--- title: "Tower Insurance vs Trade Me Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?" description: "Which is more popular in search, Tower Insurance or Trade Me 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." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/tower-insurance-vs-trade-me-insurance" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Tower Insurance vs Trade Me Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand? Which is more popular in search, Tower Insurance or Trade Me 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**: Tower Insurance and Trade Me Insurance - **Competitive set**: car and home insurers - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Aug 2026 - **Tower Insurance Share of Search**: 18.6% - **Trade Me Insurance Share of Search**: 1.8% ## Which is more popular in search, Tower Insurance or Trade Me Insurance? - In August 2026, Tower Insurance had more branded searches than Trade Me Insurance among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Tower Insurance was estimated to have 61.2K branded searches compared to Trade Me Insurance’s 5.8K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Trade Me Insurance’s 1.8%. - Tower Insurance was ahead of Trade Me Insurance in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Tower Insurance’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 15.9% to 18.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 50.8K to 61.2K. - Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Trade Me Insurance’s estimated Share of Search among car and home insurers in New Zealand moved from 2.2% to 1.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 7.1K to 5.8K. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand car and home insurers in August 2026? - Estimated monthly branded searches for Tower Insurance in New Zealand rose 20.5% over 11 measured months, from 50.8K to 61.2K in August 2026. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Trade Me Insurance in New Zealand fell 18.6% over 11 measured months, from 7.1K to 5.8K in August 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Tower Insurance estimated searches | Tower Insurance Share of Search | Tower Insurance rank | Trade Me Insurance estimated searches | Trade Me Insurance Share of Search | Trade Me Insurance rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 50.8K | 15.9% | 3 | 7.1K | 2.2% | 7 | | Nov 2025 | 59.9K | 18.2% | 3 | 7.1K | 2.1% | 7 | | Dec 2025 | 59.3K | 18.5% | 3 | 5.8K | 1.8% | 8 | | Jan 2026 | 59.9K | 16.2% | 3 | 7.2K | 1.9% | 8 | | Feb 2026 | 59.9K | 16.9% | 3 | 6K | 1.7% | 8 | | Mar 2026 | 61.7K | 16% | 3 | 7.1K | 1.8% | 8 | | Apr 2026 | 60.5K | 18.4% | 3 | 5.9K | 1.8% | 8 | | May 2026 | 59.7K | 18.2% | 3 | 5.9K | 1.8% | 8 | | Jun 2026 | 59.6K | 17.9% | 3 | 5.8K | 1.8% | 8 | | Jul 2026 | 59.6K | 18.2% | 3 | 5.9K | 1.8% | 8 | | Aug 2026 | 61.2K | 18.6% | 3 | 5.8K | 1.8% | 8 | | Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Tower Insurance’s and Trade Me 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. - **Tower Insurance**: Measured on the search terms “car insurance tower”, “contents insurance tower”, “home insurance tower”, “tower boat insurance”, “tower car insurance”, “tower car insurance nz”, “tower contents insurance”, “tower home and contents insurance”, “tower home insurance”, “tower house insurance”, “Tower Insurance”, “tower insurance auckland”, “tower insurance car”, “tower insurance company new zealand”, “tower insurance house”, “tower insurance new zealand”, “tower insurance nz”, “tower insurance travel”, “tower insurance travel insurance”, “tower landlord insurance”, “tower travel insurance”, “tower travel insurance nz”, “tower vehicle insurance” and “travel insurance tower”, summed into one figure. - **Trade Me Insurance**: Measured on the search terms “trade me car insurance”, “trade me car insurance nz”, “trade me contents insurance”, “trade me home insurance”, “trade me house insurance”, “Trade Me Insurance”, “trade me insurance car”, “trade me insurance nz”, “trademe car insurance” and “trademe insurance”, summed into one figure. - [Tower Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/tower-insurance) - [Trade Me Insurance profile](/demand/nz/brands/trade-me-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, Tower Insurance or Trade Me Insurance? In August 2026, Tower Insurance had more branded searches than Trade Me Insurance among car and home insurers in New Zealand. Tower Insurance was estimated to have 61.2K branded searches compared to Trade Me Insurance’s 5.8K, and held an 18.6% Share of Search versus Trade Me Insurance’s 1.8%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Tower Insurance vs Trade Me Insurance: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/tower-insurance-vs-trade-me-insurance This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/tower-insurance-vs-trade-me-insurance. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.