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SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington

Accountant · Spreydon, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 245 Christchurch accountants.

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Checked12 October 2026
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SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington

Accountant · Spreydon, Christchurch

Where you stand#36of 245 accountants
Overall health8.6/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.807Google search and traffic9.702Reviews9.404Listings and social8.401Google listing8.005Facebook page7.803Map positions7.3

Where we can help

06Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington is a full-service accounting firm based in the Barrington area of Spreydon, Christchurch. The practice specialises in Xero, payroll, rental property accounting, annual accounts, tax returns and consultation services. Customers can expect a knowledgeable, friendly team focused on practical small-business and property investor accounting support.

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington is a full-service accounting practice located in the Barrington area of Spreydon, Christchurch. The firm states its focus is on helping local small businesses and property investors with accounting and tax needs.

Services listed by the practice include Xero setup and support, payroll management, rental property accounting, preparation of annual accounts, tax returns and consultation services. The source material notes an experienced team led by the business owner, with background working with trades, construction and hospitality clients.

Customer review themes point to a professional and friendly staff with practical knowledge. Reviews mention helpful, proactive service and assistance with rental property accounting; clients describe the team as knowledgeable and supportive when handling tax and accounting tasks.

Locally, SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington presents as a neighbourhood accountant focused on straightforward accounting services for small businesses and landlords. Customers seeking Xero support, payroll or rental property accounting in Spreydon and wider Christchurch would find the firm positioned to deliver those core services.

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Your Google listing

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington shows solid Google Business health with a 7.4 out of 10. The listing is claimed, open status visible, a website link and phone number present, which supports customer inquiries. The main opportunity is refining the description to stand above the bottom quartile while maintaining existing strengths.

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 opportunity

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 4 of them.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington
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4.8 ★★★★★ (23)
Accountant · Spreydon
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

Full service accountants specialising in Xero, Payroll, Rental Properties, Annual Accounts, Tax returns and Consultation Service. We have a strong experienced team ready to deliver.

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Google listingChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington shows a very high overall health score on Google Reviews, 9.2 out of 10. The most notable finding is a strong reputation with top-10% total reviews, indicating solid social proof. A significant opportunity is to start responding to reviews to boost customer trust, as no responses have been recorded yet.

Strengths

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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #16 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington displays a strong overall health in Google Maps performance, with a health score of 8.2 out of 10. This indicates solid visibility overall and in the business's own suburb. Top opportunities focus on pushing the aggregate maps score further and maintaining a top-quartile suburb performance.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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 nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
7.3Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "accounting firm" in 2 suburbs, seen in 8
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SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington24.8 ★ (23) · Accountant
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GS Chartered Accountants and Advisors5.0 ★ (5) · Accountant
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Olex Accounting4.8 ★ (22) · Accountant
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Tessa Ling Tax Consultancy Limited5.0 ★ (2) · Accountant
Map positionsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #66 for map positions
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Where customers find you

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington shows a healthy social presence with an 8.0 health score. Key strengths include a strong Facebook profile and an up-to-date LinkedIn Company listing, which support visibility and credibility. Opportunities lie mainly in expanding platforms (Instagram, TikTok) and directory listings (Yellow Directory, Yellow Profile, LinkedIn) to broaden reach and trust.

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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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/sba-nz) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    OpenLocally ListingWe can see your OpenLocally Listing listing (https://openlocally.com/sba-small-business-accounting-barrington-spreydon) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search alone, with no link from your own website and nothing on your Google listing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    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.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookSBASmallBusinessAccountingNZSBA Small Business Accounting Barrington | Facebook✓
LinkedInsba-nzSBA Small Business Accounting Barrington | LinkedIn✓
Instagramsba.accountingFound through search, not linked from anything you own1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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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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    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

  • 1
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 2
    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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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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378 followers 2
At SBA we believe businesses should focus on growing their business and leave the accounting to the experts. With 80 branches nationwide, SBA are the small business & rental accounting experts. Conta...
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 sba.co.nz✓
☎ +64 800 999 722✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #54 for your Facebook page
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Your website

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington's on-page health sits at 3.5/10, indicating below-average performance. Strength lies in fast page load times (under 3 seconds). The main opportunities target foundational SEO factors: absent meta description, missing title tag, no favicon, and no H1 tag. Addressing these items will improve visibility and click-through while providing a baseline to build from.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
  • 3
    Page titleThere is no headline set on your home page, so the clickable blue line in a search result falls back to your domain name or a scrap of code.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 4 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington's website shows a very healthy traffic profile with strong organic performance and limited paid activity. Overall health is excellent and indicates solid visibility in local search, a robust organic traffic value, and strong top-10 ranking. The main opportunity is to begin measured paid efforts to establish paid traffic alongside the already strong organic base.

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 ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    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.
9.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your hours against demand

SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington mostly aligns opening hours with local demand on weekday afternoons, especially on Thursdays where multiple mid-morning to mid-afternoon hours show high customer interest. However, the practice misses weekend search peaks, notably Sunday mornings and midday and Saturday late afternoon. No open hours fall during low-demand windows, so the main opportunity is modest weekend adjustment rather than trimming weekday hours.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
SBA Small Business Accounting Barrington
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
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02Reviews3 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#36of 245 Christchurch accountants
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