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Kath's Kuts

Hairdresser · Mount Pleasant, 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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Kath's Kuts

Hairdresser · Mount Pleasant, Christchurch

Where you stand#460of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health0.8/10across 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.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.01PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Where we can help

03Map positions5.205Facebook page4.704Listings and social4.408Opening hours2.202Reviews0.801Google listing0.307Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Kath's kuts is a small hair salon and barber in Mount Pleasant, Christchurch. It provides haircuts, styling and barber services for local clients with a community-focused approach. Located within the suburb, the salon operates under the Kath's kuts name and serves residents seeking routine hair services. Online review data indicates low customer satisfaction in ratings.

Kath's kuts is a hair salon and barber located in the Mount Pleasant suburb of Christchurch. The listing identifies it by name and borough, positioning it as a local provider of routine hair services for residents and visitors to the area.

Services align with the Hair Salons and Barbers category: haircutting, styling and barber-style services for clients seeking regular grooming and hair maintenance. The business description does not list specialised treatments beyond core salon and barber offerings.

Customer feedback is reflected in the review snapshot, which shows an average rating of 1. That average rating indicates reviewers have reported low satisfaction overall; this is the primary theme evident from available review data and is relevant for prospective clients to consider.

As a neighbourhood salon named Kath's kuts, it is notable for its local presence in Mount Pleasant, Christchurch, and for offering standard salon and barber services. The combination of a clearly local identity and the current low average rating are the main distinguishing facts visible from the available information.

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Your Google listing

Kath's kuts shows very low overall health on Google Business Listing with a score of 0.3 out of 10. The strongest finding is that essential contact and location details are present (phone number and full address) and the listing currently confirms open status. However, critical gaps remain, especially the lack of a website link, listing claim status, a meaningful description, and visual assets.

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.
0.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Kath's Kuts
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1.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Hairdresser · Mount Pleasant
Open 4 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Kath's kuts shows very low Google review health with an overall health score of 0.8 out of 10. The business has started collecting reviews but has not yet engaged with customers publicly. The strongest immediate action is to begin responding to reviews, while continuing to gather more feedback and encouraging positive reviews to lift the rating.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
  • 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.
0.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Kath's Kuts
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1.0★★★★★1 review
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #458 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Kath's kuts shows an average overall performance in Google Maps search with a health score of 5.6/10, indicating moderate visibility. The top opportunities lie in improving aggregate maps visibility and further refining local listing presence in the Mount Pleasant suburb to climb into a higher performance bracket. Best keywords show strong local relevance for barber and hairdressing terms.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 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
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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unisex hairdresser
1Top three for "unisex hairdresser" in 1 suburb, seen in 2
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Sirocco Hair Studio4.8 ★ (17) · Hairdresser
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Chiara Rigalli Hairstylist Salon4.8 ★ (17) · Hairdresser
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Kath's Kuts21.0 ★ (1) · Hairdresser
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #241 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Kath's kuts shows moderate overall health with room to improve social presence. The strongest finding is a very high-trust Facebook profile, indicating solid community engagement. Opportunities exist to expand on TikTok, NoSecretSalon presence, and LinkedIn profiles to broaden reach among local clients and potential partners.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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 found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
  • 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.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookkathskutsKath's Kuts | Facebook✓
InstagramkathscutsKath's Kuts | Instagram1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
FreshaNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #277 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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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    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
    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.
  • 2
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
  • 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.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
Kath's Kuts | West Melton✓
48 followers 1
Whether you're looking for a fresh new look or a simple trim, I’m passionate about delivering top-quality service right in the comfort of your own home. Proudly serving the West Melton district.
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 2
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☎ +64 27 379 6979✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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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.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsKath's Kuts - Mount Pleasant, 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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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #212 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Kath's kuts shows clear timing strengths and gaps. The salon is open during several high-demand windows-Tuesday 11am-1pm and Saturday 11am-12pm-but it is closed during other busy periods such as Friday 11am-12pm, Thursday 4pm and Saturday 1-2pm. Total weekly open hours are low (27) with 44 missed high-demand hours, indicating potential revenue loss from untapped peak times.

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.
2.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Kath's Kuts
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Hours 1
Monday9:30am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
ThursdayClosed
FridayClosed
Saturday9am-1pm
SundayClosed
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#460of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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Christchurch hair salons & barbersOverall · 498 businesses
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