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Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton

Barber shop · Riccarton, 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
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Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton

Barber shop · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#391of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health2.2/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours8.1

Where we can help

03Map positions5.105Facebook page3.402Reviews3.004Listings and social1.901Google listing1.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton is a barber shop in Riccarton, Christchurch, offering men's haircuts, fades and grooming in a relaxed setting. The shop highlights professional, quick service from experienced barbers and a friendly, family-friendly atmosphere that includes a pool table. Customers often comment on attentive service and consistent, clean cuts.

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton is a barber shop located in the Riccarton suburb of Christchurch. The shop focuses on men's haircuts and grooming, serving local customers and families in the area. Its location in Riccarton places it within a busy suburban catchment of shoppers and residents seeking regular barber services.

The business offers cuts, sharp fades and general barbering services delivered by experienced staff. Reviews reference professional and quick service, attention to clients' requests, and barbers with salon backgrounds. The environment is described as relaxed and social, with a pool table contributing to the shop's atmosphere.

Customers tend to experience friendly, attentive service and consistent results. Feedback notes that staff listen to clients and produce clean, precise cuts, with several mentions of a welcoming approach for both adults and children. The combination of quick service and a comfortable setting is a common theme in recent reviews.

Locally, Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton positions itself as a neighbourhood barber offering reliable grooming in a casual setting. Its family-friendly tone and social atmosphere, along with staff who describe themselves as experienced and professional, are recurring local characteristics that distinguish the shop within Riccarton.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton shows a very low overall health on Google Business Listing, with one key issue driving the score. The listing has essential contact details and open status but lacks a claimed listing, a website link, a meaningful description, a logo, and sufficient photos to elevate visibility.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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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.
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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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5.0 ★★★★★ (12)
Barber shop · Riccarton
Open 7 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton shows a below-average health score of 3.5 out of 10 for Google Reviews. The top achievements include a stellar star rating in the top 10% and growing trust. Key opportunities include starting to respond to reviews to boost engagement, and continuing to grow total reviews while maintaining confidence in ratings.

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.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #348 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton shows a moderate health score in Google Maps search performance, meaning visibility is workable but with clear room for growth. The strongest local presence appears for several high‑intent keywords such as barber shop in riccarton and barber shop in fendalton, both ranking highly in their suburbs, while overall Maps visibility remains modest.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "barber shop" in 4 suburbs, seen in 13
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All Pro's Barbershop5.0 ★ (54) · Barber shop
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Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton15.0 ★ (12) · Barber shop
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Elvte Barber Studio Riccarton5.0 ★ (51) · Barber shop
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Philippine Cuts Riccarton4.6 ★ (90) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #243 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton shows below-average health with a 2.9 out of 10, indicating room for improvement in social presence and directory visibility. The most important findings are: Facebook remains very strong with a high trust score, while key gaps exist on Instagram and TikTok, plus Yellow Directory listings. Addressing these will help build a broader, more reliable local presence.

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

  • 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
    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
9:41
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Freshalp/en/bt/barbershops/in/nz-christchurch/upper-riccartonFound through search, not linked from anything you own
FacebookFresh-Barber-Cuts-Christchurch-61567382498199Found through search, not linked from anything you own✓
InstagramfreshbarbercutsFresh Barber Cuts Riccarton | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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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

  • 1
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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483 followers 2
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #331 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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
9:41
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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

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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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elvtebarberstudioriccarton.setmore.comElvte Barber Studio [ Riccarton ] | Christchurch [ Book now ]
www.fresha.comElvte Barber Studio Riccarton - 188 Clarence Street, ...

188 Clarence Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand. Opening times: Monday Closed, Tuesday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Wednesday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM. Read more

www.justcuts.co.nzJust Cuts New Zealand - Riccarton
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton's opening hours strongly align with local demand, especially mid-day weekday and Saturday peaks. The shop is open during the busiest windows-Tuesday and Saturday around 11am-1pm-so there are no missed high-demand hours. Given no off-peak waste or closed peaks, the current schedule looks efficient; modest tweaks could focus on promoting peak lunchtime availability to capture fuller booking load.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Fresh Barber Cuts Riccarton
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Hours 1
Monday9am-8pm
Tuesday9am-8pm
Wednesday9am-8pm
Thursday9am-8pm
Friday9am-8pm
Saturday9am-8pm
Sunday9am-8pm
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#391of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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