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title: "Boots vs Day Lewis: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?"
description: "Is Boots or Day Lewis more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Pharmacy chains set in the United Kingdom. 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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# Boots vs Day Lewis: Which is searched more in the United Kingdom?

Is Boots or Day Lewis more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Pharmacy chains set in the United Kingdom. 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**: Boots and Day Lewis
- **Competitive set**: Pharmacy chains
- **Market**: United Kingdom
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Boots Share of Search**: 34.6%
- **Day Lewis Share of Search**: 1.4%

## Is Boots or Day Lewis more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Boots had more branded searches than Day Lewis among pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom. Boots had about 1 million branded searches, while Day Lewis had 40,500. Boots made up 34.6% of all pharmacy chain searches we track, and Day Lewis accounted for 1.4%.
- Boots was ahead of Day Lewis in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Boots’ share of searches among pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom moved from 30.9% to 34.6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Day Lewis’ share of searches among pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom moved from 1.5% to 1.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 49.5K to 40.5K.

## Top pharmacy chains in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and one Google AI Overview, Boots was mentioned in three out of four: in all three ChatGPT answers, but not in the Google AI Overview. Day Lewis did not appear in any of the four answers.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boots | 1st | 3 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 3 of 4 |
| Superdrug | 2nd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 |
| Pharmacy2U | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 2 of 4 |
| Well Pharmacy | 4th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Rowlands Pharmacy | 5th | 1 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 1 of 4 |
| Day Lewis | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 1 | 0 of 4 |

## Every AI answer about pharmacy chains

- Asked ChatGPT "Which pharmacy should I use in the UK?": 1. Boots, 2. Superdrug
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best pharmacy chains in the UK?": 1. Boots, 2. Superdrug, 3. Well Pharmacy, 4. Rowlands Pharmacy, 5. Pharmacy2U
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best UK pharmacy for repeat prescriptions?": 1. Boots, 2. Pharmacy2U
- Searched Google, AI Overview "chemist": named none of the brands we track

Not named in any answer: Day Lewis.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United Kingdom on October 22, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for United Kingdom pharmacy chains in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Boots gained share of searches among pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom, from 31.6% to 34.6%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Day Lewis in the United Kingdom fell 18.2% over 12 measured months, from 49.5K to 40.5K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Boots estimated searches | Boots Share of Search | Boots rank | Day Lewis estimated searches | Day Lewis Share of Search | Day Lewis rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1M | 30.9% | 2 | 49.5K | 1.5% | 6 |
| Nov 2025 | 884K | 24.7% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.1% | 6 |
| Dec 2025 | 873K | 24% | 2 | 49.5K | 1.4% | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 864K | 30.2% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 706K | 26.6% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.5% | 5 |
| Mar 2026 | 864K | 30.6% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 |
| Apr 2026 | 864K | 30.6% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 1M | 31.1% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Jun 2026 | 856K | 30.5% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 5 |
| Jul 2026 | 1M | 31.3% | 2 | 33.1K | 1% | 6 |
| Aug 2026 | 1M | 31.6% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.2% | 6 |
| Sep 2026 | 1M | 34.6% | 2 | 40.5K | 1.4% | 6 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Boots’ and Day Lewis’ 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.

- **Boots**: Measured on the search terms “boots online” and “boots pharmacy”, summed into one figure.
- **Day Lewis**: Measured on the search term “day lewis pharmacy”.

- [Boots profile](/demand/uk/brands/boots)
- [Day Lewis profile](/demand/uk/brands/day-lewis-pharmacy)
- [All pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom](/demand/uk/categories/uk-pharmacy-chains): The set both shares are measured inside, 6 brands.

## Methodology

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

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Boots or Day Lewis more popular in search?

In September 2026, Boots had more branded searches than Day Lewis among pharmacy chains in the United Kingdom. Boots had about 1 million branded searches, while Day Lewis had 40,500. Boots made up 34.6% of all pharmacy chain searches we track, and Day Lewis accounted for 1.4%.

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