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title: "Carwow: search popularity in United Kingdom"
description: "Carwow is car buying service. 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/uk/brands/carwow"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Carwow: search popularity in United Kingdom

Carwow is car buying service. 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

- **Brand**: Carwow
- **Market**: United Kingdom
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among used car marketplaces**: 59%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Used car marketplaces | 1 | 59% | 246K |

- [Used car marketplaces](/demand/uk/categories/uk-used-car-marketplaces)

## How has branded search demand for Carwow changed in United Kingdom over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Carwow in United Kingdom rose from 201K to 246K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Carwow’s estimated Share of Search among used car marketplaces in United Kingdom increased from 51.6% to 59%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Carwow’s estimated Share of Search among used car marketplaces in United Kingdom peaked at 61.5% in March 2026 and was lowest at 51.6% in October 2025.

## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom used car marketplaces in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Cinch gained estimated Share of Search among used car marketplaces in United Kingdom, from 14.9% to 17.7%.
- In September 2026, Carwow lost estimated Share of Search among used car marketplaces in United Kingdom, from 60.7% to 59%.
- In September 2026, CarGurus lost estimated Share of Search among used car marketplaces in United Kingdom, from 22.3% to 21.7%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Motors.co.uk in United Kingdom fell 63.5% over 12 measured months, from 18.1K to 6.6K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Used car marketplaces | 201K | 51.6% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | Used car marketplaces | 201K | 56.5% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | Used car marketplaces | 165K | 53.6% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 57% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 57% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 301K | 61.5% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 57.4% | 1 |
| May 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 59.2% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 57.9% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 60.7% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 60.7% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | Used car marketplaces | 246K | 59% | 1 |

## How is Carwow measured?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Carwow’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “carwow”

## Which used car marketplaces compete with Carwow?

- [CarGurus](/demand/uk/brands/cargurus): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/cargurus-vs-carwow
- [Cinch](/demand/uk/brands/cinch): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/carwow-vs-cinch
- [Motors.co.uk](/demand/uk/brands/motors-co-uk): Head-to-head: /demand/uk/compare/carwow-vs-motors-co-uk

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Cite this page

Brandwave. "Carwow: search popularity in United Kingdom". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/uk/brands/carwow

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