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title: "Fast Force vs XR Recruitment: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Fast Force or XR Recruitment? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ashburton recruitment agencies 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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# Fast Force vs XR Recruitment: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Fast Force or XR Recruitment? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Ashburton recruitment agencies 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**: Fast Force and XR Recruitment
- **Competitive set**: Ashburton recruitment agencies
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Fast Force Share of Search**: 14.3%
- **XR Recruitment Share of Search**: 30%

## Which is more popular in search, Fast Force or XR Recruitment?

- In August 2026, XR Recruitment had more branded searches than Fast Force among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand. XR Recruitment was estimated to have 210 branded searches compared to Fast Force’s 100, and held a 30% Share of Search versus Fast Force’s 14.3%.
- XR Recruitment was ahead of Fast Force in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Fast Force’s estimated Share of Search among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 7.8% to 14.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 60 to 100.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, XR Recruitment’s estimated Share of Search among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand moved from 18.2% to 30%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 140 to 210.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand ashburton recruitment agencies in August 2026?

- In August 2026, XR Recruitment overtook Agstaff to rank 2nd among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand, at 30%.
- In August 2026, Fast Force gained estimated Share of Search among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand, from 8.2% to 14.3%.

## Month by month

| Month | Fast Force estimated searches | Fast Force Share of Search | Fast Force rank | XR Recruitment estimated searches | XR Recruitment Share of Search | XR Recruitment rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 60 | 7.8% | 4 | 140 | 18.2% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 70 | 8% | 4 | 170 | 19.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 40 | 5.9% | 4 | 260 | 38.2% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 70 | 8.6% | 4 | 170 | 21% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 80 | 10.7% | 4 | 110 | 14.7% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 90 | 8.7% | 4 | 170 | 16.5% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 110 | 11.2% | 4 | 260 | 26.5% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 80 | 10% | 4 | 170 | 21.3% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 70 | 7.9% | 4 | 210 | 23.6% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 70 | 8.2% | 4 | 210 | 24.7% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 100 | 14.3% | 4 | 210 | 30% | 2 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Fast Force’s and XR Recruitment’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.

- **Fast Force**: Measured on the search terms “fast force”, “fast force recruitment” and “fastforce”, summed into one figure.
- **XR Recruitment**: Measured on the search term “xr recruitment”.

- [Fast Force profile](/demand/nz/brands/fast-force)
- [XR Recruitment profile](/demand/nz/brands/xr-recruitment)
- [All ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-ashburton-recruitment-agencies): 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, Fast Force or XR Recruitment?

In August 2026, XR Recruitment had more branded searches than Fast Force among ashburton recruitment agencies in New Zealand. XR Recruitment was estimated to have 210 branded searches compared to Fast Force’s 100, and held a 30% Share of Search versus Fast Force’s 14.3%.

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