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title: "Global Finance vs Roost: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Global Finance or Roost? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the mortgage advisers 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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# Global Finance vs Roost: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Global Finance or Roost? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the mortgage advisers 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**: Global Finance and Roost
- **Competitive set**: mortgage advisers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Global Finance Share of Search**: 3.8%
- **Roost Share of Search**: 0.71%

## Which is more popular in search, Global Finance or Roost?

- In August 2026, Global Finance had more branded searches than Roost among mortgage advisers in New Zealand. Global Finance was estimated to have 860 branded searches compared to Roost’s 160, and held a 3.8% Share of Search versus Roost’s 0.71%.
- Global Finance was ahead of Roost in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Global Finance’s estimated Share of Search among mortgage advisers in New Zealand moved from 4.7% to 3.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.2K to 860.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Roost’s estimated Share of Search among mortgage advisers in New Zealand moved from 0.9% to 0.71%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 230 to 160.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand mortgage advisers in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Global Finance lost estimated Share of Search among mortgage advisers in New Zealand, from 4.5% to 3.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Roost in New Zealand fell 30.4% over 11 measured months, from 230 to 160 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Global Finance estimated searches | Global Finance Share of Search | Global Finance rank | Roost estimated searches | Roost Share of Search | Roost rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.2K | 4.7% | 6 | 230 | 0.9% | 15 |
| Nov 2025 | 1K | 4% | 6 | 270 | 1.1% | 13 |
| Dec 2025 | 1K | 5.5% | 5 | 140 | 0.75% | 16 |
| Jan 2026 | 1K | 4.4% | 6 | 180 | 0.78% | 16 |
| Feb 2026 | 1K | 4% | 7 | 170 | 0.67% | 16 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.1K | 4.1% | 6 | 190 | 0.73% | 19 |
| Apr 2026 | 990 | 4.6% | 6 | 150 | 0.69% | 19 |
| May 2026 | 1K | 4.4% | 6 | 150 | 0.64% | 20 |
| Jun 2026 | 980 | 4.6% | 6 | 170 | 0.8% | 19 |
| Jul 2026 | 940 | 4.5% | 6 | 170 | 0.81% | 18 |
| Aug 2026 | 860 | 3.8% | 6 | 160 | 0.71% | 18 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Global Finance’s and Roost’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.

- **Global Finance**: Measured on the search terms “global finance”, “global finance auckland”, “global finance company”, “global finance hamilton”, “global finance nz”, “global financial services nz”, “globalfinance” and “globalfinance.co.nz”, summed into one figure.
- **Roost**: Measured on the search terms “roost mortgage”, “roost mortgage brokers”, “roost mortgage brokers queenstown”, “roost mortgages”, “roost mortgages queenstown”, “roost nz” and “roost queenstown”, summed into one figure.

- [Global Finance profile](/demand/nz/brands/global-finance)
- [Roost profile](/demand/nz/brands/roost)
- [All mortgage advisers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-mortgage-advisers): The set both shares are measured inside, 22 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, Global Finance or Roost?

In August 2026, Global Finance had more branded searches than Roost among mortgage advisers in New Zealand. Global Finance was estimated to have 860 branded searches compared to Roost’s 160, and held a 3.8% Share of Search versus Roost’s 0.71%.

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Brandwave. "Global Finance vs Roost: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/global-finance-vs-roost

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