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Furnesse Dog Grooming

Pet groomer · Clifton-Sumner, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Furnesse Dog Grooming

Pet groomer · Clifton-Sumner, Christchurch

Where you stand#71of 79 pet grooming businesses
Overall health1.0/10across the eight areas

What you have

01Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.01ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.01NameYour 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.

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.301Google listing3.704Listings and social3.208Opening hours2.403Map positions2.302Reviews1.407Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Furnesse Dog Grooming is a one-on-one professional dog grooming service in Sumner, Christchurch. They offer individual care for dogs of different sizes and coats, focusing on patient handling and attentive grooming. Reviews note friendly, patient staff and consistent grooming results for anxious or difficult dogs, with a reputation for professionalism and value among local customers.

Furnesse Dog Grooming operates in Sumner, Christchurch, offering one-on-one professional dog grooming. The salon focuses on individual appointments so each dog receives dedicated attention during grooming sessions.

Services centre on professional grooming for a range of dogs, including large, woolly breeds and small dogs that dislike grooming. The business describes itself as providing professional, one-on-one grooming and handles different coat types and sizes with specialist care.

Customers commonly report experiences of patient, caring handling and consistent results. Feedback highlights that nervous or grooming-averse dogs often arrive more settled and leave looking well cared for. Reviewers also note professionalism, punctuality and perceived good value for money.

Locally, Furnesse Dog Grooming is distinguished by its one-on-one approach and emphasis on patience and care for dogs that find grooming stressful. For Christchurch residents in Sumner seeking attentive, individualised grooming, Furnesse presents a patient, professional option.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Furnesse Dog Grooming shows a solid health level on Google Business Listing, with room for targeted polish. The listing already includes a title, phone number, website link, claimed status, and open-for-business status, which supports easy customer contact and accurate availability. The most important improvements lie in adding a logo and refining the description to stand out more.

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
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    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.
  • 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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Furnesse Dog Grooming
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4.0 ★★★★★ (9)
Pet groomer · Clifton-Sumner3
Open 4 days ✓
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Google listingChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Furnesse Dog Grooming shows a very low health score and limited engagement in Google reviews. The strongest finding is a small but growing number of reviews with the rating now edging up into a higher bracket, while engagement remains zero responses to reviews. The business should prioritise responding to reviews and continue building volume to raise confidence.

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.
1.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Furnesse Dog Grooming
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4.0★★★★★9 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #68 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Furnesse Dog Grooming shows a low overall health in Google Maps search at 2.5/10, with some visibility in broader maps queries and local suburb searches. The most notable finding is strong ranking for pet groomer in Clifton-Sumner (Position 1) and decent presence in nearby areas like Lyttelton (Position 7) and Redcliffs (Position 13). These top keywords indicate solid brand recognition locally, suggesting improvement opportunities lie in expanding aggregate and borough visibility to move into higher brackets.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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 appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "pet groomer" in 1 suburb, seen in 3
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Furnesse Dog Grooming✓4.0 ★ (9) · Pet groomer
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Pawfection Grooming Salon5.0 ★ (23) · Pet groomer
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Pawsome Mobile Pet Grooming4.9 ★ (19) · Pet groomer
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Top Dog Pet Grooming Salon5.0 ★ (34) · Pet groomer
Map positionsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #61 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Furnesse Dog Grooming shows very low overall health in social presence, but the strongest completed achievement is a highly trusted Facebook profile. The lack of activity on other major platforms drags the overall score down and limits discovery among local 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.
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    Nears Pet ListingWe can see your Nears Pet Listing listing (https://nears.me/furnesse-dog-grooming-in-christchurch-pet-grooming-guide) 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
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
3.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebookgenevieve.furnissFurnesse Dog Grooming | Facebook✓
Nears Petfurnesse-dog-grooming-in-christchurch-pet-grooming-guideFurnesse Dog Grooming | Nears Pet✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #54 for listings and social
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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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    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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
  • 3
    Where your page link pointsYour page points customers at a booking system or directory rather than a site of your own.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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352 followers 1
One on one grooming time, to get your furry friend looking, smelling and feeling fresh. Taking things at your Dogs pace and comfort
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Facebook pageChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #38 for your Facebook page
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Your website

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
    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.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsFurnesse Dog Grooming - Clifton-Sumner, Christchurch
Your websiteNo website of your own1
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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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Furnesse Dog GroomingNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #35 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Furnesse Dog Grooming's opening hours partly match local demand: several weekday afternoons align with high search activity, but notable high-demand slots remain closed. Strengths include weekday mid-afternoon coverage on Monday to Wednesday and Tuesday afternoon. Missed opportunities include late-afternoon Thursday and early afternoon Tuesday and Sunday midday. Consider adding a late-Thursday slot or opening Sunday lunchtime where commercially viable.

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.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Furnesse Dog Grooming
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-3pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-3pm
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #60 for opening hours
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The next step

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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#71of 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses
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Christchurch pet groomingOverall · 79 businesses
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