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title: "The Bottle-O vs The Trusts: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, The Bottle-O or The Trusts? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Liquor Retailers 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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# The Bottle-O vs The Trusts: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, The Bottle-O or The Trusts? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Liquor Retailers 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**: The Bottle-O and The Trusts
- **Competitive set**: Liquor Retailers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **The Bottle-O Share of Search**: 2.6%
- **The Trusts Share of Search**: 0.28%

## Which is more popular in search, The Bottle-O or The Trusts?

- In August 2026, The Bottle-O had more branded searches than The Trusts among liquor retailers in New Zealand. The Bottle-O was estimated to have 3.6K branded searches compared to The Trusts’ 390, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus The Trusts’ 0.28%.
- The Bottle-O was ahead of The Trusts in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, The Bottle-O’s estimated Share of Search among liquor retailers in New Zealand moved from 2.9% to 2.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 5.4K to 3.6K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, The Trusts’ estimated Share of Search among liquor retailers in New Zealand moved from 0.26% to 0.28%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 480 to 390.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand liquor retailers in August 2026?

- In August 2026, The Bottle-O lost estimated Share of Search among liquor retailers in New Zealand, from 3.1% to 2.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for The Trusts in New Zealand fell 18.8% over 11 measured months, from 480 to 390 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | The Bottle-O estimated searches | The Bottle-O Share of Search | The Bottle-O rank | The Trusts estimated searches | The Trusts Share of Search | The Trusts rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 5.4K | 2.9% | 4 | 480 | 0.26% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 6.6K | 3.5% | 4 | 390 | 0.21% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 9.9K | 2.9% | 4 | 320 | 0.09% | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 6.6K | 4.1% | 4 | 320 | 0.2% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 6.6K | 4.5% | 4 | 480 | 0.32% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.4K | 3.4% | 4 | 590 | 0.38% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.4K | 3.1% | 5 | 320 | 0.18% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 4.4K | 2.8% | 5 | 390 | 0.25% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 3.6K | 2.6% | 6 | 320 | 0.23% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 4.4K | 3.1% | 5 | 320 | 0.23% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 3.6K | 2.6% | 6 | 390 | 0.28% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using The Bottle-O’s and The Trusts’ 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.

- **The Bottle-O**: Measured on the search terms “the bottle o liquor store” and “The Bottle-O”, summed into one figure.
- **The Trusts**: Measured on the search term “The Trusts”.

- [The Bottle-O profile](/demand/nz/brands/the-bottle-o)
- [The Trusts profile](/demand/nz/brands/the-trusts)
- [All liquor retailers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-liquor-retailers): The set both shares are measured inside, 8 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, The Bottle-O or The Trusts?

In August 2026, The Bottle-O had more branded searches than The Trusts among liquor retailers in New Zealand. The Bottle-O was estimated to have 3.6K branded searches compared to The Trusts’ 390, and held a 2.6% Share of Search versus The Trusts’ 0.28%.

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