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title: "Primo Water: search popularity in the United States"
description: "Primo Water delivers bottled water and sells water dispensers. 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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# Primo Water: search popularity in the United States

Primo Water delivers bottled water and sells water dispensers. 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**: Primo Water
- **Owned by**: Primo Brands
- **Market**: United States
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among water delivery services**: 10.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Water delivery services | 3 | 10.6% | 9.9K |

- [Water delivery services](/demand/us/categories/us-water-delivery-services)

## Top water delivery services in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Primo Water was mentioned in one out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews.

Too few answers listed options to rank the brands, so only mentions are counted.

| Brand | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ReadyRefresh | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Sparkletts | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Primo Water | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Culligan | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Alhambra | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Mountain Valley Spring Water | 1 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Crystal Springs | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about water delivery services

- Asked ChatGPT "Which water delivery service should I use?": 1. Culligan
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best home water delivery services in the US?": 1. Primo Water, 2. Culligan, 3. Mountain Valley Spring Water, 4. ReadyRefresh
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best office water delivery service?": 1. Culligan
- Searched Google, AI Overview "water delivery service": 1. Culligan
- Searched Google, AI Overview "water delivery": named none of the brands we track

Not named in any answer: Sparkletts, Alhambra and Crystal Springs.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in United States on October 25, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Primo Water changed in the United States over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Primo Water in the United States rose from 8.1K to 9.9K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Primo Water’s share of searches among water delivery services in the United States increased from 5.3% to 10.6%.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Primo Water’s share of searches among water delivery services in the United States peaked at 12.8% in July 2026 and was lowest at 5.3% in October 2025.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Primo Water rose from 4th to 3rd among water delivery services in the United States.

## How did search popularity change for United States water delivery services in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Culligan overtook Alhambra and Mountain Valley Spring Water to rank 4th among water delivery services in the United States, with 4.7% of the searches.
- In September 2026, Mountain Valley Spring Water lost share of searches among water delivery services in the United States, from 3.9% to 3.1%.
- In September 2026, Sparkletts lost share of searches among water delivery services in the United States, from 12.5% to 11.8%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Primo Water in the United States rose 22.2% over 12 measured months, from 8.1K to 9.9K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Crystal Springs in the United States fell 65.5% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for ReadyRefresh in the United States fell 45% over 12 measured months, from 110K to 60.5K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Water delivery services | 8.1K | 5.3% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | Water delivery services | 8.1K | 6.5% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Water delivery services | 8.1K | 6.4% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 7.4% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 9% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 7.3% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 7.7% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 7.5% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 8.7% | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | Water delivery services | 12.1K | 12.8% | 2 |
| Aug 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 10.6% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Water delivery services | 9.9K | 10.6% | 3 |

## How are Primo Water’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Primo Water’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.

- “primo water delivery”

## Which water delivery services compete with Primo Water?

- [ReadyRefresh](/demand/us/brands/readyrefresh): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/primo-water-vs-readyrefresh
- [Sparkletts](/demand/us/brands/sparkletts): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/primo-water-vs-sparkletts
- [Culligan](/demand/us/brands/culligan): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/culligan-vs-primo-water
- [Alhambra](/demand/us/brands/alhambra-water): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/alhambra-water-vs-primo-water
- [Mountain Valley Spring Water](/demand/us/brands/mountain-valley-spring-water): Head-to-head: /demand/us/compare/mountain-valley-spring-water-vs-primo-water
- [Crystal Springs](/demand/us/brands/crystal-springs)

## Who owns Primo Water?

Primo Water is owned by Primo Brands. Brandwave also tracks Alhambra, Crystal Springs, Poland Spring and Sparkletts, owned by the same company, in the United States.

- [Primo Brands](/demand/us/companies/primo-brands): Owns 5 tracked 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

### Who owns Primo Water?

Primo Water is owned by Primo Brands. Brandwave also tracks Alhambra, Crystal Springs, Poland Spring and Sparkletts, owned by the same company, in the United States.

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