--- title: "Pet Doctors vs Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Pet Doctors or Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Hamilton veterinary clinics 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/pet-doctors-vs-waikato-after-hours-vet" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Pet Doctors vs Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Pet Doctors or Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Hamilton veterinary clinics 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**: Pet Doctors and Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital - **Competitive set**: Hamilton veterinary clinics - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Pet Doctors Share of Search**: 34.8% - **Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital Share of Search**: 3.5% ## Is Pet Doctors or Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital more popular in search? - In September 2026, Pet Doctors had more branded searches than Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital among Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand. Pet Doctors had about 1,590 branded searches, while Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital had 160. Pet Doctors made up 34.8% of all Hamilton veterinary clinic searches we track, and Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital accounted for 3.5%. - Pet Doctors was ahead of Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Pet Doctors’ share of searches among Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand moved from 34.4% to 34.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.6K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital’s share of searches among Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand moved from 4.4% to 3.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 200 to 160. ## Top Hamilton veterinary clinics in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions, both Pet Doctors and Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital showed up in all three answers. Pet Doctors was listed before Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital in two of them. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Companion Vets | 1st | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | | Hamilton Vets | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | | Pet Doctors | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | | Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 3 of 3 | | CareVets | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 | | Animates Vetcare | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 3 | ## Every AI answer about Hamilton veterinary clinics - Asked ChatGPT "Which veterinary clinic should I go to in Hamilton, New Zealand?": 1. Companion Vets, 2. Hamilton Vets, 3. Pet Doctors, 4. Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best veterinary clinics in Hamilton, New Zealand?": 1. Companion Vets, 2. Hamilton Vets, 3. Pet Doctors, 4. Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best veterinary clinic in Hamilton, New Zealand for a sick pet?": 1. Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital, 2. Companion Vets, 3. Pet Doctors, 4. Hamilton Vets Not named in any answer: CareVets and Animates Vetcare. Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand Hamilton veterinary clinics in September 2026? - In September 2026, Pet Doctors lost share of searches among Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand, from 35.3% to 34.8%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital in New Zealand fell 20% over 12 measured months, from 200 to 160 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Pet Doctors estimated searches | Pet Doctors Share of Search | Pet Doctors rank | Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital estimated searches | Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital Share of Search | Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 1.6K | 34.4% | 1 | 200 | 4.4% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 1.7K | 36.9% | 1 | 190 | 4.2% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 1.9K | 35.1% | 1 | 190 | 3.6% | 5 | | Jan 2026 | 2K | 33.4% | 1 | 290 | 4.8% | 5 | | Feb 2026 | 1.6K | 31.1% | 2 | 210 | 4% | 5 | | Mar 2026 | 2K | 36.3% | 1 | 190 | 3.4% | 5 | | Apr 2026 | 1.9K | 35.8% | 1 | 200 | 3.9% | 5 | | May 2026 | 1.8K | 37.4% | 1 | 170 | 3.5% | 5 | | Jun 2026 | 1.7K | 35.9% | 1 | 160 | 3.4% | 5 | | Jul 2026 | 1.7K | 36.6% | 1 | 160 | 3.4% | 5 | | Aug 2026 | 1.7K | 35.3% | 1 | 160 | 3.4% | 5 | | Sep 2026 | 1.6K | 34.8% | 1 | 160 | 3.5% | 5 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pet Doctors’ and Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital’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. - **Pet Doctors**: Measured on the search terms “gardens pet doctors”, “pet doctors”, “pet doctors gardens”, “pet doctors hamilton”, “pet doctors hillcrest”, “pet doctors tristram”, “petdoctors” and “tristram pet doctors”, summed into one figure. - **Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital**: Measured on the search terms “after hours vet hamilton” and “waikato after hours vet”, summed into one figure. - [Pet Doctors profile](/demand/nz/brands/pet-doctors) - [Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital profile](/demand/nz/brands/waikato-after-hours-vet) - [All Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand](/demand/nz/locations/hamilton/veterinary-clinics): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Pet Doctors or Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital more popular in search? In September 2026, Pet Doctors had more branded searches than Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital among Hamilton veterinary clinics in New Zealand. Pet Doctors had about 1,590 branded searches, while Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital had 160. Pet Doctors made up 34.8% of all Hamilton veterinary clinic searches we track, and Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital accounted for 3.5%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Pet Doctors vs Waikato After Hours Veterinary Hospital: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/pet-doctors-vs-waikato-after-hours-vet This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/pet-doctors-vs-waikato-after-hours-vet. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.