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Malley & Co Lawyers

General practice attorney · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 216 Christchurch lawyers.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Malley & Co Lawyers

General practice attorney · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#52of 216 lawyers
Overall health7.6/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.904Listings and social7.707Google search and traffic7.502Reviews7.003Map positions6.501Google listing6.2

Where we can help

05Facebook page5.106Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Malley & Co Lawyers is a Christchurch law firm relocating to Level 1, The Regent, 33 Cathedral Square from 19 August 2024. The firm offers a broad range of legal services to individuals and businesses, with a long history in the city and a team that emphasises technical skill and practical, down-to-earth guidance.

Malley & Co Lawyers is a Christchurch law firm moving to Level 1, The Regent, 33 Cathedral Square from 19 August 2024. The firm has provided legal services in the region for many years and presents itself as a local provider of specialist and general legal advice.

The practice highlights a range of services for individuals and businesses, describing technical skills and recognised leaders among its team. Website material notes expertise across several areas of law and a focus on tailored, pragmatic legal solutions and support clients can rely on.

Customer feedback commonly refers to professional, knowledgeable advisers who provide efficient and friendly service. Reviews mention positive experiences with property-related matters and business sales, and several clients note the practical, helpful guidance offered by named lawyers in the firm.

Locally, Malley & Co positions itself as a longstanding Christchurch legal practice that combines specialist knowledge with down-to-earth client service. The move to Cathedral Square places the firm in Christchurch Central City, and customers can expect an emphasis on practical advice, technical capability and responsive client support.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Malley & Co Lawyers shows solid basic health with room to optimise. The overall health is 6.7 out of 10, indicating above average performance. Strengths include a claimed listing, a visible phone number and a working website link, with an open-for-business status. A clear photo strategy has begun, but descriptions and imagery can still be expanded for better impact.

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
    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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.3 ★★★★★ (33)
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From the business

Moving to Level 1, The Regent, 33 Cathedral Square, Christchurch from 19 August, 2024

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Google listingChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

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Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Malley & Co Lawyers
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4.3★★★★★33 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #66 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Malley & Co Lawyers shows a very high overall health score in Google Maps search, indicating strong visibility across local searches. The strongest takeaway is the top ranking for general practice attorney in christchurch centre and business attorney in christchurch centre, with other related outcomes in richmond. Opportunities lie in sustaining aggregate progress and pushing suburb performance toward top ranks.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Malley & Co Lawyers24.3 ★ (33) · General practice attorney
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Saunders & Co Christchurch4.9 ★ (540) · General practice attorney
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Layburn Hodgins Barristers & Solicitors4.7 ★ (53) · General practice attorney
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Canterbury Legal4.7 ★ (28) · General practice attorney
Map positionsChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #76 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Malley & Co Lawyers shows a solid social presence with an overall health of 7.3 out of 10. The Instagram and LinkedIn profiles are well established, providing credible touchpoints for customers and potential clients. Primary findings highlight strong Instagram trust and an accurate LinkedIn listing, while gaps exist on Facebook, TikTok, TikTok Directory, GrabOne and Neighbourly profiles that limit reach.

Strengths

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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 CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/malley-&-co-lawyers) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    Top Lawyers ListingWe can see your Top Lawyers Listing listing (https://toplawyers.co.nz/malley-co-lawyers-christchurch) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on 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 6 of them.
7.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagrammalley.coMalley & Co Lawyers | Instagram✓
FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #51 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Facebook pageChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #106 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Malley & Co Lawyers shows a healthy on-page SEO footing with a score of 7.8 out of 10. This indicates strong technical setup and quick load times, while opportunities focus on fine tuning title tags, meta descriptions and reducing render-blocking resources for incremental gains.

Strengths

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    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than almost any business in this market - a spread built over years that a competitor cannot buy their way into.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Page titleThe length of your headline is near enough now that most of it survives in a search result.
  • 3
    Pages linking to youMore pages link to you than half the businesses here, so search engines have a reasonable number of routes into your site.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

Malley & Co Lawyers shows a healthy website traffic profile with a 7.3/10 health score, indicating solid performance relative to peers. The strongest findings are solid organic traffic value and total organic visitors in the 50-75% local band, with room to push to the next level through content, backlinks and ongoing PR. Key opportunities focus on paid traffic initiation and optimisation.

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
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.5Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Malley & Co provide a range of legal services to businesses & individuals in Canterbury. We have the specialist knowledge to protect you. Get in touch.

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Google search and trafficChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Malley & Co Lawyers' opening hours show strong alignment with mid-week midday demand in Christchurch Central City, particularly around Tuesday 12-1pm, Wednesday 12pm and Thursday 10-11am. The firm is closed during several popular weekend and early-evening slots, notably Saturday 10am and Sunday 1-2pm, plus Wednesday 5pm. No low-demand open hours were identified, so current schedule is efficient but misses some peak windows.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Malley & Co Lawyers
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Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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Opening hoursChristchurch lawyers · 216 businesses
You are #3 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#52of 216 Christchurch lawyers
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Christchurch lawyersOverall · 216 businesses
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