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Davies Philip

Legal services · Waimairi Beach, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 216 Christchurch lawyers.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Davies Philip

Legal services · Waimairi Beach, Christchurch

Where you stand#188of 216 lawyers
Overall health1.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

03Map positions6.9

Where we can help

04Listings and social5.405Facebook page5.302Reviews2.408Opening hours2.001Google listing0.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Davies Philip is a Christchurch-based law practice located in Waimairi Beach. The firm provides legal services to individuals and small clients in the area, with an emphasis on clear communication and practical outcomes. Clients note straightforward explanations, timely handling of matters and affordable fees as distinguishing features of the practice.

Davies Philip is a law practice based in Waimairi Beach, Christchurch. The firm provides legal services to local clients, operating from the Waimairi Beach area and serving the Christchurch community.

The practice offers general legal assistance and client-focused advice as part of its core work. Services are presented as practical support for people with legal matters, handled directly by the firm's principal and small team.

Clients commonly report that the firm provides clear explanations, handles matters on time and charges affordable fees. These themes appear in recent feedback and reflect a straightforward, service-oriented approach to client work.

As a local Christchurch legal option, Davies Philip is distinguished by its neighbourhood presence in Waimairi Beach and a focus on accessible, plainly explained legal help. The practice positions itself for clients seeking direct communication, timely progress and manageable costs.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Davies Philip shows very low health on Google Business Listing, with key gaps in claimed status, website link and description. The listing includes a phone number and full address, but lacks photos and a clear status. Addressing these basics will improve credibility and visibility for local customers while laying groundwork for future enhancements.

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.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Legal services · Waimairi Beach
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Davies Philip shows a low overall health score for Google reviews, indicating room for improvement. The strongest finding is that rating confidence has begun to rise, with some progress in overall star ratings. Key opportunities focus on engaging with customers by responding to reviews, and continuing to grow the total number of reviews to move into higher brackets.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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4.0★★★★★2 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #164 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Davies Philip shows a healthy overall Google Maps health score of 8.2 out of 10, indicating strong visibility. The business ranks in the top borough-specific results and holds several top positions for key legal service keywords in waimairi beach, including bankruptcy, conveyancing and civil law. Focus remains on maintaining current strengths while improving aggregate map visibility.

Strengths

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

  • 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 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.9Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Davies Philip✓4.0 ★ (2) · Legal services
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Matt Smit Barrister5.0 ★ (14) · Legal services
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Aspiring Law Parklands Office4.8 ★ (13) · Legal services
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Ethan Huda Barrister5.0 ★ (16) · Legal services
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #68 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Davies Philip shows average health for social presence, with room to improve visibility across key platforms. The strongest current asset is the LinkedIn profile, which helps reach professional clients. Opportunities include establishing an active Instagram and TikTok, and improving Yellow and LinkedIn Company listings to boost local trust.

Strengths

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    Yelp ListingWe can see your Yelp Listing listing (https://yelp.com/davies-philip-christchurch) found via: Google search results.
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    ServiceFinder ProfileWe can see your ServiceFinder Profile listing (https://servicefinder.co.nz/Davies-Philip-138144) found via: Google search results.

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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
5.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedInphilip-davies-2749103Davies Philip | LinkedIn
Facebookphilip.davies.7773Davies Philip | Facebook3
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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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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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Where your page link pointsNothing in your page details points at a website, so a visitor who has read your posts and wants prices, hours or a booking form has nowhere to go next but back to search - where your competitors are waiting.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
6 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #102 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

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
    Domain UniquenessWe could not find a domain registered to your business, which means there is no address of your own for a customer to go to and nothing for your Google listing to link to.
  • 3
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Your websiteNo website of your own1
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
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 lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #159 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Davies Philip currently has no published opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be measured directly. City demand shows clear weekday peaks for legal services, so missing hours data means potential mismatches are unclear. To improve temporal alignment, the practice should publish regular weekday hours and consider extending visibility into early evening or lunchtime slots if clients commonly search then.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #174 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

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#188of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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