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title: "Apex Recruitment vs Unite Recruit: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Apex Recruitment or Unite Recruit? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Trades and Industrial Recruitment 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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# Apex Recruitment vs Unite Recruit: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Apex Recruitment or Unite Recruit? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Trades and Industrial Recruitment 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**: Apex Recruitment and Unite Recruit
- **Competitive set**: Trades and Industrial Recruitment
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Apex Recruitment Share of Search**: 1.7%
- **Unite Recruit Share of Search**: 4.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Apex Recruitment or Unite Recruit?

- In August 2026, Unite Recruit had more branded searches than Apex Recruitment among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand. Unite Recruit was estimated to have 700 branded searches compared to Apex Recruitment’s 270, and held a 4.5% Share of Search versus Apex Recruitment’s 1.7%.
- Unite Recruit was ahead of Apex Recruitment in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Apex Recruitment’s estimated Share of Search among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand moved from 1.5% to 1.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 270.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Unite Recruit’s estimated Share of Search among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand moved from 4.4% to 4.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 790 to 700.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand trades and industrial recruitment in August 2026?

- Unite Recruit’s estimated Share of Search among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand has gained ground for 3 months in a row, from 3.1% to 4.5% in August 2026.
- In August 2026, Apex Recruitment rose from 9th to 7th among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | Apex Recruitment estimated searches | Apex Recruitment Share of Search | Apex Recruitment rank | Unite Recruit estimated searches | Unite Recruit Share of Search | Unite Recruit rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 270 | 1.5% | 8 | 790 | 4.4% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 260 | 1.4% | 8 | 990 | 5.3% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 170 | 1.2% | 8 | 440 | 3.2% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 270 | 1.5% | 8 | 530 | 3% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 330 | 1.9% | 7 | 660 | 3.8% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 330 | 1.8% | 8 | 670 | 3.7% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 330 | 2.2% | 8 | 530 | 3.5% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 320 | 1.8% | 8 | 540 | 3.1% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 340 | 2% | 7 | 540 | 3.2% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 190 | 1.2% | 9 | 680 | 4.5% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 270 | 1.7% | 7 | 700 | 4.5% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Apex Recruitment’s and Unite Recruit’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.

- **Apex Recruitment**: Measured on the search terms “Apex Recruitment”, “apex recruitment jobs” and “apex recruitment vacancies”, summed into one figure.
- **Unite Recruit**: Measured on the search terms “Unite Recruit”, “unite recruit napier”, “unite recruit nz” and “unite recruiting”, summed into one figure.

- [Apex Recruitment profile](/demand/nz/brands/apex-recruitment)
- [Unite Recruit profile](/demand/nz/brands/unite-recruit)
- [All trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/trades-industrial-recruitment): The set both shares are measured inside, 11 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, Apex Recruitment or Unite Recruit?

In August 2026, Unite Recruit had more branded searches than Apex Recruitment among trades and industrial recruitment in New Zealand. Unite Recruit was estimated to have 700 branded searches compared to Apex Recruitment’s 270, and held a 4.5% Share of Search versus Apex Recruitment’s 1.7%.

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