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Portraits & Caricatures

Portrait studio · North Beach, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 194 Christchurch photography businesses.

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Checked13 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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Portraits & Caricatures

Portrait studio · North Beach, Christchurch

Where you stand#160of 194 photography businesses
Overall health1.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours9.403Map positions7.1

Where we can help

02Reviews4.405Facebook page2.004Listings and social1.001Google listing0.607Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Portraits & Caricatures is a North Beach, Christchurch photography studio specialising in portrait work and caricature-style images. Located in the suburb of North Beach, the studio focuses on creating individual and character-driven images for local clients. Customers note consistently high satisfaction in reviews, and the studio is known locally for its niche focus on portraits and caricatures.

Portraits & Caricatures is a photography studio based in the North Beach area of Christchurch. The business name reflects its focus: producing portrait images and caricature-style work for clients in the local community.

Services centre on portrait photography and caricature-style images. The studio describes itself through its title, and clients can expect offerings that align with portraiture and character-based visual work within the photography category.

Customer feedback shows consistently high satisfaction, with reviews indicating a strong positive response to the studio's work. Clients report favourable experiences, pointing to a reliable level of quality and service as reflected in the average rating.

As a North Beach-based photography provider, Portraits & Caricatures is distinguished locally by its clear specialisation in portraits and caricatures and by receiving consistently high ratings from customers. That local focus and the strong review snapshot help define its presence in Christchurch.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Portraits & Caricatures shows a low overall health on Google Business Listing with a score of 2.2 out of 10. The strongest points are having a listing title, phone number, full address, and a main image, all present and visible to customers. Key improvement areas include claiming the listing, adding a website link and clearer description, plus more photos and a logo.

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.
0.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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5.0 ★★★★★ (1)
Portrait studio · North Beach
Open 7 days ✓
DirectionsCall No website ✓2
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
Google listingChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Portraits & Caricatures shows a below-average health score of 4.2 out of 10 on Google reviews. The strongest finding is a top-10% star rating, reflecting high customer satisfaction. Opportunities lie in improving response rate to reviews and continuing to grow total review count to build confidence and a higher rating.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 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
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #110 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Portraits & Caricatures shows a healthy Google Maps presence with a 7.2/10 health score, indicating solid visibility in local searches. Top opportunities include maintaining momentum to grow across multiple local suburbs and sustaining the current borough position since it sits around the median locally. Focused improvements could help lift the aggregate score and extend reach.

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.
  • 2
    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.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "portrait studio" in 2 suburbs, seen in 8
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Portraits & Caricatures25.0 ★ (1) · Portrait studio
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Soul Creative Studio5.0 ★ (77) · Portrait studio
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Hillary K Photography5.0 ★ (5) · Portrait studio
Map positionsChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #57 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Portraits & Caricatures shows a very low health score of 1.2/10 in social presence and directories, indicating limited visibility. The strongest opportunity lies in establishing an active Instagram profile to boost local brand visibility, with a secondary focus on solidifying Facebook presence and improving Yellow Directory listing to aid discoverability.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

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 found your Tiktok Profile page through search alone, with nothing on your own website or your Google listing pointing at it.
16 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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Tiktok@quirkimiPortraits & Caricatures | Tiktok3
Yelpportraits-and-caricatures-by-erika-san-franciscoPortraits & Caricatures | Yelp
FacebookDrawn-Portraits-N-More-100057327374768Portraits & Caricatures | Facebook1
InstagramNo account found2
YellowNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #175 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

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.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #155 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Domain Age ScoreWe could not read how long your domain has been registered, or it is only weeks old.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Domain UniquenessYour web address belongs to a platform rather than to you - a social page or a site builder's own domain.
3 checks on your website. You're seeing all of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Your websiteChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here.
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
Portraits & CaricaturesNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #87 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Portraits & Caricatures' opening hours align strongly with weekday midday demand, especially Monday at 11am-2pm and Wednesday at 12pm, covering most peak search periods. Some profitable evening demand is missed-Tuesday and Wednesday late evenings and Wednesday 6pm are closed when local searches remain high. A few low-demand windows are open (Friday 1-2pm, Saturday 4pm, Sunday 9am, Tuesday 9am) and could be reviewed.

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.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Portraits & Caricatures
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday9am-6pm
Tuesday9am-6pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-6pm
Friday9am-6pm
Saturday9am-6pm
Sunday9am-6pm
Popular times Saturday · North Beach
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Opening hoursChristchurch photography · 194 businesses
You are #13 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

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#160of 194 Christchurch photography businesses
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Christchurch photographyOverall · 194 businesses
You are #160 overall
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