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Fox Hair

Hair salon · Opawa, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers.

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Fox Hair

Hair salon · Opawa, Christchurch

Where you stand#65of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health8.7/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Fox Hair is a collective of independent professional hairstylists based on Opawa Road in Christchurch. The salon hosts several experienced stylists who work from individual profiles within a shared creative space. Bookings are essential and clients book with specific stylists for cuts, styling and colour services. The salon emphasises collaboration among its team and a personalised consultation approach.

Fox Hair is a group of independent professional hairstylists located at 124 Opawa Road in the Opawa neighbourhood of Christchurch. The salon lists multiple stylists who operate from individual profiles within a shared creative space, and bookings are essential for appointments.

Services focus on haircuts, styling and colour work delivered by each stylist from their own schedule. The team includes named stylists such as Shane Fox, Petra Ernst, Jun Hashimoto, Kristy Jarman, Haruka and others. Clients are asked to check each stylist's profile for hours and booking details.

Reviews and client comments emphasise long-standing experience, professional consultations and a welcoming atmosphere. Many clients note repeat visits over years, positive feedback on short cuts and colour work, and an attentive consultation process where stylists discuss steps and options before cutting or colouring.

Locally, Fox Hair presents as a collaborative salon where customers choose and book individual stylists within a shared Christchurch space. The practical features that distinguish it are the emphasis on bookings with specific stylists, a variety of experienced professionals under one roof, and a consultative approach to cuts and colouring.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Fox Hair shows a below-average overall Google Business health at 4.1/10, signaling room for improvement in listing completeness. Key strengths include a claimed listing, a full address, a live open-for-business status, and a website link which helps customers learn about services. The top opportunities focus on adding a phone number, while the description remains mid-range and photos are strong.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    PhoneYour listing has no phone number, so the call button a customer expects to tap is not there and the ones in a hurry ring someone else.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.5Room to grow
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4.9 ★★★★★ (112)
Hair salon · Opawa3
Open 5 days · late Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
Directions Website 1
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Fox Hair is a collection of independent leading professional hairstylists. We collaborate, support and work together, servicing our own clients in this highly creative space.

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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Fox Hair shows a healthy Google review profile with a 7.5/10 health score. The business benefits from a solid base of positive reviews and a responsive owner presence, but there is room to push into higher tiers. Key lift comes from improving review response rate and increasing total reviews to enhance listing trust and competitive position.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Star ratingYour rating is higher than most of this market, and it is the first thing a customer reads about you.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.7Good
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Fox Hair
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4.9★★★★★112 reviews
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Akhira K.★★★★★ · 5 months ago

Have been with Kristy from Fox Hair since last year. So very happy with her expertise and professionalism on hair styling and coloring. I’ve received tonnes of compliments on my super short pixie and the coloring - ash, with highlights. Kri...

Response from the owner1

Thank you for the wonderful feedback , we’re so pleased you are happy!

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Andi W.★★★★★ · 7 months ago

Went to Shane for the first time recently, he gave me THE BEST haircut I've EVER had, seriously.

Response from the owner

That’s awesome Andi! Enjoy :-) And thank you for the feedback!

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #117 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Fox Hair shows very strong Maps search health with a 9.3/10 overall health score, indicating high visibility in Google Maps. The top achievements include borough-specific visibility in the top 10% and strong ranks for key salon-related queries in Opawa and surrounding areas. The main opportunity is to improve aggregate Maps search results to expand presence beyond the current lead area.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.4Strong
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1Top three for "hair salon" in 2 suburbs, seen in 10
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Ninety Three Hair Studio5.0 ★ (50) · Hair salon
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Fox Hair✓4.9 ★ (112) · Hair salon
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Shambhala Organic Hair4.9 ★ (87) · Hair salon
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Soulstyle Organic Hair Salon4.4 ★ (14) · Hair salon
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #32 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Fox Hair shows a high health rating with strong social presence, particularly on Instagram and Facebook. The top finding is that TikTok is missing, which could constrain reach to younger audiences, while the Fresha and LinkedIn placements support credibility and client flow. Addressing TikTok and LinkedIn gaps could modestly improve visibility.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.5Good
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FacebookFoxHairChchFox Hair | Facebook✓
Instagramfox_hair_nz_Fox Hair | Instagram✓
Family Company Studiofox-hairFox Hair | Family Company Studio
Freshalp/en/bt/hair-salons/in/nz-christchurch/opawaFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
LinkedInlyndsay-miller-08669368Fox Hair | LinkedIn
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #173 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.

Top three opportunities

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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.4Good
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1.1K followers 2
Fox Hair is proud to have a dynamic team of leading CHCH stylists working together in a highly creative environment.3
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #130 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Fox Hair shows a healthy on-page SEO profile with a 7.3/10 health score, indicating solid technical setup and quick load times. Key strengths include a valid favicon, H1 tag, under-3-second page load, and no render-blocking resources. The main opportunity is refining meta description and title tag lengths for better search visibility.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Domain Age ScoreYour domain has been registered longer than almost any business in this market.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
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    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Fox Hair shows a very high website traffic health score of 8.7 out of 10, indicating strong current traffic and visibility. The most important findings point to opportunities in paid traffic and expanding paid keyword coverage, while organic traffic value remains robust and steady with room to grow through content and backlinks.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.9Strong
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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #56 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Fox Hair's opening hours largely match Christchurch demand peaks on weekday lunchtimes and Saturday mid-day sessions. The salon is open during several high-traffic windows-notably Tuesday 11am-12pm and Saturday 11am-1pm-while remaining closed during a few popular Monday midday slots and Sunday afternoon. No low-demand open hours were identified, which limits obvious scheduling waste.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
6.5Good
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Fox Hair
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am-8pm
Wednesday10am-8pm
Thursday10am-8pm
Friday10am-8pm
Saturday9am-6pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Monday · Opawa
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#65of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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