 30.4K | 21.1% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | Coffee chains | 37K | 23.8% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | Coffee chains | 36.8K | 24.6% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | Coffee chains | 36.4K | 26.2% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | Coffee chains | 37K | 24.9% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | Coffee chains | 30.6K | 23.2% | 2 |
| May 2026 | Coffee chains | 30.6K | 25.3% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | Coffee chains | 30.5K | 25.8% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | Coffee chains | 30.4K | 25.2% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Coffee chains | 30.8K | 23.2% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | Coffee chains | — | — | — |

## How is Columbus Coffee measured?

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

- “columbus cafe”
- “columbus cafe botany”
- “columbus cafe menu”
- “columbus cafe near me”
- “columbus coffee”
- “columbus coffee beans”
- “columbus coffee botany”
- “columbus coffee cafe”
- “columbus coffee menu”
- “columbus coffee near me”
- “columbus coffee nz”
- “columbus coffee online”
- “columbus coffee rosebank road”
- “columbus coffee sylvia park”
- “columbus coffee william pickering”
- “columbuscoffee”
- “columbuscoffee co nz”

## Which coffee chains compete with Columbus Coffee?

- [Starbucks](/demand/nz/brands/starbucks): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/columbus-coffee-vs-starbucks
- [The Coffee Club](/demand/nz/brands/the-coffee-club): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/columbus-coffee-vs-the-coffee-club
- [Muffin Break](/demand/nz/brands/muffin-break): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/columbus-coffee-vs-muffin-break
- [Robert Harris](/demand/nz/brands/robert-harris): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/columbus-coffee-vs-robert-harris
- [Mojo Coffee](/demand/nz/brands/mojo-coffee): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/columbus-coffee-vs-mojo-coffee
- [Esquires](/demand/nz/brands/esquires)

## 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. "Columbus Coffee: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/columbus-coffee

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