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Le Barbier Barbershop

Barber shop · Merivale, 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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Le Barbier Barbershop

Barber shop · Merivale, Christchurch

Where you stand#79of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health8.4/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Le Barbier - Barbershop is a walk-in barber located on Papanui Road in Merivale, Christchurch. They offer classic haircuts, zero/skin fades, beard trims and hot towel shaves in a relaxed, detail-focused setting. The shop describes itself as affordable and operates without appointments, serving clients who prefer quick, quality cuts.

Le Barbier - Barbershop is a walk-in barber shop on Papanui Road in Merivale, Christchurch. It operates weekdays and Saturday hours and describes itself as a modern take on a traditional barber shop serving local clients in the suburb.

The shop lists a full range of services including classic haircuts, clippers cuts, zero/skin fades, beard trims, barber's cut and beard trim combinations, and hot towel shaves. The website also mentions styles such as sculpted beards and mullets. Le Barbier emphasises attention to detail and a relaxed atmosphere.

Customer feedback highlights friendly, capable barbers and consistently positive results, with multiple recent five-star reviews and an average rating of 4.7. Reviewers frequently note good haircuts and recommend the shop to others, and owner replies indicate regular engagement with customers after visits.

Locally, Le Barbier operates as a walk-in-only service with no appointment booking, which suits clients seeking convenience. The business states it is an affordable option in Merivale and notes strong local ratings on Google and Facebook. These practical features, combined with a focus on detailed cuts and a relaxed shop atmosphere, are what customers can expect when visiting.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows a solid health score with strong profile basics in place. The listing is claimed, open-for-business status is accurate, and a phone number plus website link are present. Two key strengths are the completed website link and the claimed status, which support easy customer contact and trust.

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
    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.
  • 2
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have more photos on your listing than half the businesses here, so a customer arriving has enough to look at that they stay on it.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.9Good
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Le Barbier Barbershop✓✓
4.7 ★★★★★ (55)
Barber shop · Merivale1
Open 6 days ✓
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From the business

-Le barbier barbershop- is your friendly neighbourhood barbers. We are a walk in service, therefore no appointment is needed. We offer a full range of services such as classic haircuts, zero/skin fades, beard trim, shaves. We take pride in our work and we have a great attention to details while keeping a relaxed atmosphere.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows a very high health score on Google reviews, indicating strong overall performance. Key findings include a solid rating level higher than the local median and a steady flow of feedback from customers, with high engagement in responding to reviews. Opportunities to improve focus on refining the customer experience to push ratings higher, and maintaining top-tier response engagement.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
  • 2
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits above the middle of this market, which puts you in the group customers read as established rather than untested.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.8Strong
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koh M.★★★★★ · a week ago

Response from the owner

Hi, Koh M "I’m so glad you love it! It was a pleasure working with you—thank you for trusting me with your hair!" Cheers

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Regan K.★★★★★ · a week ago

Best barber in town - would recommend to all

Response from the owner

Hi, Regan "I’m so glad you love it! It was a pleasure working with you—thank you for trusting me with your hair!" Cheers

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows a below-average health score on Google Maps at 3.7 out of 10, indicating limited overall visibility. The strongest opportunity lies in maintaining and growing aggregate maps presence while boosting the borough score, which has already moved above the bottom quartile. Focus should be on improving local reach without overhauling profiles or relying on non-map channels.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    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 less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.9Room to grow
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1Top three for "barber shop" in 2 suburbs, seen in 6
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Le Barbier Barbershop24.7 ★ (55) · Barber shop
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VJ Barbers4.3 ★ (101) · Barber shop
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Beard'n Flame Barbershop Merivale4.7 ★ (27) · Barber shop
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Man Up Barbershop4.0 ★ (4) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #305 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows solid social health with a 7.7/10 overall. Strengths include outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles and a Fresha directory listing that boosts visibility. The main opportunities focus on expanding presence on TikTok, GrabOne, and Neighbourly directories to reach new and local audiences.

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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    Infobel ListingWe can see your Infobel Listing listing (https://infobel.com/le_barbier_barbershop) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Fresha ProfileWe could not find an active Fresha 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.
8.1Strong
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FacebookLe-Barbier-Barbershop-109630771564207Le Barbier Barbershop | Facebook✓
Instagramle_barbier_merivaleLe Barbier Barbershop | Instagram✓
Family Company Studiole-barbier-barbershopLe Barbier Barbershop | Family Company Studio
Infobelle_barbier_barbershopLe Barbier Barbershop | Infobel✓
Freshalp/en/bt/barbershops/in/nz-christchurchFound through search, not linked from anything you own3
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
FreshaNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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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 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
    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.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
2.7Room to grow
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LebarbierNZ2
142 followers 1
We operate without appointments from 9.00 am to 6 pm Monday to Friday and 9 am to 6 pm on Saturday.
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 3
🌐 Lebarbier.co.nz✓
☎ +64 22 496 4502✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows a very high on-page SEO health score of 9.7 out of 10, indicating strong technical foundations. Key findings include a perfect title tag, a valid favicon, fast page load (under 3 seconds), a compact page size under 256KB, and a relevant meta description. The main improvement areas are adding an H1 tag, addressing mixed content, reducing render-blocking resources, and fine-tuning the meta description length for readability.

Strengths

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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
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How people find you on Google

Le Barbier - Barbershop shows solid website traffic health with a 7.2/10, indicating decent visibility and access to local audiences. The key finding is that paid traffic is not yet established, while organic performance is above the 25th percentile and steady. Attention should focus on initiating targeted paid efforts alongside reinforcing core SEO and content fundamentals.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.vforhair.co.nzHair and Beauty Salon and Barbershop: V for Hair & Beauty ...
hairsociety.nzService & Pricing - Hair Society Barbershop Christchurch
www.lebarbier.co.nzBarber shop | Le Barbier Barbershop | Christchurch

LE BARBIER - BARBER SHOP 235 PAPANUI ROAD, MERIVALE, CHRISTCHURCH · MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9 to 5;30pm SATURDAY 8:30 to 4pm. SUNDAY -CLOSED · Barber's cut. Clippers cut Read more

hairsociety.nzHair Society Barbershop Christchurch
1About 214 visits a month from search, across 93 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #152 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Le Barbier's opening hours align with several high-demand windows, notably late morning to early afternoon on Saturdays and midday Tuesdays. However the shop is closed during several popular weekend slots, creating clear lost trade. There are no hours open during low-demand times, so the schedule is efficient overall but could capture more customers by shifting a small portion of weekly hours into missed weekend peaks.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
6.7Good
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Le Barbier Barbershop
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Hours 1
Monday9:15am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9:15am-5pm
Thursday9:15am-5pm
Friday9:15am-5pm
Saturday8:30am-2pm
SundayClosed
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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#79of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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