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Cathedral Junction Barbers

Barber shop · Christchurch Centre, 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
Your marketChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Cathedral Junction Barbers

Barber shop · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#337of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health3.2/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews6.0

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.001Google listing3.708Opening hours3.304Listings and social1.903Map positions1.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Cathedral Junction Barbers is a barber shop in Christchurch Central City offering men's haircuts and family-friendly services. Located in the central city, it is noted in reviews for friendly barbers, conversational service and consistent, tidy cuts. Customers mention affordable pricing for men's cuts and a welcoming, local atmosphere.

Cathedral Junction Barbers is a barber shop located in Christchurch Central City that provides men's haircuts and grooming services. The description and reviews identify it as a neighbourhood barber serving locals and visitors to the central city.

The salon's offerings focus on routine cuts and styling for men and boys; reviews reference a regular barber named Conrad and mention an affordable men's cut price point. The establishment is presented as a staffed barber shop where clients can book or walk in for standard barbering services and children's cuts.

Customers commonly describe friendly, chatty service alongside precise, neat results. Multiple reviews note that clients who arrive with longer, unkempt hair leave with tidy, shorter styles and express satisfaction with the outcome. Reviewers also highlight a consistently positive barber-client rapport and describe the environment as welcoming for families and individuals alike.

What distinguishes Cathedral Junction Barbers locally is its central Christchurch location combined with accessible pricing and a reputation for friendly service and dependable cuts. The business is frequently referenced by name in reviews for specific barbers, and the consistent 4.8 average rating in customer feedback underlines steady local approval.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Cathedral Junction Barbers shows a below-average health score for its Google Business Listing, with room to improve on the website link, and the description. Strengths include a claimed listing, open status, a listed phone number, and a full address. These fundamentals support local visibility, while the current photo count sits at or above median levels. Targeted updates can lift engagement.

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
    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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 6 of them.
3.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Cathedral Junction Barbers
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4.8 ★★★★★ (103)
Barber shop · Christchurch Centre3
Open 5 days ✓
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Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Cathedral Junction Barbers shows an overall health of 5.1 out of 10, indicating average performance for Google reviews. The strongest finding is solid review volume with a top-25% listing and high customer satisfaction, while engagement response could still improve. Overall, reviews reflect friendly service and tidy cuts with room to boost responsiveness.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
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    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 3 of them.
6.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Cathedral Junction Barbers
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4.8★★★★★103 reviews
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Shane T.★★★★★ · 10 years ago

Great place to go when needing the best cut, conrad makes my Mohawk look good every time. Cheers Shane.

Response from the owner1

Champion mate!!!

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

Where you show up on the map

Cathedral Junction Barbers shows a very low overall Maps health score of 1.3/10, indicating limited visibility in Google Maps search results. The top keyword shows the business ranks well for barber shop in christchurch centre (Position 7), but there is still substantial room to improve both city-wide and borough-specific presence. Focused gains in the top opportunities could help lift local performance.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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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.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Falcons Barbershop Christchurch CBD5.0 ★ (70) · Barber shop
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Modern Man Barbershop4.7 ★ (131) · Barber shop
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House of Barber Christchurch4.7 ★ (304) · Barber shop
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Barber & Co4.9 ★ (325) · Barber shop
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Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #434 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

The Cathedral Junction Barbers health is mid-range, with a 5.0 out of 10 overall. The strongest current asset is a very high trust Facebook profile, underpinning local presence. The main opportunity is expanding TikTok presence and additional local listings to build reach beyond existing followers and drive new customers.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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FacebookCathedralJunctionBarbersCathedral Junction Barbers | Facebook✓
InstagramcathedraljunctionbarbersCathedral Junction Barbers | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo 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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    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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    An email addressCustomers can see an email address on the page, which gives the one who wants a quote in writing a route that does not depend on anyone picking up the phone.
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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
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    What your page says about youYour intro runs to a line, shorter than most pages here, so it names the business without settling whether you do the particular job the reader came about or cover the suburb they live in.
  • 3
    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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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868 followers 3
Work Hard. Play Hard. Look Sharp. Best cuts. Worst jokes.2
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
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    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.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

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Where we can help

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0 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #212 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Cathedral Junction Barbers has clear timing strengths around mid-morning to early afternoon peaks but also several missed peak slots. The business is open during key high-demand windows on Tuesday 11am-1pm and Saturday 11am-12pm, matching local search patterns. However, it is closed during other popular lunch and early-afternoon hours, creating potential lost trade that could be addressed by modest hour changes.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Cathedral Junction Barbers
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-4pm
Saturday9am-1pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Monday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#337of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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