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title: "The Golf Shop vs Total Golf: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, The Golf Shop or Total Golf? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Golf stores 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 Golf Shop vs Total Golf: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, The Golf Shop or Total Golf? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Golf stores 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 Golf Shop and Total Golf
- **Competitive set**: Golf stores
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **The Golf Shop Share of Search**: 0.33%
- **Total Golf Share of Search**: 0.6%

## Which is more popular in search, The Golf Shop or Total Golf?

- In August 2026, Total Golf had more branded searches than The Golf Shop among golf stores in New Zealand. Total Golf was estimated to have 290 branded searches compared to The Golf Shop’s 160, and held a 0.6% Share of Search versus The Golf Shop’s 0.33%.
- Total Golf was ahead of The Golf Shop in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, The Golf Shop’s estimated Share of Search among golf stores in New Zealand moved from 0.42% to 0.33%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 240 to 160.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Total Golf’s estimated Share of Search among golf stores in New Zealand moved from 0.63% to 0.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 360 to 290.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand golf stores in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Total Golf rose from 5th to 4th among golf stores in New Zealand.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for The Golf Shop in New Zealand fell 33.3% over 11 measured months, from 240 to 160 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | The Golf Shop estimated searches | The Golf Shop Share of Search | The Golf Shop rank | Total Golf estimated searches | Total Golf Share of Search | Total Golf rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 240 | 0.42% | 6 | 360 | 0.63% | 5 |
| Nov 2025 | 290 | 0.37% | 6 | 440 | 0.56% | 5 |
| Dec 2025 | 380 | 0.47% | 6 | 410 | 0.5% | 5 |
| Jan 2026 | 300 | 0.47% | 6 | 410 | 0.65% | 5 |
| Feb 2026 | 200 | 0.39% | 6 | 310 | 0.61% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 200 | 0.34% | 6 | 410 | 0.7% | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 200 | 0.33% | 6 | 380 | 0.63% | 5 |
| May 2026 | 200 | 0.35% | 6 | 320 | 0.55% | 5 |
| Jun 2026 | 180 | 0.37% | 6 | 330 | 0.68% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 180 | 0.37% | 6 | 240 | 0.5% | 5 |
| Aug 2026 | 160 | 0.33% | 6 | 290 | 0.6% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using The Golf Shop’s and Total Golf’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.

- **The Golf Shop**: Measured on the search terms “the golf shop”, “the golf shop near me”, “the golf shop nz” and “thegolfshop”, summed into one figure.
- **Total Golf**: Measured on the search terms “total golf”, “total golf near me”, “total golf nz” and “totalgolf”, summed into one figure.

- [The Golf Shop profile](/demand/nz/brands/the-golf-shop)
- [Total Golf profile](/demand/nz/brands/total-golf)
- [All golf stores in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-golf-stores): 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, The Golf Shop or Total Golf?

In August 2026, Total Golf had more branded searches than The Golf Shop among golf stores in New Zealand. Total Golf was estimated to have 290 branded searches compared to The Golf Shop’s 160, and held a 0.6% Share of Search versus The Golf Shop’s 0.33%.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "The Golf Shop vs Total Golf: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/the-golf-shop-vs-total-golf

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