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Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming

Pet groomer · Northcote-Papanui, 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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Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming

Pet groomer · Northcote-Papanui, Christchurch

Where you stand#20of 79 pet grooming businesses
Overall health7.6/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming is a friendly dog grooming salon in Papanui, Christchurch that follows a cruelty-free grooming policy. It caters for dogs of all ages and sizes, including nervous, elderly or special-needs pets, and focuses on building trust. Customers report professional, patient service, fair pricing and clear communication about grooming expectations.

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming operates from Papanui in Christchurch and presents itself as a friendly dog grooming salon where dogs come first. It describes a cruelty-free grooming approach aimed at minimising stress and helping dogs build trust with the groomers.

The salon lists services for dogs of all shapes and sizes and specifies experience with young through to elderly animals, as well as nervous or confident pets. The business states a philosophy of loving and caring for each dog as if it were their own, with a goal that dogs look and feel better after grooming.

Customers typically report a professional and patient experience, noting that staff follow grooming expectations and are easy to work with. Reviews mention fair pricing, friendliness and positive outcomes for dogs that require extra patience or have special needs. Some clients travel from outside Christchurch and return when they are in the area, which suggests consistent service for visiting customers.

Located on Wyndham Street in Papanui, Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming distinguishes itself locally through its stated cruelty-free practice and a focus on building trust with each dog. The combination of experience with a wide range of dogs, attentive handling and reported friendly, professional customer interactions is central to how the salon presents itself to local clients.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows solid presence on Google, with a clear business listing and essential contact details, but overall health sits mid-range. The strongest signal is that the listing is claimed and open status is shown, plus a phone number and website link. The main opportunity is to improve the listing description and add a logo and more photos.

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
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.6Room to grow
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4.9 ★★★★★ (17)
Pet groomer · Northcote-Papanui
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

A friendly dog grooming salon where the dogs come first

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Google listingChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows a decent overall health score in Google reviews, with room for improvement. The highest signal is a strong star rating, while total reviews and response rate are mid-pack for the local market. The business should keep up consistent review responses to build trust and sustain progress toward mid to top quartiles.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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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    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.
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    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.8Room to grow
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Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.9★★★★★17 reviews 3
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Leanne P.★★★★★ · 8 months ago

First time here visiting Christchurch, will definitely come back next time we're in the area! Very professional & patient with our "special needs" rescue dogs 😍

Response from the owner1

Thankyou it was our pleasure 😊

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Paul B.★★★★★ · a year ago

The grooviest of groomers. Always perfect.

Response from the owner

Thankyou 🐾

Google reviewsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows an above-average health score of 6.4/10 in Google Maps search, indicating reasonable visibility with room to improve. Top findings reveal strong ranking for pet groomer queries in Merivale, Strowan, and Northcote-Papanui, suggesting solid local presence in these areas. The main growth opportunity is moving from a generic to more localised maps visibility, especially within the borough.

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.
6.3Good
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2Top three for "pet groomer" in 2 suburbs, seen in 17
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Savoir Dog Grooming4.9 ★ (77) · Pet groomer
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Precious Gems Grooming5.0 ★ (71) · Pet groomer
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Fancy Paws Pet Grooming4.8 ★ (73) · Pet groomer
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Taff's Grooming Room4.7 ★ (65) · Pet groomer
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Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming1Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #30 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows an average health on citations and social presence with room to strengthen several profiles. The most notable current strength is the outstanding Facebook profile, which supports trust and visibility, while listing accuracy on Yellow Directory and Neighbourly helps local reach. Key opportunities focus on Instagram, TikTok, GrabOne and LinkedIn presence to improve discoverability.

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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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/groovy_groomers) found via: Google search results.
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    Nears Pet ListingWe can see your Nears Pet Listing listing (https://nears.me/groovy-groomers-ltd-in-christchurch-pet-grooming-guide) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search alone, with no link from your own website and nothing on your Google listing.
  • 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 6 of them.
5.0Room to grow
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FacebookgroovydoggroomerGroovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming | Facebook✓
Nears Petgroovy-groomers-ltd-in-christchurch-pet-grooming-guideGroovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming | Nears Pet✓
Infobelgroovy_groomersGroovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming | Infobel✓
DogPack Servicegroovy-groomers-ltdGroovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming | DogPack Service
Yellow/christchurch/pet-groomingGroovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming | Yellow3
InstagramgroomerspapanuiFound through search, not linked from anything you own1
Neighbourlypet-grooming/canterbury-region/christchurch/papanuiFound through search, not linked from anything you own
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #40 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    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.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.3Good
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371 followers 1
Here at Groovy Groomers we groom dogs of all ages and shapes, both nervous or confident. We operate a 'cruelty free' grooming policy which minimizes stress on your pet.3
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★ 4 reviews · recommended 2
🌐 groovygroomers.co.nz✓
☎ +64 22 322 0811✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #22 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows a very high on-page SEO health score. The overall health status indicates strong technical optimisation for the homepage, with solid meta and title alignment and secure content delivery.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
  • 2
    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
    The shape of your link profileYour links come from fewer separate sites than most profiles the size of yours.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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1Separate sites linking to you
3The shape of your link profile
Your websiteChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming shows a healthy website traffic profile with room to grow, scoring 7.3 out of 10. The main upside is mid-range organic traffic value and solid local rankings, while paid traffic channels have not yet been leveraged. Focusing on targeted paid campaigns and continued organic improvements could lift visibility with modest effort.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.2Good
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21No ads from you on any search
www.groomingatsavoir.comSavoir Dog Grooming
www.groovygroomers.co.nzGroovy Groomers | Dog Grooming | Christchurch

Experienced and caring dog groomers offering a full range of dog grooming services in Papanui, Christchuch, 022 322 0811. Tel: 022 322 0811 5 Wyndham Street  ...

www.cloverpetgrooming.comClover Pet Grooming | Pet Grooming Christchurch | Christchurch
3About 199 visits a month from search, across 94 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming's hours partly match local customer demand but show clear gaps. The salon is open during many high-demand weekday afternoons, with only one low-demand hour on Saturday 8am. However, several popular windows - notably Sunday late morning to early afternoon and Thursday 5pm - are closed, representing missed trade and scheduling mismatches to address.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
3.8Room to grow
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Groovy Groomers Savoir Dog Grooming
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday8:30am-5pm
Wednesday8:30am-5pm
Thursday8:30am-5pm
Friday8:30am-5pm
Saturday8am-5pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#20of 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses
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Christchurch pet groomingOverall · 79 businesses
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