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title: "Crowe vs PwC: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Crowe or PwC? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the accounting and advisory firms 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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# Crowe vs PwC: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Crowe or PwC? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the accounting and advisory firms 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**: Crowe and PwC
- **Competitive set**: accounting and advisory firms
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Crowe Share of Search**: 0.16%
- **PwC Share of Search**: 18.4%

## Which is more popular in search, Crowe or PwC?

- In August 2026, PwC had more branded searches than Crowe among accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand. PwC was estimated to have 5.8K branded searches compared to Crowe’s 50, and held an 18.4% Share of Search versus Crowe’s 0.16%.
- PwC was ahead of Crowe in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Crowe’s estimated Share of Search among accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand moved from 0.3% to 0.16%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 90 to 50.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, PwC’s estimated Share of Search among accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand moved from 17.5% to 18.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.3K to 5.8K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand accounting and advisory firms in August 2026?

- In August 2026, PwC gained estimated Share of Search among accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand, from 14.6% to 18.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Crowe in New Zealand fell 44.4% over 11 measured months, from 90 to 50 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Crowe estimated searches | Crowe Share of Search | Crowe rank | PwC estimated searches | PwC Share of Search | PwC rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 90 | 0.3% | 10 | 5.3K | 17.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 80 | 0.26% | 10 | 5.3K | 17% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 60 | 0.26% | 10 | 3.7K | 16.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 60 | 0.24% | 10 | 4.2K | 17% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 70 | 0.22% | 10 | 5.3K | 16.4% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 160 | 0.36% | 10 | 7K | 15.9% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 60 | 0.21% | 10 | 4.2K | 14.4% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 50 | 0.17% | 10 | 4.3K | 14.4% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 60 | 0.2% | 10 | 4.2K | 14% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 50 | 0.17% | 10 | 4.3K | 14.6% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 50 | 0.16% | 10 | 5.8K | 18.4% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Crowe’s and PwC’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.

- **Crowe**: Measured on the search terms “Crowe Auckland”, “crowe horwath nz”, “Crowe New Zealand” and “Crowe NZ”, summed into one figure.
- **PwC**: Measured on the search terms “PwC Auckland”, “PwC Canterbury”, “pwc chch”, “PwC Christchurch”, “PwC Hamilton”, “PwC New Zealand”, “PwC NZ”, “PwC Tauranga”, “PwC Waikato” and “PwC Wellington”, summed into one figure.

- [Crowe profile](/demand/nz/brands/crowe-new-zealand)
- [PwC profile](/demand/nz/brands/pwc-new-zealand)
- [All accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-accounting-and-advisory-firms): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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, Crowe or PwC?

In August 2026, PwC had more branded searches than Crowe among accounting and advisory firms in New Zealand. PwC was estimated to have 5.8K branded searches compared to Crowe’s 50, and held an 18.4% Share of Search versus Crowe’s 0.16%.

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