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title: "Adecco vs Search Recruitment: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Adecco or Search Recruitment? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Nelson recruitment agencies 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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# Adecco vs Search Recruitment: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Adecco or Search Recruitment? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Nelson recruitment agencies 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**: Adecco and Search Recruitment
- **Competitive set**: Nelson recruitment agencies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Adecco Share of Search**: 57.2%
- **Search Recruitment Share of Search**: 1%

## Which is more popular in search, Adecco or Search Recruitment?

- In August 2026, Adecco had more branded searches than Search Recruitment among nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand. Adecco was estimated to have 6.6K branded searches compared to Search Recruitment’s 120, and held a 57.2% Share of Search versus Search Recruitment’s 1%.
- Adecco was ahead of Search Recruitment in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Adecco’s estimated Share of Search among nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 66.3% to 57.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.4K to 6.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Search Recruitment’s estimated Share of Search among nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 0.63% to 1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60 to 120.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand nelson recruitment agencies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Adecco gained estimated Share of Search among nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand, from 52.6% to 57.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Search Recruitment in New Zealand rose 100% over 11 measured months, from 60 to 120 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Adecco estimated searches | Adecco Share of Search | Adecco rank | Search Recruitment estimated searches | Search Recruitment Share of Search | Search Recruitment rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 6.4K | 66.3% | 1 | 60 | 0.63% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 6.4K | 69.1% | 1 | 100 | 1.1% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.4K | 71.1% | 1 | 90 | 1.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 7K | 67.3% | 1 | 130 | 1.3% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 6.5K | 66.6% | 1 | 100 | 1% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 7.8K | 67.5% | 1 | 130 | 1.1% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.4K | 68.3% | 1 | 80 | 0.85% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 7K | 67.4% | 1 | 100 | 0.96% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 7K | 69.9% | 1 | 150 | 1.5% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 7K | 52.6% | 1 | 100 | 0.76% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 6.6K | 57.2% | 1 | 120 | 1% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Adecco’s and Search Recruitment’s 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.

- **Adecco**: Measured on the search terms “adecco”, “adecco accounting”, “adecco accounting jobs”, “adecco co nz”, “adecco dunedin”, “adecco employment”, “adecco employment agency”, “adecco employment services”, “adecco hastings”, “adecco jobs”, “adecco labour hire”, “adecco marketing”, “adecco marketing jobs”, “adecco near me”, “adecco near me jobs”, “adecco nelson”, “adecco new plymouth”, “adecco new zealand”, “adecco nz”, “adecco nz jobs”, “adecco online”, “adecco online jobs”, “adecco palmerston north”, “adecco personnel ltd”, “adecco positions”, “adecco property management”, “adecco recruitment”, “adecco recruitment agency”, “adecco recruitment nz”, “adecco temp agency”, “adecco wanganui”, “adecco whangarei”, “adecco work agency”, “staffing adecco” and “the adecco”, summed into one figure.
- **Search Recruitment**: Measured on the search terms “search recruitment”, “search recruitment jobs”, “search recruitment nelson”, “search recruitment nz” and “searchrecruitment”, summed into one figure.

- [Adecco profile](/demand/nz/brands/adecco)
- [Search Recruitment profile](/demand/nz/brands/search-recruitment)
- [All nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-nelson-recruitment-agencies): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 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, Adecco or Search Recruitment?

In August 2026, Adecco had more branded searches than Search Recruitment among nelson recruitment agencies in New Zealand. Adecco was estimated to have 6.6K branded searches compared to Search Recruitment’s 120, and held a 57.2% Share of Search versus Search Recruitment’s 1%.

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