CONSUMER SATISFACTION – AUSTRALIA

Super fund satisfaction improves to highest since May 2022 with Retail Fund satisfaction at a new all time high

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 9-Jul-25

New data from Roy Morgan’s Superannuation Satisfaction Report shows an overall super fund satisfaction with financial performance rating of 69.9% in May 2025, an increase of 3.1% points from a year ago and up 4.9% points from the post-pandemic low of 65.0% in July 2023. Despite hitting a low point in July 2023 superannuation satisfaction with financial performance has remained significantly higher than the long-term average of 59.0% post-pandemic, and is now approaching the all-time high of 72.0% reached in January 2022. There has been improvement across all four different categories of super funds over the last year; the largest increase has been for Retail Funds, with customer satisfaction up 6.4% points to 69.3%. Customer satisfaction for Industry Funds is up 2% points to 69.5%, while satisfaction with Public Sector Funds is up 0.8% points to 75% and satisfaction with Self-Managed Funds is up 0.8% points to 77.7%. The report’s findings are from Roy Morgan Single Source, Australia’s most trusted consumer survey, compiled by in-depth interviews with over 60,000 Australians each year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024: the best brands in banking and finance

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 23-Apr-25

The 2024 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards were presented in April. A total of 12 awards in the banking and finance categories were awarded – included many companies which backed up on wins a year ago. There were two first time winners, two previous winners returning to the winner’s circle, and six companies continuing their winning streaks. P&N Bank won the Bank of the Year after collecting six monthly satisfaction awards and placed highly in the overall ‘Best of the Best’ Award with an average customer satisfaction rating of 91.6% – the second highest of any banking or finance brand. Major Bank of the Year was again won by the Commonwealth Bank after winning seven monthly satisfaction awards during 2024; this was the CBA’s 12th straight win as the Major Bank of the Year. Perth-based RAC has won the Major General Insurer of the Year award, with a perfect record of 12 monthly satisfaction awards and a sixth straight win in the category. UniSuper has won the Industry Super Fund of the Year award for a third straight year, with nine monthly satisfaction awards, and the overall Super Fund of the Year for a second straight year.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, P&N BANK, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, RAC INSURANCE PTY LTD, UNISUPER LIMITED

Roy Morgan unveils Annual Customer Satisfaction Award winners across all categories

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Apr-25

Roy Morgan has announced the winners of its annual Customer Satisfaction Awards for 2024. The awards recognise outstanding levels of customer satisfaction, as judged by more than 60,000 consumers via the Roy Morgan Single Source survey. The award categories cover sectors such as banking, insurance, superannuation, automotive, retail, telecommunications and utilities. Of the 38 award winners this year, 26 are repeat winners backing up from victory a year ago. The repeat winners include 15 with a perfect record of 12 monthly wins; there were also five first-time winners, and five companies returned to the winner’s circle this year after missing out a year ago. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the Annual Customer Satisfaction Awards are the gold standard in identifying those companies and brands that stay ahead of the pack by knowing what their customers want and delivering it consistently.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Lexus wins the Roy Morgan Best of the Best Award for Customer Satisfaction

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 11-Apr-25

Car maker Lexus has won the Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ Customer Satisfaction Award for the third time, with a record high customer satisfaction rating of 98.2%. The win for Lexus was its third in the prestigious category after wins in 2017 and 2019. Last year’s winner Aussie Broadband and liquor store chain Dan Murphy’s have filled out the top three. The ‘Best of the Best’ award goes to the company that achieves the highest customer satisfaction of all 38 winners in the Annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards. Lexus won 11 monthly satisfaction awards during 2024 and won its sixth Roy Morgan Car Manufacturer of the Year Award, after previous wins in 2014-2017 and 2019.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, LEXUS AUSTRALIA, AUSSIE BROADBAND LIMITED – ASX ABB, DAN MURPHY’S

Bendigo Bank, Bankwest & ING home loan customers are the most satisfied with their bank after two years of interest rate rises

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-May-24

New financial data from Roy Morgan’s Single Source shows that Bendigo Bank has topped the banking customer satisfaction ratings among home loan customers in early 2024. Bendigo Bank’s home loan customer satisfaction is a market leading 87.7% in March. In second place was Bankwest with customer satisfaction among home loan customers at 86.6%. Filling out the top four banks are ING on 84.6% and Macquarie on 79.9%. The latest data covers the six months to March 2024, and overall home loan customer satisfaction amongst Australia’s top banks collectively was at 74.9% during this period. This represents a collective decrease of 1.1% points from a year ago. CBA had the highest home loan customer satisfaction among the big four banks, with a rating of 76.1% in March. Average home loan customer satisfaction with the big four banks as a group was 72.7%.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, BENDIGO BANK, BANKWEST, ING BANK (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, MACQUARIE BANK LIMITED – ASX MBL, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards: Australia’s winning retailers announced

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 8-May-24

The annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards were awarded in April, and the 16 winners in the retail categories range from many popular and well-known Australian brands to multi-national US retail names. The 13 repeat winners were led by Myer as Department Store of the Year for a ninth straight year, Bunnings Warehouse as Hardware Store of the Year for a seventh year in a row, and Rebel as Sports Store of the Year for the ninth consecutive year. The new category of Online Retailer of the Year was awarded to technology giant Amazon, which won eight monthly awards to run away with the category for its first win. The other first-time winner was Big W, which won Discount Department Store of the Year with a perfect record of 12 straight monthly wins in 2023. Both Amazon and Big W had average customer satisfaction in excess of 90%.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, MYER HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX MYR, BUNNINGS GROUP LIMITED, REBEL SPORT LIMITED, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED, BIG W DISCOUNT STORES

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023: the best brands in banking and finance

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Apr-24

The 2023 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards were presented in Melbourne in mid-April. There were a total of 12 awards in the banking and finance categories, including many companies which backed up on wins a year ago. There were four first time winners, two previous winners returning to the winner’s circle and four companies continuing their winning streaks. One of the most impressive first-time winners was P&N Bank, which won the Bank of the Year award, while the Major Bank of the Year was again won by the Commonwealth Bank after winning nine monthly satisfaction awards during 2023. There were two standouts in the superannuation categories during 2023, with UniSuper winning the Industry Super Fund of the Year for a second straight year and the overall Super Fund of the Year, while Australian Ethical was a first-time winner of the Retail Super Fund of the Year. There were six award winners for the insurance categories, with Australian Unity winning all 12 monthly satisfaction awards to be awarded the Private Health Insurer of the Year – Retail for the first time. Other winners included back-to-back winners RAC (Major General Insurer of the Year) and Real Insurance (Risk & Life Insurer of the Year).

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, P&N BANK, COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBA, UNISUPER LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN ETHICAL SUPERANNUATION PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN UNITY LIMITED, RAC INSURANCE PTY LTD, REAL INSURANCE

Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards 2023: automotive and airline winners

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 17-Apr-24

The annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards were awarded in early April, and there were several familiar faces in the automotive and airline winner’s circle. Car Manufacturer of the Year Skoda won a second straight Annual Customer Satisfaction Award. Skoda performed exceptionally well during 2023 by winning 10 monthly awards with an average customer satisfaction of 97.1% – a record high for the category and the second highest for any company. Kia was a first-time winner of the Major Car Manufacturer of the Year; Kia took home five monthly awards to edge out rivals Subaru and Mitsubishi for the overall title, with average customer satisfaction of 91.9%. Meanwhile, Singapore Airlines won the International Airline of the Year award for a fourth straight year (2018, 2019, 2022 & 2023 – the award was not held during the pandemic-impacted years of 2020 and 2021). Virgin Australia won all 12 monthly awards to win the Domestic Airline of the Year for the first time in a decade, and Qantas won the Domestic Business Airline of the Year for the first time since 2020.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, SKODA AUTOMOBILOVA AS, KIA MOTORS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED, VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN

Aussie Broadband wins the Best of the Best Award for Customer Satisfaction for the first time

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Apr-24

Telecommunications group Aussie Broadband has won the Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ Customer Satisfaction Award for the first time, just ahead of car manufacturer Skoda, liquor store chain Dan Murphy’s and supermarket chain ALDI. The ‘Best of the Best’ award goes to the company that achieved the highest customer satisfaction of all 38 winners in the Annual Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards for 2023. Aussie Broadband enjoyed a stellar year, winning not only the Mobile Phone Service Provider of the year award for the first time but also the Internet Service Provider of the Year award for a third time. Aussie Broadband had customer satisfaction of an exceptional 97.5% in 2023 to beat Car Manufacturer of the Year Skoda by the barest of margins.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, SKODA AUTOMOBILOVA AS, AUSSIE BROADBAND LIMITED – ASX ABB, DAN MURPHY’S, ALDI STORES SUPERMARKETS PTY LTD

Roy Morgan unveils Annual Customer Satisfaction Award winners across all categories

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Apr-24

Roy Morgan has announced the winners of its annual Customer Satisfaction Awards for 2023. The awards recognise outstanding levels of customer satisfaction, as judged by more than 60,000 consumers via the Roy Morgan Single Source survey. The award categories cover sectors such as banking, insurance, superannuation, automotive, retail, telecommunications and utilities. Of the 38 award winners this year, 22 are repeat winners backing up from a victory a year ago. The repeat winners include 13 with a perfect record of 12 monthly wins; there were also seven first-time winners, and four companies returned to the winner’s circle this year after missing out a year ago. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine says the Annual Customer Satisfaction Awards are the gold standard in identifying those companies and brands that stay ahead of the pack by knowing what their customers want and delivering it consistently.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED