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title: "Pit Stop vs Tony's Tyre & Auto Care: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Pit Stop or Tony's Tyre & Auto Care? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the WOF and car servicing chains 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/pit-stop-vs-tonys-tyre-and-auto-care"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Pit Stop vs Tony's Tyre & Auto Care: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Pit Stop or Tony's Tyre & Auto Care? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the WOF and car servicing chains 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**: Pit Stop and Tony's Tyre & Auto Care
- **Competitive set**: WOF and car servicing chains
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Pit Stop Share of Search**: 0.61%
- **Tony's Tyre & Auto Care Share of Search**: 9.8%

## Which is more popular in search, Pit Stop or Tony's Tyre & Auto Care?

- In August 2026, Tony's Tyre & Auto Care had more branded searches than Pit Stop among WOF and car servicing chains in New Zealand. Tony's Tyre & Auto Care was estimated to have 13.2K branded searches compared to Pit Stop’s 820, and held a 9.8% Share of Search versus Pit Stop’s 0.61%.
- Tony's Tyre & Auto Care was ahead of Pit Stop in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Pit Stop’s estimated Share of Search among WOF and car servicing chains in New Zealand moved from 0.49% to 0.61%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 840 to 820.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Tony's Tyre & Auto Care’s estimated Share of Search among WOF and car servicing chains in New Zealand moved from 8.8% to 9.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 15K to 13.2K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand WOF and car servicing chains in August 2026?

- Estimated monthly branded searches for Tony's Tyre & Auto Care in New Zealand fell 11.9% over 11 measured months, from 15K to 13.2K in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Pit Stop estimated searches | Pit Stop Share of Search | Pit Stop rank | Tony's Tyre & Auto Care estimated searches | Tony's Tyre & Auto Care Share of Search | Tony's Tyre & Auto Care rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 840 | 0.49% | 5 | 15K | 8.8% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | 870 | 0.5% | 5 | 15.7K | 9% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | 840 | 0.46% | 5 | 16.9K | 9.2% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | 860 | 0.47% | 6 | 17K | 9.2% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 840 | 0.56% | 5 | 14K | 9.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.2K | 0.74% | 5 | 16.1K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 1.1K | 0.79% | 5 | 13.5K | 10% | 3 |
| May 2026 | 900 | 0.66% | 5 | 13.3K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 820 | 0.6% | 6 | 14.2K | 10.4% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 820 | 0.55% | 5 | 14.1K | 9.5% | 3 |
| Aug 2026 | 820 | 0.61% | 5 | 13.2K | 9.8% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Pit Stop’s and Tony's Tyre & Auto Care’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.

- **Pit Stop**: Measured on the search terms “pit stop car service”, “pit stop near me”, “pit stop nz”, “pit stop wof”, “pit stop wof price” and “pitstop nz”, summed into one figure.
- **Tony's Tyre & Auto Care**: Measured on the search terms “tonys nz”, “tonys tyre”, “tonys tyre and auto care”, “tonys tyre near me”, “tonys tyre service”, “tonys tyre service botany”, “tonys tyre service glenfield”, “tonys tyre service hastings”, “tonys tyre service near me”, “tonys tyre service new lynn”, “tonys tyre service upper hutt”, “tonys tyre service wheel alignment”, “tonys tyre service wof”, “tonys tyres botany”, “tonys tyres glenfield”, “tonys tyres lower hutt”, “tonys tyres near me”, “tonys tyres new lynn”, “tonys tyres service”, “tonys tyres upper hutt” and “tonys tyres wof”, summed into one figure.

- [Pit Stop profile](/demand/nz/brands/pit-stop)
- [Tony's Tyre & Auto Care profile](/demand/nz/brands/tonys-tyre-and-auto-care)
- [All WOF and car servicing chains in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-wof-and-car-servicing-chains): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 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, Pit Stop or Tony's Tyre & Auto Care?

In August 2026, Tony's Tyre & Auto Care had more branded searches than Pit Stop among WOF and car servicing chains in New Zealand. Tony's Tyre & Auto Care was estimated to have 13.2K branded searches compared to Pit Stop’s 820, and held a 9.8% Share of Search versus Pit Stop’s 0.61%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Pit Stop vs Tony's Tyre & Auto Care: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/pit-stop-vs-tonys-tyre-and-auto-care

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