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title: "UniMed: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand"
description: "A New Zealand health insurer offering individual and workplace medical cover; it took over Accuro members in 2024. 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/unimed"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# UniMed: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand

A New Zealand health insurer offering individual and workplace medical cover; it took over Accuro members in 2024. 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**: UniMed
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Measured month**: Aug 2026
- **Share of Search among health insurers**: 12.7%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| health insurers | 4 | 12.7% | 12.1K |

- [New Zealand health insurers](/demand/nz/categories/nz-health-insurers)

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

- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for UniMed in New Zealand held steady, from 11.6K to 12.1K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, UniMed’s estimated Share of Search among health insurers in New Zealand peaked at 13.4% in February 2026 and was lowest at 11.8% in July 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand health insurers in August 2026?

- In August 2026, UniMed gained estimated Share of Search among health insurers in New Zealand, from 11.8% to 12.7%.
- In August 2026, AIA gained estimated Share of Search among health insurers in New Zealand, from 22.4% to 23.3%.
- In August 2026, Southern Cross Health Insurance lost estimated Share of Search among health insurers in New Zealand, from 40.8% to 39.2%.
- nib’s estimated Share of Search among health insurers in New Zealand has lost ground for 3 months in a row, from 17.1% to 15% in August 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | health insurers | 11.6K | 13% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | health insurers | 11.5K | 13.4% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | health insurers | 8.7K | 13.1% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | health insurers | 9.6K | 11.9% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | health insurers | 11.5K | 13.4% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | health insurers | 11.8K | 11.9% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | health insurers | 11K | 12.7% | 4 |
| May 2026 | health insurers | 11.1K | 11.9% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | health insurers | 12.8K | 13.3% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | health insurers | 10.7K | 11.8% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | health insurers | 12.1K | 12.7% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | health insurers | — | — | — |

## How is UniMed measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using UniMed’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.

- “accuro”
- “accuro health”
- “accuro health insurance”
- “accuro health insurance nz”
- “accuro insurance”
- “accuro insurance nz”
- “accuro medical insurance”
- “accuro nz”
- “UniMed”
- “unimed christchurch”
- “unimed health insurance”
- “unimed health insurance nz”
- “unimed insurance”
- “unimed insurance nz”
- “unimed new zealand”
- “unimed nz”

## Which health insurers compete with UniMed?

- [Southern Cross Health Insurance](/demand/nz/brands/southern-cross-health-insurance): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/southern-cross-health-insurance-vs-unimed
- [AIA](/demand/nz/brands/aia): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/aia-vs-unimed
- [nib](/demand/nz/brands/nib): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/nib-vs-unimed
- [Partners Life](/demand/nz/brands/partners-life): Head-to-head: /demand/nz/compare/partners-life-vs-unimed

## 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. "UniMed: search popularity and Share of Search in New Zealand". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/brands/unimed

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