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CATS Accounting Christchurch

Tax consultant · Christchurch Centre, 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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CATS Accounting Christchurch

Tax consultant · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#150of 245 accountants
Overall health3.9/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.803Map positions9.502Reviews6.6

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.904Listings and social4.101Google listing2.007Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

CATS Accounting Christchurch is an accountant firm based in Christchurch Central City. The practice provides accounting and bookkeeping support for local small businesses, emphasising hands-on financial record-keeping and day-to-day accounts management. Clients report being able to focus more on running their business after bookkeeping responsibilities were taken on by the firm.

CATS Accounting Christchurch is an accountant practice located in Christchurch Central City. It operates under the CATS Accounting Christchurch name and serves businesses in the central city area.

The firm offers accounting and bookkeeping support for small businesses, handling financial record-keeping and routine accounts tasks. Services centre on day-to-day bookkeeping and ongoing accounting assistance that supports business owners' financial administration.

Clients tend to report positive outcomes from the bookkeeping support, including an ability to concentrate more on core business activities while financial records are maintained. The review snapshot shows consistently high satisfaction from clients, reflecting reliable day-to-day support.

Locally, CATS Accounting Christchurch is distinguished by its central city base and a practical focus on taking on bookkeeping duties for small business owners. The practice's hands-on approach and high client satisfaction are notable features for Christchurch customers seeking ongoing accounting and record-keeping help.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

CATS Accounting Christchurch shows a below-average health score on Google Business Listing, with room to improve key profile elements. The listing already includes a title, claimed status, open-for-business indicator, phone number, and full address, which supports basic credibility and accessibility. Primary opportunities focus on adding a website link and a logo, and expanding the description and photos to boost visibility.

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.
  • ✓
    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
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (2)
Tax consultant · Christchurch Centre
Open 5 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website 1
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No description yet2
Google listingChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

CATS Accounting Christchurch shows above-average Google review health with a 6.6/10 score. The business has a strong star rating in the top 10% but has not yet engaged with any reviews. Progress on total reviews is underway, and current momentum is positive. Focused action on responding to reviews could improve trust while continued review collection supports growth.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

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
    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.
  • 3
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
6.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
CATS Accounting Christchurch
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3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #84 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

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Strengths

  • ✓
    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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tax preparation service
✓Top three for "tax preparation service" in 16 suburbs, seen in 78
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Tax Matters Limited4.9 ★ (84) · Tax consultant
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CATS Accounting Christchurch15.0 ★ (2) · Tax consultant
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Tax Link Christchurch4.6 ★ (22) · Tax consultant
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Apex Accountancy5.0 ★ (3) · Tax consultant
Map positionsChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #14 for map positions
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Where customers find you

CATS Accounting Christchurch shows an overall health score of 4.3 out of 10, indicating average presence across social profiles and directories. The business benefits from a completed Neighbourly listing, which helps reach local customers, while opportunities exist in expanding inactive profiles to improve trust and discoverability.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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
    Having a Facebook page at allyour Facebook Profile page surfaces strongly in search, which is how we found it - but nothing you control points at it.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Neighbourlychristchurch-accountancy-tax-servicesCATS Accounting Christchurch | Neighbourly
FacebookcanterburyaccountingandtaxservicesFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #146 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    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.
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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.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
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228 followers 3
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☎ +64 22 175 4808✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #101 for your Facebook page
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Your website

CATS Accounting Christchurch shows a below-average on-page SEO health score with a 3.0 out of 10. The analysis highlights critical gaps: no on-page SEO score detected and missing meta description and title tag for the homepage. There is no valid favicon detected, and frames are being used. Addressing these basics will lay a clearer foundation for future improvements.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain HealthYour website did not come back healthy when we tried it, and anyone clicking through from your Google listing is meeting whatever we met.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 3 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

CATS Accounting Christchurch shows weaker overall website traffic health, with a health score near 3.9 out of 10, indicating below-average performance in traffic and visibility. The most important opportunities focus on growing organic traffic and monetising paid efforts: enhancing organic traffic value through quality content and local topics, starting and refining paid campaigns with targeted pages, and building a basic keyword footprint to improve rankings.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
CATS Accounting ChristchurchNot in these results3
Google search and trafficChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #144 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

CATS Accounting Christchurch's hours align strongly with weekday demand around Thursday mornings and afternoons, covering high-search times at 9am, 10am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. Significant missed opportunities appear at weekend peaks when the firm is closed - notably Sunday 9-12pm and Saturday 4pm. No open hours fall in low-demand windows, so trimming weekday hours is not indicated.

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
CATS Accounting Christchurch
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Thursday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch accountants · 245 businesses
You are #5 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#150of 245 Christchurch accountants
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Christchurch accountantsOverall · 245 businesses
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