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title: "Ace Rental Cars vs Avis: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Ace Rental Cars or Avis? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Rental car companies set 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Ace Rental Cars vs Avis: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Ace Rental Cars or Avis? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Rental car companies set 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

- **Compared**: Ace Rental Cars and Avis
- **Competitive set**: Rental car companies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Ace Rental Cars Share of Search**: 1.4%
- **Avis Share of Search**: 14.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Ace Rental Cars or Avis?

- In August 2026, Avis had more branded searches than Ace Rental Cars among rental car companies in New Zealand. Avis was estimated to have 16.7K branded searches compared to Ace Rental Cars’ 1.7K, and held a 14.1% Share of Search versus Ace Rental Cars’ 1.4%.
- Avis was ahead of Ace Rental Cars in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Ace Rental Cars’ estimated Share of Search among rental car companies in New Zealand moved from 1.5% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.1K to 1.7K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Avis’ estimated Share of Search among rental car companies in New Zealand moved from 13.3% to 14.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 17.8K to 16.7K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand rental car companies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Avis lost estimated Share of Search among rental car companies in New Zealand, from 14.9% to 14.1%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Ace Rental Cars in New Zealand fell 19.3% over 11 measured months, from 2.1K to 1.7K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Ace Rental Cars estimated searches | Ace Rental Cars Share of Search | Ace Rental Cars rank | Avis estimated searches | Avis Share of Search | Avis rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 2.1K | 1.5% | 12 | 17.8K | 13.3% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 2.8K | 1.9% | 11 | 18K | 12.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 2.4K | 1.7% | 11 | 16.6K | 11.9% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 2.5K | 1.5% | 11 | 21.9K | 13.1% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 3K | 2% | 10 | 21.4K | 14.3% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 2.6K | 1.7% | 11 | 25K | 15.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.5K | 1.2% | 12 | 16.6K | 13.3% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 1.5K | 1.3% | 12 | 16.1K | 14% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.3K | 1.2% | 12 | 16.3K | 15.3% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.8K | 1.6% | 12 | 16.4K | 14.9% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.7K | 1.4% | 12 | 16.7K | 14.1% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Ace Rental Cars’ and Avis’ names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Ace Rental Cars**: Measured on the search terms “ace car rental”, “ace car rental auckland airport”, “ace car rental near me”, “ace car rental nz”, “ace rental cars near me”, “ace rentals”, “ace rentals auckland airport”, “ace rentals near me”, “ace rentals nz” and “acerentalcars co nz”, summed into one figure.
- **Avis**: Measured on the search terms “avis”, “avis airport”, “avis and budget”, “avis au”, “avis auckland airport”, “avis budget rental”, “avis car”, “avis car rental”, “avis co nz”, “avis hamilton”, “avis hamilton airport”, “avis near me”, “avis nz”, “avis online”, “avis preferred”, “avis rental”, “avis rental airport”, “avis rental near me” and “avis sa”, summed into one figure.

- [Ace Rental Cars profile](/demand/nz/brands/ace-rental-cars)
- [Avis profile](/demand/nz/brands/avis)
- [All rental car companies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-rental-car-companies): The set both shares are measured inside, 12 brands.

## 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 is more popular in search, Ace Rental Cars or Avis?

In August 2026, Avis had more branded searches than Ace Rental Cars among rental car companies in New Zealand. Avis was estimated to have 16.7K branded searches compared to Ace Rental Cars’ 1.7K, and held a 14.1% Share of Search versus Ace Rental Cars’ 1.4%.

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