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title: "Budget Trucks vs HIREACE: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Budget Trucks or HIREACE? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Moving truck rental 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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# Budget Trucks vs HIREACE: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Budget Trucks or HIREACE? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Moving truck rental 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**: Budget Trucks and HIREACE
- **Competitive set**: Moving truck rental companies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Budget Trucks Share of Search**: 3.5%
- **HIREACE Share of Search**: 62.1%

## Which is more popular in search, Budget Trucks or HIREACE?

- In August 2026, HIREACE had more branded searches than Budget Trucks among moving truck rental companies in New Zealand. HIREACE was estimated to have 4.8K branded searches compared to Budget Trucks’ 270, and held a 62.1% Share of Search versus Budget Trucks’ 3.5%.
- HIREACE was ahead of Budget Trucks in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Budget Trucks’ estimated Share of Search among moving truck rental companies in New Zealand moved from 3.7% to 3.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 340 to 270.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, HIREACE’s estimated Share of Search among moving truck rental companies in New Zealand moved from 63.7% to 62.1%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.8K to 4.8K.

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

- In August 2026, HIREACE lost estimated Share of Search among moving truck rental companies in New Zealand, from 67.1% to 62.1%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Budget Trucks in New Zealand fell 20.6% over 11 measured months, from 340 to 270 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Budget Trucks estimated searches | Budget Trucks Share of Search | Budget Trucks rank | HIREACE estimated searches | HIREACE Share of Search | HIREACE rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 340 | 3.7% | 3 | 5.8K | 63.7% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 280 | 3% | 3 | 6K | 64.9% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 260 | 3.1% | 3 | 5.1K | 60.9% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 330 | 3.5% | 3 | 6K | 64.2% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 310 | 3.4% | 3 | 5.8K | 62.7% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 330 | 3.6% | 3 | 5.6K | 60.8% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 250 | 3.2% | 3 | 4.8K | 61.9% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 250 | 3.2% | 3 | 4.8K | 61% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 310 | 4.1% | 3 | 4.5K | 60.4% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 220 | 3.1% | 3 | 4.7K | 67.1% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 270 | 3.5% | 3 | 4.8K | 62.1% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Budget Trucks’ and HIREACE’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.

- **Budget Trucks**: Measured on the search terms “budget truck hire nz”, “budget truck rental”, “budget truck rental nz”, “budget trucks new zealand” and “budget trucks nz”, summed into one figure.
- **HIREACE**: Measured on the search terms “henderson hireace”, “hireace”, “hireace airport”, “hireace car rental”, “hireace chch”, “hireace co nz”, “hireace lunn ave”, “hireace near me”, “hireace nz”, “hireace rental”, “hireace trailer”, “hireace trailer hire z”, “hireace trailer price”, “hireace trailer z”, “hireace truck”, “hireace truck hire”, “hireace truck rental”, “hireace van” and “hireace van rental”, summed into one figure.

- [Budget Trucks profile](/demand/nz/brands/budget-trucks)
- [HIREACE profile](/demand/nz/brands/hireace)
- [All moving truck rental companies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-truck-rental-companies): The set both shares are measured inside, 3 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, Budget Trucks or HIREACE?

In August 2026, HIREACE had more branded searches than Budget Trucks among moving truck rental companies in New Zealand. HIREACE was estimated to have 4.8K branded searches compared to Budget Trucks’ 270, and held a 62.1% Share of Search versus Budget Trucks’ 3.5%.

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