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title: "Banjo Loans vs Lending Crowd: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Banjo Loans or Lending Crowd? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Business lenders 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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# Banjo Loans vs Lending Crowd: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Banjo Loans or Lending Crowd? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Business lenders 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**: Banjo Loans and Lending Crowd
- **Competitive set**: Business lenders
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Banjo Loans Share of Search**: 0.06%
- **Lending Crowd Share of Search**: 1.3%

## Which is more popular in search, Banjo Loans or Lending Crowd?

- In August 2026, Lending Crowd had more branded searches than Banjo Loans among business lenders in New Zealand. Lending Crowd was estimated to have 230 branded searches compared to Banjo Loans’ 10, and held a 1.3% Share of Search versus Banjo Loans’ 0.06%.
- Lending Crowd was ahead of Banjo Loans in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Banjo Loans’ estimated Share of Search among business lenders in New Zealand held steady at 0.06%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 10.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Lending Crowd’s estimated Share of Search among business lenders in New Zealand moved from 2.2% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 400 to 230.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand business lenders in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Lending Crowd in New Zealand fell 42.5% over 11 measured months, from 400 to 230 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Banjo Loans estimated searches | Banjo Loans Share of Search | Banjo Loans rank | Lending Crowd estimated searches | Lending Crowd Share of Search | Lending Crowd rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 400 | 2.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 370 | 2.1% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 0 | 0% | 4 | 320 | 2.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 370 | 2.1% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 350 | 2% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 300 | 1.7% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 260 | 1.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 320 | 1.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 10 | 0.04% | 4 | 300 | 1.2% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 210 | 1.2% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 10 | 0.06% | 4 | 230 | 1.3% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Banjo Loans’ and Lending Crowd’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.

- **Banjo Loans**: Measured on the search term “banjo loans”.
- **Lending Crowd**: Measured on the search terms “lending crowd”, “lending crowd nz”, “lendingcrowd” and “lendingcrowd nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Banjo Loans profile](/demand/nz/brands/banjo-loans)
- [Lending Crowd profile](/demand/nz/brands/lending-crowd)
- [All business lenders in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-business-lenders): The set both shares are measured inside, 4 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, Banjo Loans or Lending Crowd?

In August 2026, Lending Crowd had more branded searches than Banjo Loans among business lenders in New Zealand. Lending Crowd was estimated to have 230 branded searches compared to Banjo Loans’ 10, and held a 1.3% Share of Search versus Banjo Loans’ 0.06%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Banjo Loans vs Lending Crowd: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/banjo-loans-vs-lending-crowd

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