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New City Barbers

Barber shop · Christchurch Centre, 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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New City Barbers

Barber shop · Christchurch Centre, Christchurch

Where you stand#51of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health9.0/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

New City Barbers is a traditional barber shop in Christchurch Central City offering scissor cuts, short back and sides, skinfades, beard trims and wash-cut-style services. The team states over 50 years of combined experience and a no-rush approach. Customers note consistent cuts, trusted beard work, friendly banter and a relaxed, music-filled atmosphere.

New City Barbers is a traditional barber shop located in Christchurch Central City. The shop presents itself as having over 50 years of combined experience and operates with a relaxed, no-rush ethos. Opening hours include Mondays 10-6pm.

Services listed include traditional scissor cuts, short back and sides, skinfades, wash-cut-style options and beard trims. The website menu references specific options such as The Tune-Up (dry cut) and The Executive (wash, cut and style), and notes the shop caters for long-haired clients as well as beard maintenance.

Customers commonly describe consistent, well-executed cuts and reliable beard work, with several recent reviews highlighting excellent service, friendly banter and a good atmosphere. Reviewers often mention particular barbers by name and praise the shop vibe and music, suggesting a social, welcoming environment for dads, sons and mates to meet up and relax.

Locally, New City Barbers is positioned as a traditional, community-oriented barbershop with an emphasis on attention to detail and a steady, unhurried experience. Practical points for clients include its central Christchurch location, a menu of named haircut services and stated expertise across short and longer styles plus beard care.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

New City Barbers shows above-average health with a solid base of essential listing details. The strongest findings include an active listing with a claimed status, a visible phone number, and a live open-for-business indicator, which supports direct customer contact and accurate availability. There is room to improve the description to engage potential clients.

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 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.
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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.
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4.7 ★★★★★ (310)
Barber shop · Christchurch Centre2
Open 6 days · late Tue and Thu ✓
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

New City Barbers shows a solid health score of 7.5 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating generally favourable customer sentiment. The most notable finding is a strong review volume, with the listing in the top 10% for total reviews, which supports trust and social proof. Additionally, the business has a good response rate relative to peers, aiding customer trust.

Strengths

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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    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 all of them.
8.6Strong
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Peter D.★★★★★ · 6 days ago

Best barber I have ever had, Chris couldn't do a bad cut if he had to. Consistent style every time, great vibe, great music. I was recommended to go to Chris about 5 years ago by one of my best mates. He & his son used to go, like a dad & s...

Response from the owner2

Cheers Pete, we love seeing you boys in the shop, nice one man!

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Nicolas L.★ · 3 weeks ago

Response from the owner

Hi Nicolas, thank you for your review, I would be more than happy to discuss this with you in person at a time that suits you best so we can come to an amicable conclusion and provide you with an oppo...

Google reviewsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

New City Barbers shows a low overall health score for Maps Search Performance, indicating limited visibility across Google Maps. The best opportunities lie in improving local presence for the borough and expanding visibility in broader aggregate maps queries, while maintaining the current top 5 keywords.

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.
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    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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.1Room to grow
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1Seen in 6 searches across Christchurch, top three in none
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Falcons Barbershop Christchurch CBD5.0 ★ (70) · Barber shop
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Modern Man Barbershop4.7 ★ (131) · Barber shop
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House of Barber Christchurch4.7 ★ (304) · Barber shop
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Barber & Co4.9 ★ (325) · Barber shop
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New City Barbers2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #392 for map positions
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Where customers find you

New City Barbers shows a high health score of 7.7 out of 10, indicating solid presence and trust across key platforms. Strong Facebook and Instagram profiles are the standout achievements, providing reliable engagement. A well-maintained Fresha profile also supports visibility. Opportunities lie mainly in expanding on Neighbourly, TikTok, and Yellow Directory to reach broader 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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    Fresha ProfileWe can see your Fresha Profile listing (https://fresha.com/new-city-barbers-high-street-christchurch-xZByq6) 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.
  • 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
    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.
8.1Strong
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Freshanew-city-barbers-high-street-christchurch-xZByq6New City Barbers | Fresha✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #96 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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    Recommendations on your pageYour recommendation count is one of the deeper collections in this market, and enough of it is written by other people that the page does some of the arguing for you.
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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.

Top two opportunities

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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.
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    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
9.3Strong
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2.3K followers 2
CHRISTCHURCH'S BEST BARBERS, ONLINE BOOKINGS APPRECIATED, PHONE BOOKINGS AND WALK IN'S AVAILABLE TOO.1
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★ 60 reviews · recommended ✓
🌐 newcitybarbers.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-365 4420
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #38 for your Facebook page
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Your website

New City Barbers shows a healthy on-page SEO state with a 7.7/10 health score, indicating solid technical foundations but room for modest improvements. The site already has a valid favicon, fast load (under 3 seconds), compact page size, secure HTTPS, and meaningful text. Key strengths include strong technical readiness and adequate content length, while opportunities focus on title tag and H1 presence for clearer, more effective pages.

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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    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits just outside a workable length, so a searcher either gets less than the space allows or loses the tail of it.
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    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.
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How people find you on Google

New City Barbers shows a very strong website traffic health, with an overall health score of 8.9 out of 10. The most notable finding is that organic traffic is already performing exceptionally well, landing in the local top 10% and delivering solid value. Paid traffic remains unmeasured, presenting an opportunity to start targeted campaigns.

Strengths

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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.
  • 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.
9.0Strong
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www.modernman.nzModern Man Barbershop - CHCH CBD Barbers
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www.newcitybarbers.co.nzNew City Barbers

10:00—4:00PM. (03) 365 4420 [email protected]. Facebook Instagram. Tues—Sat Walk-ins welcome 1/129 High Street Christchurch Central. © New City Barbers ... Read more

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Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

New City Barbers shows strong timing alignment with local demand overall but misses a notable Sunday midday-to-afternoon window. The shop is open during key peak times - especially Saturday 11am-1pm and Tuesday 11am-12pm - and records no low-demand open hours, so current hours avoid waste. However, Sunday 12pm-4pm is closed during clear customer interest; a limited Sunday midday opening could be commercially beneficial to capture missed bookings.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
8.4Strong
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New City Barbers
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Hours 1
Monday10am-6pm
Tuesday10am-8pm
Wednesday10am-6pm
Thursday10am-8pm
Friday10am-6pm
Saturday10am-4pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Sunday · Christchurch Centre
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 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#51of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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