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Ourvets Halswell

Veterinarian · Halswell, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 64 Christchurch vets.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Ourvets Halswell

Veterinarian · Halswell, Christchurch

Where you stand#10of 64 vets
Overall health8.6/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Ourvets Halswell is a veterinary clinic in Halswell, Christchurch, open six days a week. They state they have South Island digital radiography, ultrasonography and in-house diagnostics, with a team of experienced vets and veterinary nurses. Services include animal medicine and soft tissue surgery. The clinic treats cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rats, mice and birds and runs puppy classes.

Ourvets Halswell is a veterinary clinic located on Halswell Road in Halswell, Christchurch. The clinic operates six days a week and offers care for a variety of companion animals, including cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rats, mice and birds.

They describe having South Island digital radiography, ultrasonography and in-house diagnostic capabilities alongside a team of experienced vets and veterinary nurses. Core services stated on their site include animal medicine and soft tissue surgeries. The practice also runs puppy classes and sells pet supplies such as dog biscuits.

Customers commonly report friendly, attentive and helpful staff, noting professional and prompt service. Reviews mention positive interactions during routine visits and training sessions, dogs enjoying the clinic's treats, and staff showing kindness and respect during end-of-life care. These themes suggest a focus on hands-on, compassionate care and practical support for pet owners.

Locally, Ourvets Halswell presents as a full-service neighbourhood clinic with diagnostic equipment and surgical capabilities on site. Its weekday-plus-weekend opening hours, stated diagnostic tools and a team of vets and nurses are practical features for Christchurch pet owners seeking medical, surgical and routine care for a range of small pets.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Ourvets Halswell shows a very high health score on Google Business Listing, with strong basics in place. The listing is claimed, open-for-business status is clear, and essential contact details are present, including a phone number and a website link. Overall health indicates reliable visibility and control for managing information.

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

  • 1
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.7Strong
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4.7 ★★★★★ (286)
Veterinarian · Halswell2
Open 6 days · late Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Ourvets Halswell is your pet’s Christchurch Vet & Veterinary Clinic providing services 6 days a week. Ourvets has the South Island’s veterinary digital radiography, ultrasonography, in-house diagnostics and a team of highly experienced and dedicated vets and veterinary nurses to cater for your pet’s needs. Our capabilities include animal medicine and soft tissue surgeries. We recognise the significance of your pets and the place they hold in your family. We treat a vareity of pets including cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rats, mice and birds.

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Google listingChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Ourvets Halswell shows an above-average health score of 6.0 out of 10, indicating solid performance with room to improve. The most notable findings are a lack of public review responses and strong rating confidence, along with solid star rating and a leading review count among peers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    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.
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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.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.8Good
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Ourvets Halswell
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4.7★★★★★286 reviews
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Ourvets Halswell shows a below-average health score of 4.0 out of 10 for Google Maps search visibility, indicating limited overall visibility. The strongest performance is in core Halswell queries, where "animal hospital in halswell" and "veterinarian in halswell" rank first. Opportunities focus on expanding both aggregate and borough presence, with steady improvement needed.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across fewer of the surrounding suburbs than half the businesses here, so someone two suburbs over searching for your service is shown your competitors and never sees your name.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.8Room to grow
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1Top three for "veterinarian" in 1 suburb, seen in 10
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Ourvets Halswell24.7 ★ (286) · Veterinarian
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #40 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Ourvets Halswell shows an overall health of 5.7 out of 10, indicating average social presence health with room to strengthen key platforms. The strongest current assets are the outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles, both with very high trust scores and active engagement, which support trust with local clients and cat and dog care seekers.

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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    TopVet PracticeWe can see your TopVet Practice listing (https://topvet.net/ourvets-halswell-26871) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
10.0Strong
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FacebookOurvetsHalswellOurvets Halswell | Facebook✓
InstagramhalswellourvetsOurvets Halswell | Instagram✓
Best For Pet Clinicourvets-halswell-veterinary-practiceOurvets Halswell | Best For Pet Clinic
TopVet Practiceourvets-halswell-26871Ourvets Halswell | TopVet Practice✓
Infobelourvets_halswellOurvets Halswell | Infobel
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 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

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.1Room to grow
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1.3K followers 2
Ourvets Halswell is the home of a friendly veterinary team who want to meet (and treat) your pets 🐾3
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★ 3 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 ourvetshalswell.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-322 8331✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #32 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Ourvets Halswell shows a very strong on-page SEO health with a score of 8.7 out of 10, indicating solid technical optimisation. The page already has an H1 tag and a clear meta description, and the favicon is present, which helps brand recognition in browsers. A key finding is that page load time exceeds 3 seconds, which may affect user satisfaction.

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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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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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.
  • 2
    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
  • 3
    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Ourvets Halswell shows a modest health score for website traffic, indicating a stable but room-for-improvement performance. Key findings point to paid traffic being minimal and organic rankings mid-pack, suggesting opportunities to improve paid visibility and continue growing content-driven organic traffic.

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.
  • 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
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than half the businesses here, so competitors are picking up searches you could be answering.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.1Good
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21No ads from you on any search
ourvetshalswell.co.nzOurvets Halswell Veterinary Clinic - 393 Halswell Road ...

Ourvets Halswell is your pet's Christchurch Vet & Veterinary Clinic providing services 6 days a week. Ourvets has the South Island's veterinary digital ...

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3About 1,337 visits a month from search, across 139 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #19 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Ourvets Halswell shows strong timing alignment overall: most high-demand weekday afternoons are covered, with open hours matching notable peaks on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Missed opportunities are mainly on Saturdays and an early Thursday morning slot where the clinic is closed during local demand peaks. No evidence of open hours during low-demand windows, so inefficiency is limited.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
8.3Strong
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Ourvets Halswell
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Hours 1
Monday8am-7pm
Tuesday8am-7pm
Wednesday8am-7pm
Thursday8am-7pm
Friday8am-7pm
Saturday9am-2pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Tuesday · Halswell
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Opening hoursChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #12 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

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#10of 64 Christchurch vets
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Christchurch vetsOverall · 64 businesses
You are #10 overall
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