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Haar Design

Hairdresser · St Albans, 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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Checked13 October 2026
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Haar Design

Hairdresser · St Albans, Christchurch

Where you stand#64of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health8.7/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Haar Design is a boutique hair salon at 90 Saint Albans Street in Merivale, Christchurch. The salon offers bespoke hairstyling, colouring and cutting from a team of stylists using Wella, JUUCE and DunGüd products. Clients report a welcoming, clean environment and attentive service, with follow-up care and loyal regulars who value the salon's skilled stylists.

Haar Design is a boutique hair salon located at 90 Saint Albans Street in Merivale, Christchurch. The salon presents itself as a relaxed, luxurious space where clients can book haircuts, colouring and styling services from an in-house team of stylists.

The salon's service offering includes bespoke hairstyles, professional colouring and precision cutting. Product ranges mentioned on the website include Wella, JUUCE and DunGüd, and the salon highlights repair and care-focused treatments such as Wella Ultimate Repair for chemically or heat-damaged hair.

Clients consistently describe a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and a clean, comfortable salon environment. Reviews mention attentive, professional service, stylists who take time with clients, follow-up courtesy calls, and a number of clients who have followed particular stylists to Haar Design. Regular appointments and strong client loyalty are recurring themes in feedback.

Locally, Haar Design positions itself as a Merivale salon focused on personalised service and technical haircare. The combination of experienced stylists, recognised product ranges and a customer-oriented approach distinguishes Haar Design for clients seeking tailored colouring and cutting in a boutique Christchurch setting.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Haar Design shows a very healthy Google Business Listing with a score of 8.8 out of 10. The listing is claimed, open-for-business status is accurate, and vital contact details and a website link are present. The top takeaway: strong listing control and accessible information, with room to grow in photos while the description stays 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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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 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.
8.4Strong
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5.0 ★★★★★ (51)
Hairdresser · St Albans3
Open 5 days · late Tue, Wed and Thu ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Nestled in the heart of Merivale on 90 Saint Albans Street, Haar Design is a luxurious boutique hair salon that promises a transformative experience from the moment you step through its doors. With a team of expert stylists ready to craft beautiful, bespoke hairstyles, Haar Design ensures that every client leaves feeling radiant and confident. The salon provides a warm and welcoming atmosphere, making it the perfect sanctuary to relax and indulge in a little self-care.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Haar Design shows very high overall health on Google Business Reviews, with a 9.6/10 health score. The business excels in rating and engagement, with a top 10% star rating and elite review response rate. Opportunities focus on sustaining rating confidence and maintaining a strong review base, keeping Haar Design visible and trusted among local clients.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Top two opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
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    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.3Strong
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Haar Design
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5.0★★★★★51 reviews 2
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Janet W.★★★★★ · 3 weeks ago

A little gem! Friendly and professional service. Even had a follow up courtesy phone call!! Lisa worked a miracle with my hair: colouring it a rich red and cutting it into a bob. Most complements I’ve had on my hair! Thanks, Lisa!

Response from the owner✓

Thank you for your lovely review 😊

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Susan C.★★★★★ · 2 months ago

Fantastic to follow Lisa to her new work place

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Thank you for your review :)

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Haar Design shows an above-average health in Google Maps search with a 6.3/10 score. The business already ranks across broader maps queries and within its borough, and top keywords highlight strong presence for Merivale and St Albans. Opportunities focus on maintaining momentum to climb into top results and leveraging steady borough visibility to capture more local searches.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.5Good
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1Seen in 9 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #173 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Haar Design shows a very high health score of 9.0, indicating strong presence and trust in local directories and social platforms. The most significant findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, plus visible local listings on Neighbourly and Fresha that support ongoing customer engagement and 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.
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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/haar-design-saint-albans-street-christchurch-9QVaB7) found via: Google search results.

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.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly 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 6 of them.
8.1Strong
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FacebookHaarDesignChristchurchHaar Design | Facebook✓
Instagramhaardesign_chchhairsalonHaar Design | Instagram✓
Freshahaar-design-saint-albans-street-christchurch-9QVaB7Haar Design | Fresha✓
Neighbourlyhairdressers/canterbury-region/christchurch/st-albansFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
Wedding Guidehair-art-and-beautyFound through search, not linked from anything you own
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #96 for listings and social
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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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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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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 youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.1Strong
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779 followers 1
HAAR DESIGN IS A BEAUTIFUL BOUTIQUE HAIR SALON IN THE HEART OF THE ST ALBANS/MERIVALE AREA.2
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Haar Design shows a solid On-Page SEO health with a score of 7.6 out of 10, indicating the page is well optimised for local search. Strengths include a fast load time under 3 seconds, a compact page size under 256KB, an H1 tag, and secure content via HTTPS. Immediate attention is primarily needed on meta description length, title tag placement, favicon presence, text-to-page ratio, and avoiding frames.

Strengths

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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

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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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
  • 3
    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

Haar Design shows a solid website traffic health with a 7.8/10 score, indicating strong performance relative to peers. The most notable findings are improving organic traffic value and steady organic rankings, alongside clear opportunities to establish paid traffic and keyword coverage to capture more potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
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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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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Haar DesignNot in these results
2About 191 visits a month from search, across 172 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #143 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Haar Design's opening hours largely align with city-level demand, especially on mid-morning and Saturday daytime peaks. The salon is open during high-demand windows on Tuesday 11-12 and Saturday 11-1, matching strong local searches. However several popular Monday lunchtime hours and Sunday 3pm are closed, representing missed bookings. No low-demand opening hours were flagged, so hours are not currently wasteful.

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.
6.0Good
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Haar Design
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-8pm
Wednesday9am-8pm
Thursday9am-8pm
Friday9am-5:30pm
Saturday9am-4pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#64of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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