UK Finance Insurance - PPC Market Share Analysis May 2025

Leveraging Adthena’s Whole Market View, this analysis explores recent trends in Google Ads for the UK Insurance category from the last month. Our Data Analyst, Ask Arlo provides commentary on key findings.

Market Exposure

Share of Clicks for top 10 UK Finance Insurance brands

Here are the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Clicks for the last month.

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Share of Clicks - Last month
Domain	Share of clicks
moneysupermarket.com	13.37
comparethemarket.com	10.14
confused.com	8.06
gocompare.com	5.75
uswitch.com	4.71
directline.com	3.5
staysure.co.uk	2.87
admiral.com	2.78
tempcover.com	1.97
marshmallow.com	1.86
others	44.99

In the competitive landscape of Google PPC, moneysupermarket.com leads with 13.37% click share. Following closely are comparethemarket.com at 10.14% and confused.com at 8.06%. Notably, ‘others’ dominate with 44.99%, highlighting diverse competition.

Market Exposure

Share of Spend for the top 10 UK Finance Insurance brands

Curious about your market position? Here you can see the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Spend for the last month.

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Share of Spend - Last Month
Date	moneysupermarket.com	comparethemarket.com	confused.com	gocompare.com	uswitch.com	simplybusiness.co.uk	staysure.co.uk	directline.com	directlineforbusiness.co.uk	hiscox.co.uk
2025/05/01	13.92%	11.43%	7.06%	5.64%	4.29%	2.31%	2.52%	2.44%	1.8%	1.41%
2025/05/02	14.34%	9.21%	7.22%	4.69%	3.84%	3.3%	2.86%	2.38%	1.95%	1.72%
2025/05/03	15.26%	9.34%	7.02%	4.81%	3.91%	3.19%	2.73%	2.36%	1.96%	1.92%
2025/05/04	15.03%	9.87%	7.17%	4.75%	3.96%	3.39%	2.36%	2.43%	1.95%	1.79%
2025/05/05	14.53%	9.49%	7.07%	4.34%	3.96%	3.88%	2.47%	2.01%	2%	1.13%
2025/05/06	14.8%	9.47%	6.44%	4.77%	2.47%	3.05%	2.37%	1.82%	2.02%	1.84%
2025/05/07	15.25%	9.73%	6.02%	3.58%	2.37%	2.95%	2.29%	3.63%	2.64%	1.22%
2025/05/08	14.14%	9.04%	5.96%	3.48%	2.82%	3.43%	2.14%	4.08%	2.55%	1.3%
2025/05/09	12.64%	8.54%	6.54%	3.9%	3.49%	3.75%	2.42%	3.18%	2.34%	1.56%
2025/05/10	13.51%	7.54%	6.67%	3.91%	4.18%	4.02%	2.5%	3.69%	2.2%	1.63%
2025/05/11	14.23%	8.36%	6.55%	4.37%	4%	4.14%	2.13%	3.56%	2.37%	1.55%
2025/05/12	12.93%	9.95%	6.62%	4.72%	3.75%	3%	2.64%	2.13%	1.94%	1.55%
2025/05/13	11.55%	9.28%	6.62%	4.03%	3.54%	3.47%	2.75%	1.65%	1.85%	1.74%
2025/05/14	12.33%	9.46%	6.5%	3.78%	3.7%	3.74%	2.61%	1.64%	1.85%	1.3%
2025/05/15	12.62%	8.61%	7%	5.19%	4.37%	3.26%	2.58%	1.31%	1.25%	1.71%
2025/05/16	12.14%	7.77%	7.01%	5.59%	3.86%	3.5%	2.56%	0.99%	1.01%	2.07%
2025/05/17	12.69%	9.47%	7.46%	6.04%	4.99%	3.29%	2.75%	1.23%	0.99%	1.93%
2025/05/18	12.77%	10.13%	7.43%	5.31%	4.42%	3.7%	2.52%	1.27%	0.59%	2.04%
2025/05/19	12.17%	8.75%	7.26%	5.38%	5.1%	3.01%	2.74%	0.85%	1.02%	2.07%
2025/05/20	11.94%	8.44%	6.91%	4.85%	5.04%	2.42%	3.1%	1.02%	1.44%	2.06%
2025/05/21	12.15%	9.21%	6.65%	5.19%	5.37%	2.56%	2.96%	1.05%	1.34%	2.14%
2025/05/22	12.21%	10%	7.46%	5.1%	4.62%	2.71%	2.47%	1.18%	1.27%	1.77%
2025/05/23	12.03%	9.28%	7.53%	5.15%	4.68%	3.02%	2.21%	1.55%	0.9%	2.01%
2025/05/24	13%	10.12%	7.11%	6.01%	5.17%	3.25%	2.34%	1.93%	1.24%	1.96%
2025/05/25	13.48%	10.83%	8.16%	5.6%	5.21%	3.4%	1.94%	2.31%	1.08%	2.16%
2025/05/26	13.49%	10.23%	7.96%	5.83%	5.86%	2.98%	2.26%	2.07%	1.16%	1.36%
2025/05/27	12.85%	9.02%	7.6%	4.85%	5.41%	3.6%	2.27%	1.72%	1%	2.09%
2025/05/28	12.82%	8.39%	7.02%	5.27%	5.29%	3.99%	2.44%	1.84%	1.22%	1.9%
2025/05/29	13.25%	8.59%	7.25%	6.51%	5.54%	2.67%	2.81%	1.75%	1.08%	1.89%
2025/05/30	12.79%	9.15%	8.29%	6.22%	5.39%	2.83%	3.21%	1.87%	0.91%	2.01%
2025/05/31	14.16%	9.4%	8.5%	6.54%	5.38%	3.58%	3.25%	1.83%	1.12%	0.74%

In May 2025, moneysupermarket.com led PPC spend, peaking early at 15.26%. comparethemarket.com fluctuated, ending at 9.4%. confused.com rose steadily, closing at 8.5%. gocompare.com and uswitch.com showed moderate growth, while directline.com and hiscox.co.uk had varied trends.

Market Exposure

Competitor Count for UK Finance Insurance

Ever wondered how many competitors you’re up against in your industry? Well look no further, here we can see the number of advertisers bidding over the last month.

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Competitor Count - Last month
Date	Competitor Count
2025/05/01	792
2025/05/02	802
2025/05/03	805
2025/05/04	801
2025/05/05	817
2025/05/06	803
2025/05/07	823
2025/05/08	811
2025/05/09	814
2025/05/10	799
2025/05/11	803
2025/05/12	807
2025/05/13	815
2025/05/14	822
2025/05/15	806
2025/05/16	818
2025/05/17	796
2025/05/18	800
2025/05/19	791
2025/05/20	801
2025/05/21	795
2025/05/22	776
2025/05/23	782
2025/05/24	768
2025/05/25	765
2025/05/26	769
2025/05/27	764
2025/05/28	760
2025/05/29	762
2025/05/30	751
2025/05/31	742

In May 2025, distinct advertisers on Google SERP began at 792, peaked at 823, then steadily declined, ending at 742.

Campaign Efficiency

Market Loss & Market Gains for UK Finance Insurance

Here we’re looking at the Top 10 biggest industry movers by market share gains and losses for the last 30 days.

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Market Loss & Market Gains - Last month
Name	Market Trend
uswitch.com	1.71%
gocompare.com	1.25%
comparethemarket.com	0.92%
confused.com	0.89%
admiral.com	0.72%
tescoinsurance.com	-0.32%
tempcover.com	-0.4%
adrianflux.co.uk	-0.69%
directline.com	-0.84%
moneysupermarket.com	-1.14%

In the past month, uswitch.com surged with a 1.71% click share increase, while moneysupermarket.com dropped by 1.14%.

Campaign Efficiency

UK Finance Insurance Share of Impressions

Take a look at the Top 10 competitors in the industry by Share of Impressions over the last month.

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Date	confused.com	moneysupermarket.com	uswitch.com	gocompare.com	comparethemarket.com	marshmallow.com	staysure.co.uk	quotezone.co.uk	directline.com	tempcover.com
2025/05/01	10%	12.34%	6%	4.77%	7.42%	2.96%	1.98%	1.81%	3.21%	2.13%
2025/05/02	10.63%	12.47%	5.52%	4.01%	5.73%	2.59%	2.22%	1.94%	3.38%	2.24%
2025/05/03	10.3%	13.1%	5.5%	3.98%	5.88%	2.21%	2.07%	2.32%	3.65%	2.62%
2025/05/04	10.57%	12.87%	5.42%	4.29%	6.41%	2.19%	1.98%	2.17%	3.72%	2.2%
2025/05/05	10.36%	12.94%	5.64%	3.91%	6.33%	2.15%	1.93%	2.04%	3.09%	2.35%
2025/05/06	9.34%	12.88%	3.57%	4.06%	6.35%	2.99%	1.83%	2.13%	2.49%	1.95%
2025/05/07	8.86%	13.35%	3.41%	3.15%	6.29%	2.79%	1.93%	1.7%	4.85%	1.82%
2025/05/08	8.42%	12.03%	4.1%	2.97%	5.78%	2.48%	1.78%	1.86%	5.79%	1.77%
2025/05/09	9.46%	10.79%	5.17%	3.37%	5.46%	2.44%	1.78%	1.83%	4.8%	2.03%
2025/05/10	9.56%	11.47%	5.7%	3.38%	4.84%	2.16%	2.01%	1.91%	5.51%	2.32%
2025/05/11	9.03%	12.14%	5.6%	3.53%	5.66%	2.47%	1.63%	2.04%	5.56%	1.97%
2025/05/12	9.56%	10.79%	5.51%	4.23%	6.45%	2.85%	2.17%	1.83%	3.42%	1.85%
2025/05/13	9.61%	9.47%	5.39%	3.76%	6.15%	2.28%	2.32%	2.3%	2.36%	1.76%
2025/05/14	9.64%	10.47%	5.42%	3.35%	6.3%	1.93%	2.14%	2.39%	2.53%	1.69%
2025/05/15	10.43%	10.42%	6.54%	4.66%	5.53%	2.51%	2.2%	2.62%	2.06%	1.65%
2025/05/16	10.51%	10.44%	6.18%	5.13%	4.99%	2.48%	2.28%	2.85%	1.56%	1.82%
2025/05/17	11.06%	10.44%	7.26%	5.09%	6.09%	3.11%	2.43%	3.73%	1.91%	1.6%
2025/05/18	11.14%	10.35%	6.71%	4.76%	6.85%	2.98%	2.19%	3.21%	1.93%	1.56%
2025/05/19	11.17%	10.1%	7.62%	4.74%	5.86%	2.83%	2.47%	2.79%	1.3%	1.54%
2025/05/20	10.74%	10.21%	7.47%	4.66%	5.77%	2.33%	2.66%	2.57%	1.5%	1.59%
2025/05/21	10.74%	10.53%	7.34%	4.63%	6.31%	2.26%	2.85%	2.63%	1.58%	1.54%
2025/05/22	11.49%	10.17%	6.71%	4.41%	6.81%	2.41%	2.38%	2.71%	1.94%	1.5%
2025/05/23	11.33%	9.92%	7.12%	4.48%	6.23%	2.44%	1.88%	2.62%	2.34%	1.62%
2025/05/24	10.57%	10.74%	7.53%	5.19%	6.65%	3.23%	1.86%	3.04%	2.68%	1.5%
2025/05/25	12.08%	10.78%	7.55%	4.96%	7.01%	3.46%	1.58%	3.19%	3.29%	1.56%
2025/05/26	12.05%	11.11%	8.56%	4.9%	6.69%	3.2%	2%	2.57%	2.91%	1.34%
2025/05/27	11.45%	10.4%	8.46%	4.23%	5.77%	2.59%	1.91%	2.29%	2.71%	1.37%
2025/05/28	10.8%	10.39%	8.07%	4.47%	5.22%	3.02%	2%	2.59%	2.68%	1.25%
2025/05/29	11.34%	11.15%	7.87%	5.44%	5.08%	2.49%	2.72%	2.1%	2.51%	1.27%
2025/05/30	12.48%	10.08%	7.34%	5.14%	5.62%	2.49%	2.97%	2.48%	2.62%	1.42%
2025/05/31	12.4%	11.57%	7.77%	5.5%	5.46%	3.28%	2.88%	2.71%	2.45%	1.62%

In May 2025, “confused.com” saw a steady rise, peaking at 12.48% on the 30th. “moneysupermarket.com” fluctuated, ending at 11.57%. “uswitch.com” climbed to 8.56% on the 26th. “gocompare.com” and “comparethemarket.com” showed moderate growth. “marshmallow.com” and “staysure.co.uk” had minor increases. “quotezone.co.uk” and “directline.com” remained stable. “tempcover.com” ended with a slight increase.

Campaign Efficiency

Google Text Ad Copy Insights & Creative Trends for UK Finance Insurance

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1
Car Insurance Claims - Accident Support Team https://www.claimsline.com/claims/car-insurance
Had An Accident? Claimsline Makes Reporting An Insurance Claim Quick And Easy. Get Fast, Independent, Reliable Support. Click To Start Your Claim Now.
2
Cheaper Cover For UK Newcomers | Save Up To 45% On Insurance https://www.marshmallow.com
We look at claim-free driving from any country and cover international driving licences. Marshmallow...
3
Compare Car Insurance Quotes | Up To £485 Cheaper https://www.moneysupermarket.com
Earn A £15 Reward When You Buy A Qualifying Product & We’ll Even Price Match. T&Cs Apply.
4
Post Office® Travel Insurance | Buy Your Policy in Minutes https://www.postoffice.co.uk
Includes Trip Cancellation & Curtailment Cover Plus Overseas Medical & Repatriation Costs.
5
Our Cheapest Car Insurance https://www.uswitch.com › insurance › car
Save up to £468 on Your Quote — We Compare Quotes From Major UK Providers To Find You a Great Deal On Your Car Insurance!

In the competitive world of Google PPC, five advertisers stand out with compelling narratives. Claimsline.com offers swift accident support, emphasizing ease and reliability. Marshmallow.com targets UK newcomers, highlighting significant savings. Moneysupermarket.com and Uswitch.com promise substantial cost reductions, while Postoffice.co.uk focuses on comprehensive travel insurance. Each ad uniquely addresses consumer needs, from cost savings to comprehensive coverage.

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