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title: "Star Insure vs Vero Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Star Insure or Vero Insurance? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the car and home insurers 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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# Star Insure vs Vero Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Star Insure or Vero Insurance? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the car and home insurers 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**: Star Insure and Vero Insurance
- **Competitive set**: car and home insurers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Star Insure Share of Search**: 1.3%
- **Vero Insurance Share of Search**: 2.5%

## Which is more popular in search, Star Insure or Vero Insurance?

- In August 2026, Vero Insurance had more branded searches than Star Insure among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Vero Insurance was estimated to have 8.2K branded searches compared to Star Insure’s 4.2K, and held a 2.5% Share of Search versus Star Insure’s 1.3%.
- Vero Insurance was ahead of Star Insure in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Star Insure’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 1.4% to 1.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 4.5K to 4.2K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Vero Insurance’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 2.8% to 2.5%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 9K to 8.2K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car and home insurers in August 2026?

Neither Star Insure nor Vero Insurance moved beyond provider rounding among car and home insurers in Aug 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Star Insure estimated searches | Star Insure Share of Search | Star Insure rank | Vero Insurance estimated searches | Vero Insurance Share of Search | Vero Insurance rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | 9K | 2.8% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | 9K | 2.7% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.5K | 1.4% | 9 | 8.7K | 2.7% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.5K | 1.2% | 9 | 8.8K | 2.4% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.8K | 1.4% | 9 | 8.8K | 2.5% | 6 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.2K | 1.4% | 9 | 10.3K | 2.7% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | 10.2K | 3.1% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 4.9K | 1.5% | 9 | 8.4K | 2.6% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | 8.4K | 2.5% | 6 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | 8.3K | 2.5% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 4.2K | 1.3% | 9 | 8.2K | 2.5% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Star Insure’s and Vero Insurance’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.

- **Star Insure**: Measured on the search terms “Star Insurance”, “star insurance new zealand”, “star insurance nz”, “star insurance specialists” and “star insure”, summed into one figure.
- **Vero Insurance**: Measured on the search terms “car insurance vero”, “insurance vero”, “vero car insurance”, “vero car insurance nz”, “vero contents insurance”, “vero home insurance”, “vero house insurance”, “Vero Insurance”, “vero insurance car”, “vero insurance new zealand”, “vero insurance nz” and “vero motor vehicle insurance”, summed into one figure.

- [Star Insure profile](/demand/nz/brands/star-insure)
- [Vero Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/vero-insurance)
- [All car and home insurers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-car-and-home-insurers): The set both shares are measured inside, 10 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, Star Insure or Vero Insurance?

In August 2026, Vero Insurance had more branded searches than Star Insure among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Vero Insurance was estimated to have 8.2K branded searches compared to Star Insure’s 4.2K, and held a 2.5% Share of Search versus Star Insure’s 1.3%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Star Insure vs Vero Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/star-insure-vs-vero-insurance

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