--- title: "Chemist Warehouse vs Woolworths Pharmacy: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Chemist Warehouse or Woolworths Pharmacy? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Community Pharmacy Brands 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/chemist-warehouse-nz-vs-woolworths-pharmacy-nz" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Chemist Warehouse vs Woolworths Pharmacy: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Chemist Warehouse or Woolworths Pharmacy? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Community Pharmacy Brands 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**: Chemist Warehouse and Woolworths Pharmacy - **Competitive set**: Community Pharmacy Brands - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Chemist Warehouse Share of Search**: 83.7% - **Woolworths Pharmacy Share of Search**: 0.45% ## Which is more popular in search, Chemist Warehouse or Woolworths Pharmacy? - In August 2026, Chemist Warehouse had more branded searches than Woolworths Pharmacy among community pharmacy brands in New Zealand. Chemist Warehouse was estimated to have 1M branded searches compared to Woolworths Pharmacy’s 5.4K, and held an 83.7% Share of Search versus Woolworths Pharmacy’s 0.45%. - Chemist Warehouse was ahead of Woolworths Pharmacy in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Chemist Warehouse’s estimated Share of Search among community pharmacy brands in New Zealand moved from 86.2% to 83.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.1M to 1M. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Woolworths Pharmacy’s estimated Share of Search among community pharmacy brands in New Zealand moved from 0.51% to 0.45%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 6.2K to 5.4K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand community pharmacy brands in August 2026? - In August 2026, Chemist Warehouse lost estimated Share of Search among community pharmacy brands in New Zealand, from 85% to 83.7%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Woolworths Pharmacy in New Zealand fell 13.6% over 11 measured months, from 6.2K to 5.4K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Chemist Warehouse estimated searches | Chemist Warehouse Share of Search | Chemist Warehouse rank | Woolworths Pharmacy estimated searches | Woolworths Pharmacy Share of Search | Woolworths Pharmacy rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1.1M | 86.2% | 1 | 6.2K | 0.51% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 1.3M | 87.6% | 1 | 5.5K | 0.38% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 1.2M | 86.1% | 1 | 5.8K | 0.43% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 988K | 85.3% | 1 | 5.7K | 0.49% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 940K | 86% | 1 | 5.4K | 0.49% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 1M | 84.9% | 1 | 5.7K | 0.48% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 1M | 85.2% | 1 | 4.7K | 0.39% | 5 | | May 2026 | 1M | 85.4% | 1 | 4.7K | 0.39% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 980K | 87.1% | 1 | 4.7K | 0.41% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 986K | 85% | 1 | 4.7K | 0.4% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 1M | 83.7% | 1 | 5.4K | 0.45% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Chemist Warehouse’s and Woolworths Pharmacy’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. - **Chemist Warehouse**: Measured on the search terms “chemist ware house nz”, “Chemist Warehouse”, “chemist warehouse ashburton”, “chemist warehouse beauty”, “chemist warehouse blenheim”, “chemist warehouse blenheim nz”, “chemist warehouse blenheim square”, “chemist warehouse botany”, “chemist warehouse cambridge”, “chemist warehouse centre place”, “chemist warehouse chemist”, “chemist warehouse delivery”, “chemist warehouse delivery nz”, “chemist warehouse flat bush”, “chemist warehouse fragrance”, “chemist warehouse fraser cove”, “chemist warehouse hastings”, “chemist warehouse hastings nz”, “chemist warehouse hours”, “chemist warehouse hours hastings”, “chemist warehouse hunters plaza”, “chemist warehouse lynnmall”, “chemist warehouse make up”, “chemist warehouse makeup”, “chemist warehouse napier”, “chemist warehouse napier nz”, “chemist warehouse near me”, “chemist warehouse new plymouth”, “chemist warehouse new zealand”, “chemist warehouse nz”, “chemist warehouse nz hastings”, “chemist warehouse on line”, “chemist warehouse online”, “chemist warehouse online new zealand”, “chemist warehouse online pharmacy”, “chemist warehouse perfume”, “chemist warehouse pharmacy”, “chemist warehouse prescriptions”, “chemist warehouse queenstown”, “chemist warehouse ronwood centre”, “chemist warehouse skincare”, “chemist warehouse south city”, “chemist warehouse st lukes”, “chemist warehouse supplements”, “chemist warehouse sylvia park”, “chemist warehouse taupo”, “chemist warehouse the base”, “chemist warehouse the base nz”, “chemist warehouse the palms”, “chemist warehouse vaccinations”, “chemist warehouse vitamins”, “chemist warehouse west gate”, “chemist warehouse westgate”, “chemist warehouse westgate nz”, “chemist warehouse whakatane”, “chemistwarehouse”, “chemistwarehouse co nz”, “chemistwarehouse.co.nz”, “the chemist warehouse”, “the chemist warehouse ashburton”, “the chemist warehouse blenheim”, “the chemist warehouse hastings”, “the chemist warehouse new zealand”, “the chemist warehouse nz” and “the chemist warehouse queenstown”, summed into one figure. - **Woolworths Pharmacy**: Measured on the search terms “countdown chemist”, “countdown pharmacy”, “woolworths pharmacy”, “woolworths pharmacy near me” and “woolworths pharmacy nz”, summed into one figure. - [Chemist Warehouse profile](/demand/nz/brands/chemist-warehouse-nz) - [Woolworths Pharmacy profile](/demand/nz/brands/woolworths-pharmacy-nz) - [All community pharmacy brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-pharmacy-retailers): 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, Chemist Warehouse or Woolworths Pharmacy? In August 2026, Chemist Warehouse had more branded searches than Woolworths Pharmacy among community pharmacy brands in New Zealand. Chemist Warehouse was estimated to have 1M branded searches compared to Woolworths Pharmacy’s 5.4K, and held an 83.7% Share of Search versus Woolworths Pharmacy’s 0.45%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Chemist Warehouse vs Woolworths Pharmacy: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/chemist-warehouse-nz-vs-woolworths-pharmacy-nz This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/chemist-warehouse-nz-vs-woolworths-pharmacy-nz. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.