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title: "LDV vs Volvo: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, LDV or Volvo? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car 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."
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# LDV vs Volvo: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, LDV or Volvo? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Car 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**: LDV and Volvo
- **Competitive set**: Car brands
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **LDV Share of Search**: 0.48%
- **Volvo Share of Search**: 0.8%

## Which is more popular in search, LDV or Volvo?

- In August 2026, Volvo had more branded searches than LDV among car brands in New Zealand. Volvo was estimated to have 9.9K branded searches compared to LDV’s 6K, and held a 0.8% Share of Search versus LDV’s 0.48%.
- Volvo was ahead of LDV in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, LDV’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.39% to 0.48%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.8K to 6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Volvo’s estimated Share of Search among car brands in New Zealand moved from 0.86% to 0.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 10.6K to 9.9K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car brands in August 2026?

- In August 2026, LDV rose from 56th to 48th among car brands in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | LDV estimated searches | LDV Share of Search | LDV rank | Volvo estimated searches | Volvo Share of Search | Volvo rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 4.8K | 0.39% | 50 | 10.6K | 0.86% | 29 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.6K | 0.38% | 50 | 10.6K | 0.89% | 26 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.4K | 0.39% | 53 | 9.8K | 0.88% | 27 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.9K | 0.37% | 51 | 11.7K | 0.9% | 27 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.9K | 0.41% | 47 | 10.2K | 0.85% | 26 |
| Mar 2026 | 5K | 0.34% | 52 | 12.8K | 0.86% | 28 |
| Apr 2026 | 4.5K | 0.35% | 52 | 12.6K | 0.96% | 25 |
| May 2026 | 4K | 0.3% | 56 | 12.6K | 0.97% | 24 |
| Jun 2026 | 4K | 0.34% | 56 | 11.6K | 0.97% | 26 |
| Jul 2026 | 4K | 0.34% | 56 | 9.5K | 0.81% | 32 |
| Aug 2026 | 6K | 0.48% | 48 | 9.9K | 0.8% | 32 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using LDV’s and Volvo’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.

- **LDV**: Measured on the search terms “ldv”, “ldv car”, “ldv cars”, “ldv d90”, “ldv g10”, “ldv mifa 9”, “ldv new zealand”, “ldv nz” and “ldv t60”, summed into one figure.
- **Volvo**: Measured on the search terms “volvo”, “volvo car”, “volvo cars”, “volvo ex30”, “volvo ex90”, “volvo new zealand”, “volvo nz”, “volvo s60”, “volvo v60”, “volvo xc40”, “volvo xc60” and “volvo xc90”, summed into one figure.

- [LDV profile](/demand/nz/brands/ldv)
- [Volvo profile](/demand/nz/brands/volvo)
- [All car brands in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-car-brands): The set both shares are measured inside, 87 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, LDV or Volvo?

In August 2026, Volvo had more branded searches than LDV among car brands in New Zealand. Volvo was estimated to have 9.9K branded searches compared to LDV’s 6K, and held a 0.8% Share of Search versus LDV’s 0.48%.

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Brandwave. "LDV vs Volvo: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/ldv-vs-volvo

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