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John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker

Finance broker · Ilam, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker

Finance broker · Ilam, Christchurch

Where you stand#21of 123 mortgage brokers
Overall health8.4/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

John Grandiek at CrediFlex is a Christchurch-based mortgage broker and accredited finance adviser serving Canterbury and the West Coast. With more than 25 years in banking and asset finance, he specialises in plant and equipment lending, working capital and business loans for industries such as transport, civil contracting, agriculture and manufacturing. Clients report fast, hassle-free service and clear, pragmatic advice.

John Grandiek at CrediFlex is a Christchurch-based commercial and consumer finance adviser working across Canterbury and the West Coast. He presents himself as an accredited adviser with over 25 years of experience in banking and asset finance and positions his service around supporting business goals through structured finance solutions.

He specialises in plant and equipment lending, working capital solutions and mortgages for a range of sectors including transport, civil contracting, material handling, passenger services, aviation, agriculture and manufacturing. The website notes a focus on tailored solutions that fit specific business needs and on removing stress and guesswork from finance decisions.

Clients' reviews consistently mention quick turnaround, a hassle-free process and efficient communication. Reviewers describe him as someone who understands niche business needs, delivers on promises and provides upfront, honest advice. Several customers cite repeat business for equipment and vehicle finance, noting competitive rates and reliable outcomes.

Locally, CrediFlex is positioned as a practitioner of asset and commercial finance for businesses that need practical, time-sensitive lending. The combination of long-term industry experience, accreditation and a stated focus on tailored, pragmatic solutions is a key local point of difference cited by customers, along with the emphasis on speed and straightforward communication.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker has an above-average health of 6.1 out of 10 on Google Business Listing. Overall health indicates decent completeness and optimisation, with clear strengths in ownership of listing features and verified status. The most important findings are the confirmed phone number and claimed status, plus an existing listing title and open-for-business status that helps customers connect easily.

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

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    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.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou carry more photos than most of this market, which gives a customer a real look at the work before they ring.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
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5.0 ★★★★★ (12)
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From the business

Your business. Your goals. The right finance: John Grandiek at CrediFlex helps Canterbury and West Coast businesses secure the right finance — fast, flexible, and tailored to your goals. With over 25 years of banking and broking experience, as an accredited financial advisor John specialises in working capital, equipment, and business loans that save time, protect cash flow, and give you the confidence to grow and take on bigger opportunities.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

John Grandiek at CrediFlex Finance Broker shows above-average Google review health with a 6.6/10 health score. The key finding is a stellar Google star rating in the top 10%, indicating high customer satisfaction. This solid rating underpins trust and ongoing referrals, while opportunities exist to push review counts and engagement further.

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.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Top two opportunities

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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 all of them.
5.9Room to grow
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Ritchie M.★★★★★ · 7 months ago

Super quick Finance, nothing was a problem for John, he had everything sorted quick and smoothly and hassle free This is the second Grader John has financed for me and I cannot be happier.

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Thanks Ritchie. Trusting the new Volvo grader goes extremely well for you.

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Leanne B.★★★★★ · a year ago

John is always amazing to deal with, he understands our business, we've worked with him for many years and he always manages to deliver on his promises. Couldn't operate without him, thanks!

Response from the owner

Love your review for us Leanne! Thank you.

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search performance for John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker shows a healthy overall visibility with a score of 8.2 out of 10, indicating strong presence in Google Maps searches. The top findings include a solid rise in aggregate local rankings and a borough presence that has moved above the bottom quartile.

Strengths

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

Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou barely turn up in Google Maps searches across the suburbs around you, so the customers who search by what they need rather than by your name never see you at all.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.0Room to grow
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1Top three for "finance broker" in 7 suburbs, seen in 37
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John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker25.0 ★ (12) · Finance broker
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Financial Service Providers NZ Ltd4.9 ★ (43) · Finance broker
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MYLend5.0 ★ (69) · Finance broker
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Platinum Finance4.9 ★ (446) · Finance broker
Map positionsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #98 for map positions
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Where customers find you

CrediFlex Finance Broker shows a strong social presence with high trust on Instagram and Facebook, and an up-to-date LinkedIn profile. Overall health remains high, with clear opportunities to broaden reach on additional platforms to capture new local audiences while maintaining current profiles.

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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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/john-grandiek-5441b45a) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    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.
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    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly 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 6 of them.
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LinkedInjohn-grandiek-5441b45aJohn Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker | LinkedIn✓
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FacebookJohnGrandiekCrediflexNZJohn Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker | Facebook✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
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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 two opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
6.6Good
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Your business. Your goals. The right finance. I help Canterbury and West Coast businesses secure funding that fits — fast, flexible, and tailored. 25+ years’ experience. Working capital, equipment, an...
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Facebook pageChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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Your website

The on-page health for John Grandiek at CrediFlex Finance Broker is 6.5 out of 10, indicating above-average performance with room to improve. Key strengths include a valid favicon, a relevant title tag, secure content, a compact page size and an SEO-friendly URL. The most impactful findings are the title tag and page load timing opportunities that can lift engagement and crawlability.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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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 file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
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    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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How people find you on Google

The website health for John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker sits at a 7.5 out of 10, indicating a solid position with room to grow. Key findings show notable organic traffic value in the 50-75% local band and strong organic traffic totals, while paid activity remains immature and could be expanded with targeted campaigns. Focused paid testing could unlock additional visits and conversions.

Strengths

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

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance BrokerNot in these results
3About 122 visits a month from search, across 113 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #31 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

CrediFlex's published hours show reasonable temporal fit with local demand, reflected in a 7.2/10 health score. Specific hour-level matches or gaps cannot be listed because city-level popularity data is not available. As a result, clear examples of open-during-peak, closed-during-peak or open-during-low-demand hours cannot be provided, though overall alignment appears positive.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
10.0Strong
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John Grandiek, CrediFlex Finance Broker
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-5pm
SundayClosed
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#21of 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers
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Christchurch mortgage brokersOverall · 123 businesses
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