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Pope Chris & Associates

Insurance agency · Burnside, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 121 Christchurch insurance brokers.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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Pope Chris & Associates

Insurance agency · Burnside, Christchurch

Where you stand#113of 121 insurance brokers
Overall health0.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours10.0

Where we can help

05Facebook page3.802Reviews3.103Map positions1.501Google listing1.104Listings and social1.007Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Pope Chris & Associates is an insurance broker based in Harewood, Christchurch. They provide broking services to local customers and interact with clients seeking insurance solutions. Customer reviews show a notably low average rating, which figures in how people describe their experience. The firm is locally established in the Harewood suburb of Christchurch.

Pope Chris & Associates operates as an insurance broker located in Harewood, Christchurch. The firm presents itself to local customers seeking insurance-related services and maintains a physical presence in the Harewood area.

As an insurance broker, Pope Chris & Associates handles client enquiries about insurance and acts as an intermediary between customers and insurers. The source information identifies the business category as insurance brokers; no further specific product lines or speciality services are listed in the available material.

Customer feedback for Pope Chris & Associates shows a low average rating. That review snapshot indicates customers tend to report dissatisfaction, and reviewers have contributed to an overall average score that is markedly below typical expectations for similar local services.

Pope Chris & Associates is distinguished locally by its location in the Harewood suburb of Christchurch and its role as an insurance broker. The business's public profile is shaped by the available review data, which potential clients often consider when making choices about insurance brokerage services in the Christchurch area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Pope Chris & Associates shows a very low health score on its Google Business Listing, indicating limited completeness and optimisation. The most important findings are a missing listing status and no website link, which reduce credibility and traffic. Strengths include an existing listing title, phone number and full address, plus a main image that provides a visual preview.

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.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Pope Chris & Associates
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1.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Insurance agency · Burnside
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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Google listingChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #108 for your Google listing
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Pope Chris & Associates shows a below-average health score for Google reviews, with a 2.9 out of 10. Key findings point to no response to any reviews and a need to grow the total number of reviews and rating confidence. Early signs include at least one review and some initial listing activity, but significant improvement is needed to reassure potential customers and build trust.

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.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Pope Chris & Associates
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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 insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #84 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Pope Chris & Associates shows a low overall Google Maps health score of 1.7 out of 10, indicating limited visibility across maps searches. The strongest area is a top keyword showing the business ranking around insurance agency in Burnside at position 17, suggesting some relevance. Focus should be on improving local presence and broadening map visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    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.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Hazlett Insurance5.0 ★ (9) · Insurance agency
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Abraham Insurance5.0 ★ (3) · Insurance agency
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Pope Chris & Associates2Further down, below the first results
Map positionsChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #103 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Pope Chris & Associates shows a healthy presence in some channels but overall health is low at 0.8 out of 10. The strongest confirmed asset is an up-to-date LinkedIn profile, which helps reach local clients via professional networks. Key opportunity areas include reviving or creating profiles on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, TikTok Directory and Neighbourly to improve local visibility and trust.

Strengths

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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
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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White Pagespope-chris-associatesPope Chris & Associates | White Pages
LinkedIngemma-pope-424a1524Pope Chris & Associates | LinkedIn
NZWAOchris-pope-and-associates-limitedPope Chris & Associates | NZWAO
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #109 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.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #76 for your Facebook page
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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.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsPope Chris & Associates - Burnside, Christchurch
Your websiteNo website of your own1
Your websiteChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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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
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
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Google search and trafficChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
You are #76 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Pope Chris & Associates has no recorded opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be measured directly. Because published hours are missing, the report cannot identify hours that match peak search periods or where the firm is open during low-demand windows. This absence creates likely missed opportunities to attract clients during popular search times and prevents spotting possible inefficiencies in current hours.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Pope Chris & Associates
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
Opening hoursChristchurch insurance brokers · 121 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#113of 121 Christchurch insurance brokers
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