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Canterbury Equine Clinic

Veterinarian · Selwyn District East, 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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Canterbury Equine Clinic

Veterinarian · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#28of 64 vets
Overall health5.7/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Canterbury Equine Clinic in Prebbleton provides comprehensive equine care from a fully equipped hospital on three hectares. The clinic treats racehorses, sport horses, pleasure ponies and donkeys, and offers ambulatory visits, in-depth lameness and medical investigations, plus a full surgical service. The team of veterinarians and support staff are highly trained and handle both routine and complex cases.

Canterbury Equine Clinic is an equine veterinary practice based in Prebbleton on the outskirts of Christchurch. The clinic operates a fully equipped equine hospital with a spacious stable area, yards and paddocks across three hectares, serving a wide range of patients from champion racehorses and sport horses to pleasure ponies and donkeys.

The clinic provides first-opinion and specialist referral services, with veterinarians who make ambulatory calls as well as carrying out in-depth lameness and medical investigations. A full surgical service is available on site, and the team describes itself as experienced in working with racing, breeding, sport and leisure horses. Support staff and veterinarians are highlighted as a core part of the operation.

Customers' accounts emphasise knowledgeable, caring and professional care from the clinic team. Reviews note attentive office staff, sympathetic handling of elderly and unwell horses, and vets who aim to do the best for patients. The overall impression from clients is of consistent clinical attention and a supportive team approach when dealing with a range of equine health needs.

Locally, Canterbury Equine Clinic is known for its large hospital facility and its mix of ambulatory and in-house services. The combination of on-site surgical capacity, extensive yards and a multi-vet team distinguishes the clinic for owners seeking comprehensive equine care near Christchurch.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows a very strong overall Google Business Listing health score, with highly complete essential fields and clear contact details. The most important findings are that the listing is claimed and open-for-business, with a functioning website link and phone number, reinforcing accessibility for potential customers.

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 fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
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    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.
  • 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.
8.1Strong
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4.7 ★★★★★ (21)
Veterinarian · Selwyn District East2
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From the business

Your horse's complete care, under one roof. Canterbury Equine Clinic offers a fully equipped equine hospital including a spacious stable area, yards and paddocks on three hectares of land. Our patients range from champion racehorses and sport horses through to much-loved pleasure ponies and donkeys. We provide equal enthusiasm and dedication to each case and pride ourselves on providing the most up to date and appropriate care for our patients. Our veterinarians make ambulatory calls, carry out in-depth lameness and medical investigations and offer a full surgical service. Our team of vets and support staff are highly trained and our biggest asset.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows a low overall health score for Google reviews, but some momentum is evident. The business has a better rating than the bottom bracket and is starting to collect more reviews. The main opportunities are improving engagement with reviews and continuing to grow total reviews while maintaining a solid rating trend.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
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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.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.5Room to grow
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #48 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows below average health on Google Maps with a 2.9/10 score. The business has a visible presence in some broader maps queries but local, borough-specific visibility is limited. Top opportunities focus on improving aggregate Maps visibility and boosting local presence in Prebbleton to enhance local search results and attract more client inquiries.

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, 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.
2.9Room to grow
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1Seen in 8 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Selwyn Veterinary Centre4.6 ★ (57) · Veterinarian
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Lincoln Village Vets4.7 ★ (144) · Veterinarian
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Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital4.8 ★ (110) · Veterinarian
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Rolleston Veterinary Services4.5 ★ (237) · Veterinarian
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Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #46 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows a solid health stance in the citations and social presence area, with a 6.2 out of 10 health score described as above average. Key strengths include outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles, which reflect strong audience engagement and branding. Opportunities exist to expand presence on TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn, Yellow, and GrabOne to reach broader audiences.

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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    White Pages ListingWe can see your White Pages Listing listing (https://whitepages.co.nz/canterbury-equine-clinic-2) 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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.8Good
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Instagramcanterbury_equine_clinicCanterbury Equine Clinic | Instagram✓
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TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #15 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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    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 two opportunities

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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.
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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
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Equine Referral and Diagnositc Centre. Providing Ambulatory Outcalls and Equine Dentistry for Racing, Sport and Leisure Horses and Ponies throughout the South Island, New Zealand We provide a 7 days a...
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Your website

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows a solid on-page SEO health, with an overall score of 6.3 out of 10. Key strengths include a valid favicon, an H1 tag, and sufficient text content. The page ranks among the top tier locally in on-page SEO, indicating good optimisation relative to nearby competitors. Most opportunities focus on meta description length, title tag fine-tuning, render-blocking resources, and text-to-page size balance.

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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    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.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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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.
  • 3
    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Canterbury Equine Clinic shows below-average website traffic health (3.5/10) with some organic momentum but limited paid activity. The main finding is that paid traffic has not yet been established and paid spend is unclear, while organic traffic value remains above the 25th percentile. Actions should focus on small, targeted paid campaigns and continued SEO refinement.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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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.
  • 3
    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.
3.8Room to grow
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Canterbury Equine ClinicNot in these results
1About 966 visits a month from search, across 42 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #40 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Canterbury Equine Clinic's published hours show clear matches with weekday late‑afternoon demand but notable gaps at popular weekend and early‑evening times. The clinic is open for 45 weekly hours with 45 hours aligned to peak searches, yet 37 popular hours remain closed. There are no low‑demand open hours, so the main focus is closing high‑value gaps rather than reducing hours.

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.
3.7Room to grow
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Canterbury Equine Clinic
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Selwyn District East
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#28of 64 Christchurch vets
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Christchurch vetsOverall · 64 businesses
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