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Benny's Barber Shop

Barber shop · Sydenham, 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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Benny's Barber Shop

Barber shop · Sydenham, Christchurch

Where you stand#147of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health7.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic8.502Reviews7.801Google listing7.2

Where we can help

04Listings and social4.308Opening hours2.703Map positions2.505Facebook page1.506Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Benny's Barber Shop is a barber located in Sydenham, Christchurch, offering traditional barbering and men's hair services. The shop is noted for a friendly, community-focused team and a straightforward approach to cuts. Reviews highlight consistent results, sensible pricing and staff who work well with families, making it a practical choice for local clients seeking reliable barbering in the area.

Benny's Barber Shop is a barber based in Sydenham, Christchurch. It operates as a local hair salon and barbering outlet serving neighbourhood clients. The shop presents itself as a neighbourhood barbershop providing routine men's haircuts and grooming in a familiar, accessible Sydenham location.

The shop focuses on barbering and salon services typical of a barbershop. Source material identifies the business under the Hair Salons and Barbers category; website content and SEO details use the shop name consistently. Services centre on haircuts and in-shop grooming done by a team of barbers working from a dedicated Sydenham premises.

Customers consistently mention reliable haircuts, a friendly crew and good value. Review themes point to regular clients getting consistent results, barbers described as confident and approachable, and staff who are comfortable working with children. Feedback also notes sensible pricing and an easygoing atmosphere, with reviewers recommending the shop and praising particular team members by name.

Locally, Benny's Barber Shop is characterised by steady, routine barbering, a community-minded team and family-friendly service. The combination of consistent cuts, approachable staff and competitive pricing forms the practical draw for clients in Sydenham and surrounding Christchurch suburbs. Prospective customers can expect a typical barbershop experience focused on dependable results and straightforward service.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Benny's Barber Shop shows solid health with a 6.6/10, indicating above-average presence on Google Business. The strongest findings are that the listing is claimed and verified, displays a current phone number, and has a website link, which helps convert interest into actions. The key opportunity is to add a meaningful, broader listing description to engage local customers.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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 two opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
7.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.7 ★★★★★ (548)
Barber shop · Sydenham2
Open 4 days · late Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Benny's Barber Shop shows a moderate overall health score for Google reviews, with room to improve engagement and rating confidence. The business has a strong base of reviews and solid community reputation, while response activity is growing. Focus should be on sustaining high review volume and increasing responses to build trust further.

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
7.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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William D.★ · 6 years ago

I booked with their site in town (which isn't on Google maps). They cancelled my appointment without telling me. I wouldn't book with them again. EDIT after reply - I have not received any emails from yourselves, that is simply not true. Th...

Response from the owner1

Hi William, we tried to get in contact with you but the mobile number provided was not a valid phone number. We sent an email too. Please get in contact with us so we can sort this out for you on 021...

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st P.★ · 7 years ago

Response from the owner

Just checked our bookings and have no record of this person as a customer. What a sad guy.

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Benny's Barber Shop shows a low overall Google Maps health score of 2.3 out of 10, indicating limited visibility. The strongest finding is solid ranking for 'barber shop in sydenham' (Position 2), with several other nearby suburbs also appearing in top 20. Opportunities lie in both the aggregate maps score and improving borough-level presence to move higher in local results.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "barber shop" in 1 suburb, seen in 6
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Sup Panda Barber Shop5.0 ★ (102) · Barber shop
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Benny's Barber Shop24.7 ★ (548) · Barber shop
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AP's Barber Shop4.7 ★ (26) · Barber shop
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Manscape Hair and Body for Men4.8 ★ (419) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #376 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations and social presence health is very high, indicating strong visibility and trust across key platforms. The most important findings are outstanding profiles on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, plus a well-maintained Fresha listing. Opportunities exist mainly in building LinkedIn presence (owner and company) and expanding listings on TikTok directories, GrabOne and Neighbourly to broaden reach, especially for local clientele.

Strengths

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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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    Tiktok ProfileWe found your Tiktok 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/bennys-barber-shop-sandyford-street-christchurch-xZBVzE) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on 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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Instagrambennys_hqBenny's Barber Shop | Instagram✓
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Freshabennys-barber-shop-sandyford-street-christchurch-xZBVzEBenny's Barber Shop | Fresha✓
FacebookSydenhamUnderpassBenny's Barber Shop | Facebook1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Benny's Barber Shop shows strong on-page health with a score of 7.9 out of 10, indicating solid technical foundations for local visibility. Key strengths include a valid favicon, fast load times, a compact page size, an H1 tag, and HTTPS-secure content. The main opportunities focus on meta description, minor title tag adjustment, reducing render-blocking resources, and improving text-to-page ratio.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    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.
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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

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
  • 3
    Domain HealthYour site answers, but something did not check out - an insecure link, a redirect chain, a domain shared with other businesses, or a listing pointing at a social page.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Benny's Barber Shop's website health is very strong, with a health score of 8.9 out of 10. Organic traffic volumes are solid and local keyword coverage is excellent, placing the business in the top local band. The most notable finding is the high organic SERP presence, while paid activity remains unclear and could be explored gradually.

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.
8.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Benny's Barber Shop's hours partly match local demand: many busy weekend and midweek lunch slots are covered, but notable weekday lunchtime demand is missed when closed. Significant strong alignment occurs on Saturday and Wednesday late-morning to early-afternoon peaks. Key missed opportunities are midweek lunchtimes, especially Tuesday and Monday at noon. One early Friday opening hour looks low-value and could be reconsidered.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday8am-8pm
Thursday8am-8pm
Friday8am-8pm
Saturday8am-4pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Tuesday · Sydenham
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #365 for opening hours
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#147of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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