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title: "Health stores in New Zealand: Which brands are most popular in search?"
description: "Compare the online and high street health stores New Zealanders buy vitamins and natural products from. Share of Search among Chemist Warehouse, iHerb, HealthPost, Health 2000 and Pure Nature, the health stores Brandwave compares in New Zealand, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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/categories/nz-health-food-stores"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Health stores in New Zealand: Which brands are most popular in search?

Compare the online and high street health stores New Zealanders buy vitamins and natural products from. Share of Search among Chemist Warehouse, iHerb, HealthPost, Health 2000 and Pure Nature, the health stores Brandwave compares in New Zealand, using the same methodology, market, and reporting period. 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

- **Competitive set**: Health stores
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Brands compared**: 5
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Highest Share of Search**: Chemist Warehouse, 93.8%

## Which brand is most popular in search among health stores in New Zealand?

- In August 2026, Chemist Warehouse was the most searched among health stores in New Zealand, with an estimated 986K branded searches and 93.8% estimated Share of Search within this set.
- iHerb is in 2nd place, 90.8 percentage points behind at 3% Share of Search.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Chemist Warehouse’s estimated Share of Search among health stores in New Zealand peaked at 95.7% in December 2025 and was lowest at 93.5% in January 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, iHerb’s estimated Share of Search among health stores in New Zealand peaked at 3.1% in June 2026 and was lowest at 1.8% in December 2025.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Chemist Warehouse, iHerb, HealthPost, Health 2000 and Pure Nature held steady: their estimated Share of Search among health stores in New Zealand each moved less than 0.5 percentage points.

## Compare search popularity between leading brands

- [Chemist Warehouse vs iHerb: compare search popularity](/demand/nz/compare/chemist-warehouse-nz-vs-iherb): 93.8% against 3% Share of Search.

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

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Health 2000 in New Zealand fell 13.9% over 11 measured months, from 11K to 9.5K in August 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for HealthPost in New Zealand fell 10.5% over 11 measured months, from 20.6K to 18.4K in August 2026.

## Share of Search ranking

| Rank | Brand | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches | Change vs prior month | Owned by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Chemist Warehouse | 93.8% | 986K | +2.0% | CHEMIST WAREHOUSE LIMITED |
| 2 | iHerb | 3% | 31.7K | +12.7% | iHerb |
| 3 | HealthPost | 1.8% | 18.4K | +11.3% | HealthPost |
| 4 | Health 2000 | 0.9% | 9.5K | +0.9% | Health 2000 |
| 5 | Pure Nature | 0.51% | 5.4K | 0.0% | Pure Nature |

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Brand | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Chemist Warehouse | 1M | 94% | 1 |
| Oct 2025 | iHerb | 29.1K | 2.6% | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | HealthPost | 20.6K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Oct 2025 | Health 2000 | 11K | 0.99% | 4 |
| Oct 2025 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.49% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | Chemist Warehouse | 1.2M | 95% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | iHerb | 29.1K | 2.2% | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | HealthPost | 20.7K | 1.6% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Health 2000 | 10.6K | 0.81% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.41% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | Chemist Warehouse | 1.1M | 95.7% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | iHerb | 21.2K | 1.8% | 2 |
| Dec 2025 | HealthPost | 15.2K | 1.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Health 2000 | 10.7K | 0.9% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | Pure Nature | 4.4K | 0.37% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 967K | 93.5% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | iHerb | 31.6K | 3.1% | 2 |
| Jan 2026 | HealthPost | 20.2K | 2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Health 2000 | 11.2K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | Pure Nature | 4.4K | 0.43% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 923K | 94.3% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | iHerb | 26K | 2.7% | 2 |
| Feb 2026 | HealthPost | 16.6K | 1.7% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Health 2000 | 9.6K | 0.98% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | Pure Nature | 3.6K | 0.37% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 989K | 93.5% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | iHerb | 31.7K | 3% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | HealthPost | 20.2K | 1.9% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Health 2000 | 11.5K | 1.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.51% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 1M | 94.1% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | iHerb | 29.3K | 2.7% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | HealthPost | 18.4K | 1.7% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Health 2000 | 11K | 1% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | Pure Nature | 4.4K | 0.41% | 5 |
| May 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 993K | 93.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | iHerb | 31.6K | 3% | 2 |
| May 2026 | HealthPost | 18.4K | 1.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Health 2000 | 9.6K | 0.91% | 4 |
| May 2026 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.51% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 965K | 93.9% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | iHerb | 31.5K | 3.1% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | HealthPost | 16.6K | 1.6% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Health 2000 | 9.5K | 0.92% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.53% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 967K | 94.2% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | iHerb | 28.1K | 2.7% | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | HealthPost | 16.6K | 1.6% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Health 2000 | 9.4K | 0.91% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.53% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | 986K | 93.8% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | iHerb | 31.7K | 3% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | HealthPost | 18.4K | 1.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | Health 2000 | 9.5K | 0.9% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Pure Nature | 5.4K | 0.51% | 5 |
| Sep 2026 | Chemist Warehouse | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | Health 2000 | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | HealthPost | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | iHerb | — | — | — |
| Sep 2026 | Pure Nature | — | — | — |

## What is being compared

- **Chemist Warehouse**: Measured on the search terms “Chemist Warehouse”, “chemist warehouse ashburton”, “chemist warehouse beauty”, “chemist warehouse blenheim”, “chemist warehouse blenheim square”, “chemist warehouse botany”, “chemist warehouse centre place”, “chemist warehouse chemist”, “chemist warehouse delivery”, “chemist warehouse flat bush”, “chemist warehouse fragrance”, “chemist warehouse fraser cove”, “chemist warehouse hastings”, “chemist warehouse hours”, “chemist warehouse hours hastings”, “chemist warehouse hunters plaza”, “chemist warehouse lynnmall”, “chemist warehouse make up”, “chemist warehouse makeup”, “chemist warehouse napier”, “chemist warehouse napier nz”, “chemist warehouse near me”, “chemist warehouse new plymouth”, “chemist warehouse new zealand”, “chemist warehouse nz”, “chemist warehouse nz hastings”, “chemist warehouse on line”, “chemist warehouse online”, “chemist warehouse online pharmacy”, “chemist warehouse perfume”, “chemist warehouse pharmacy”, “chemist warehouse prescriptions”, “chemist warehouse queenstown”, “chemist warehouse ronwood centre”, “chemist warehouse skincare”, “chemist warehouse south city”, “chemist warehouse st lukes”, “chemist warehouse supplements”, “chemist warehouse sylvia park”, “chemist warehouse the base”, “chemist warehouse the palms”, “chemist warehouse vaccinations”, “chemist warehouse vitamins”, “chemist warehouse west gate”, “chemist warehouse westgate”, “chemistwarehouse”, “chemistwarehouse co nz”, “chemistwarehouse.co.nz”, “the chemist warehouse”, “the chemist warehouse ashburton”, “the chemist warehouse blenheim”, “the chemist warehouse hastings”, “the chemist warehouse nz” and “the chemist warehouse queenstown”, summed into one figure.
- **Health 2000**: Measured on the search terms “health 2000 barrington”, “health 2000 broadtop”, “health 2000 eastridge”, “health 2000 highbury”, “health 2000 near me”, “health 2000 northlands”, “health 2000 nz”, “health 2000 online”, “health 2000 shop”, “health 2000 sunray”, “health2000”, “health2000 co nz”, “health2000 nz” and “sunray health 2000”, summed into one figure.
- **HealthPost**: Measured on the search terms “healthpost”, “healthpost co nz”, “healthpost nature trust”, “healthpost near me”, “healthpost nelson”, “healthpost nz”, “healthpost online”, “healthpost shop”, “healthpost specials” and “www healthpost co nz”, summed into one figure.
- **iHerb**: Measured on the search terms “iherb”, “iherb com”, “iherb discount”, “iherb locations”, “iherb near me”, “iherb nz”, “iherb online”, “iherb shop”, “iherb store locations”, “iherb store near me”, “iherb supplements”, “iherb voucher” and “nz iherb com”, summed into one figure.
- **Pure Nature**: Measured on the search terms “pure nature nz”, “pure nature supplements” and “pure nature vitamins”, summed into one figure.

- [Chemist Warehouse](/demand/nz/brands/chemist-warehouse-nz)
- [Health 2000](/demand/nz/brands/health-2000)
- [HealthPost](/demand/nz/brands/healthpost)
- [iHerb](/demand/nz/brands/iherb)
- [Pure Nature](/demand/nz/brands/pure-nature)

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Which brand is most popular in search among health stores in New Zealand?

In August 2026, Chemist Warehouse was the most searched among health stores in New Zealand, with an estimated 986K branded searches and 93.8% estimated Share of Search within this set.

## Cite this page

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