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title: "Foster + Melville Architects: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "Foster + Melville Architects provides architectural design services 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."
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# Foster + Melville Architects: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

Foster + Melville Architects provides architectural design services 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**: Foster + Melville Architects
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among wellington architecture firms**: 7.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wellington architecture firms | 5 | 7.6% | 50 |

- [Wellington architecture firms](/demand/nz/categories/nz-wellington-architecture-firms)

## How has branded search demand for Foster + Melville Architects changed in New Zealand over the last 12 months?

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Foster + Melville Architects in New Zealand fell from 90 to 50.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Foster + Melville Architects’ estimated Share of Search among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand decreased from 16.7% to 7.6%.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Foster + Melville Architects fell from 4th to 5th among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand wellington architecture firms in August 2026?

- In August 2026, First Light Studio overtook Voxell to rank 3rd among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand, at 21.2%.
- In August 2026, Architecture Plus lost estimated Share of Search among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand, from 25.8% to 22.7%.
- In August 2026, Foster + Melville Architects lost estimated Share of Search among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand, from 9.1% to 7.6%.
- In August 2026, McKenzie Higham rose from 2nd to 1st among wellington architecture firms in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Voxell in New Zealand rose 100% over 11 measured months, from 70 to 140 in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Wellington architecture firms | 90 | 16.7% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Wellington architecture firms | 70 | 12.1% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Wellington architecture firms | 40 | 10% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 60 | 11.8% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 70 | 13.5% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 90 | 11.5% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 60 | 8.5% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 70 | 11.5% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 70 | 11.1% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 60 | 9.1% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | 50 | 7.6% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Wellington architecture firms | — | — | — |

## How is Foster + Melville Architects measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Foster + Melville Architects’ 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.

- “fm architects”
- “fmarchitects”
- “foster and melville”
- “foster melville”
- “foster melville architects”

## Which wellington architecture firms compete with Foster + Melville Architects?

- [McKenzie Higham](/demand/nz/brands/mckenzie-higham): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/foster-melville-architects-vs-mckenzie-higham
- [Architecture Plus](/demand/nz/brands/architecture-plus): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/architecture-plus-vs-foster-melville-architects
- [First Light Studio](/demand/nz/brands/first-light-studio): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/first-light-studio-vs-foster-melville-architects
- [Voxell](/demand/nz/brands/voxell): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/foster-melville-architects-vs-voxell
- [Wright & Gray](/demand/nz/brands/wright-gray): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/foster-melville-architects-vs-wright-gray

## Methodology

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

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