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title: "CourierPost vs DHL: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, CourierPost or DHL? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the courier and parcel delivery 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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publisher: "Brandwave"
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# CourierPost vs DHL: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, CourierPost or DHL? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the courier and parcel delivery 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**: CourierPost and DHL
- **Competitive set**: courier and parcel delivery companies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **CourierPost Share of Search**: 2.2%
- **DHL Share of Search**: 9.8%

## Which is more popular in search, CourierPost or DHL?

- In August 2026, DHL had more branded searches than CourierPost among courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand. DHL was estimated to have 48.9K branded searches compared to CourierPost’s 10.8K, and held a 9.8% Share of Search versus CourierPost’s 2.2%.
- DHL was ahead of CourierPost in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, CourierPost’s estimated Share of Search among courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand moved from 2.7% to 2.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 14.3K to 10.8K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, DHL’s estimated Share of Search among courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand moved from 9.4% to 9.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50.3K to 48.9K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand courier and parcel delivery companies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, DHL lost estimated Share of Search among courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand, from 10.8% to 9.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for CourierPost in New Zealand fell 24.4% over 11 measured months, from 14.3K to 10.8K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | CourierPost estimated searches | CourierPost Share of Search | CourierPost rank | DHL estimated searches | DHL Share of Search | DHL rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 14.3K | 2.7% | 7 | 50.3K | 9.4% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 14.3K | 2.7% | 7 | 46.1K | 8.7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 17.3K | 2.8% | 7 | 53.8K | 8.7% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 14.2K | 2.8% | 7 | 45.1K | 8.9% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 11.6K | 2.4% | 7 | 45.1K | 9.3% | 2 |
| Mar 2026 | 12.6K | 2.4% | 7 | 53.3K | 10.2% | 2 |
| Apr 2026 | 11.7K | 2.3% | 7 | 50.3K | 10% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 11.6K | 2.7% | 7 | 45.2K | 10.4% | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 11.6K | 2.3% | 7 | 50.4K | 9.8% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 10.7K | 2.4% | 7 | 48.8K | 10.8% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 10.8K | 2.2% | 7 | 48.9K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using CourierPost’s and DHL’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.

- **CourierPost**: Measured on the search terms “Cost of Courier Post”, “Courier Post”, “Courier Post cost”, “Courier Post depots”, “Courier Post near me”, “Courier Post New Plymouth”, “Courier Post NZ”, “Courier Post office”, “Courier Post prices”, “CourierPost”, “CourierPost near me”, “CourierPost NZ”, “CourierPost prices”, “courierpostnz”, “Nelson Courier Post” and “NZ Courier Post prices”, summed into one figure.
- **DHL**: Measured on the search terms “Auckland DHL”, “DHL”, “DHL Auckland”, “dhl com”, “DHL courier Auckland”, “dhl couriers”, “DHL couriers NZ”, “dhl ecom”, “DHL Express”, “DHL Express Auckland Airport”, “dhl express pick up”, “dhl freight”, “DHL Hamilton NZ”, “dhl logistics”, “DHL Lower Hutt”, “DHL Manukau”, “dhl near me”, “DHL New Zealand”, “DHL NZ”, “dhl online”, “dhl shipping”, “dhl supply chain”, “DHL Tauranga”, “DHL Timaru”, “dhl tracking”, “DHL Whangarei” and “my dhl”, summed into one figure.

- [CourierPost profile](/demand/nz/brands/courierpost)
- [DHL profile](/demand/nz/brands/dhl)
- [All courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-parcel-couriers): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, CourierPost or DHL?

In August 2026, DHL had more branded searches than CourierPost among courier and parcel delivery companies in New Zealand. DHL was estimated to have 48.9K branded searches compared to CourierPost’s 10.8K, and held a 9.8% Share of Search versus CourierPost’s 2.2%.

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