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Plus Studio

Architecture firm · Riccarton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Plus Studio

Architecture firm · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#184of 252 architects
Overall health2.7/10across the eight areas
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What AI tells people about you

Plus Studio is an architecture practice based in Riccarton, Christchurch, designing for the built environment with 27 years' experience. The studio says it balances big-picture vision and fine detail, working across projects from city-shaping infrastructure to residential abodes, and draws on a network of 11 studios across Australia and New Zealand.

Plus Studio is an architecture practice based in Riccarton, Christchurch. The studio describes itself as designers for the built environment, drawing on 27 years of expertise and a network of 11 studios across Australia and New Zealand.

Services include design and delivery across a broad scale, from city-shaping infrastructure to residential abodes. The practice states it brings solutions that are equal parts big picture and small details, aiming to realise creative concepts while ensuring practical viability.

Clients engage with a studio that emphasises the balance between vision and feasibility. Plus Studio says it works in the space between creative ideas and technical constraints, aiming to make big ideas stack up in real-world conditions and to express considered detail in finished work.

Locally based in Riccarton, Christchurch, Plus Studio combines regional presence with a wider Australasian capability. The studio highlights both large-scale urban projects and life-focused homes as part of its portfolio, positioning itself as a practice that blends creative thinking with technical precision.

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Your Google listing

Plus Studio's Google Business Listing shows a very high health score and solid setup, with claimed status, an accessible phone number and a website link. The most impactful finding is the listing's strong completeness, while there is a clear opportunity to enrich the listing with fresh, high-quality photos to move further within the local market.

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 opportunity

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    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 4 of them.
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Architecture firm · Riccarton
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From the business

We are designers for the built environment—delivering solutions that are equal parts big picture and small details. We thrive in the often uncomfortable space between vision and viability. Drawing on 27 years of expertise, we understand how to push the limits of creativity without breaking them. With 11 studios across Australia and New Zealand, we have the capability too. Realising beauty in everything from city-shaping infrastructure to life-changing abodes. Ensuring big ideas dreamt up in the dark of night, stack up in the light of day. We are Plus Studio. Where creativity meets precision. 2025 © Plus Architecture International Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Plus Studio® is a trade mark of Plus Architecture International Pty Ltd.

Google listingChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your reviews

Plus Studio shows a low overall health in Google Business reviews, with a 1.7/10 health score and limited review activity. The key finding is the lack of customer reviews and engagement, including no responses to reviews. Immediate steps should focus on encouraging happy clients to leave positive reviews, improving response rate, and starting a baseline of consistent engagement.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
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    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Plus Studio shows an average health score of 5.1 out of 10 for Google Maps search visibility, indicating room for improvement but a baseline presence in maps results. Top findings include rank for key keywords such as architecture firm in riccarton (Pos 2) and architect in riccarton (Pos 3), with strong showing in architectural designer in riccarton (Pos 5). Suburb performance is at or above median locally, suggesting momentum to push into top performers.

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 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.
5.1Room to grow
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Plus Studio20.0 ★ (0) · Architecture firm
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Monk Architecture5.0 ★ (1) · Architecture firm
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #125 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Plus Studio shows a below-average health in Citations & Social Presence, scoring 3.4 out of 10. The strongest existing asset is an active Instagram presence and a LinkedIn Company listing, which support visibility and trust among local customers. Key opportunities focus on expanding social profiles and directory listings to improve discoverability.

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/plusstudioco) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    NZIA PracticeWe can see your NZIA Practice listing (https://nzia.co.nz/PlusStudio) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.1Room to grow
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FacebookNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
3.0Room to grow
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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Your website

Plus Studio's on-page SEO health is average, with a 5.0/10 score. The strongest progress includes a valid favicon, HTTPS content, an H1 tag and an SEO-friendly URL, which support clear structure and trust. Key opportunities focus on improving the on-page SEO score, refining the title tag and meta description lengths, and addressing render-blocking resources for faster load times.

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 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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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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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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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Plus Studio's Website Traffic health is very low, indicating limited organic and paid reach. The top opportunities focus on building organic value, increasing keyword rankings, and starting targeted paid activity to drive initial traffic. Emphasis should be on local content, on-page SEO, basic backlinks, and careful ad tracking.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
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You are #175 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Plus Studio's published hours align with weekdays' lunchtime demand: open on Tuesday 12pm, Wednesday 11-12pm and Thursday 12-1pm, matching higher search activity. However the studio is closed across strong weekend demand windows-especially Saturday mid‑day and Sunday 12pm-representing missed opportunities. No low‑demand open hours were found, so operational time is efficient but could shift to capture weekend enquiries.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    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.
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Monday8:30am-6pm
Tuesday8:30am-6pm
Wednesday8:30am-6pm
Thursday8:30am-6pm
Friday8:30am-6pm
SaturdayClosed
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Opening hoursChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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The next step

Your top opportunities, in one place.

These are your top 17 opportunities, from the 74 checks we run on every business. Tick any of them to see where it takes you.

01Google listing1 opportunity

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#184of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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