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Posh Pups

Pet groomer · Rangiora North East, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Posh Pups

Pet groomer · Rangiora North East, Christchurch

Where you stand#52of 79 pet grooming businesses
Overall health3.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social8.101Google listing7.1

Where we can help

03Map positions4.202Reviews3.205Facebook page1.908Opening hours1.507Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Posh Pups is a friendly one-to-one pet grooming salon based in Rangiora that offers personalised grooming for dogs. The groomer focuses on calm, relaxing treatments and pampering each dog to leave them looking and feeling refreshed. Customers comment on attentive care, consistent haircuts and happy, relaxed dogs after appointments.

Posh Pups is a one-to-one pet grooming salon located in Rangiora. The salon describes itself as a friendly, personalised space where dogs are groomed in a calm and relaxed environment. The owner emphasises pampering and individual attention during each appointment.

Services focus on dog grooming and personalised care, with the proprietor stating a commitment to giving each dog a gentle, stress-minimised experience. The business highlights one-to-one sessions rather than group grooming, aiming to provide tailored haircuts, de-shedding and general grooming suited to each animal's needs.

Customers tend to describe the experience as calm and reassuring, noting attentive service and consistent-quality haircuts. Reviews mention dogs being happy and relaxed after visits, with several owners praising the quality of grooming and the care shown to pets. Repeat bookings and thanks in reviews indicate a reliable standard of care for local clients.

Locally, Posh Pups is presented as a small, personal grooming option in Rangiora that prioritises individual attention and a relaxed atmosphere. The combination of one-to-one sessions, a focus on pampering and customer feedback about happy dogs and good haircuts distinguishes Posh Pups among nearby pet grooming choices.

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Your Google listing

Posh Pups shows solid health on Google Business Listing with a score of 8.3 out of 10. The most important findings are a verified listing with claimed status, an active phone number and a website link, and clear open-for-business status. The listing benefits from a strong base but has room to improve the description and photos.

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
    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.
  • 2
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
  • 3
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.1Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
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4.8 ★★★★★ (5)
Pet groomer · Rangiora North East1
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From the business

Friendly one to one grooming salon based on Rangiora. I am passionate in pampering all the beautiful pups that visit me, giving them a calm and relaxing experience. Tails will be wagging after I’ve made them look and feel fabulous!

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Google listingChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Posh Pups shows an average health score of 5.3 out of 10 on Google reviews, indicating room for improvement but a stable base. The business has started collecting reviews and has decent engagement with responses. The key findings are rising rating confidence and ongoing momentum in star rating, with room to grow total reviews and response rate further.

Strengths

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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.
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    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.
  • 3
    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Ann S.★★★★★ · 4 years ago

She deserves 1000 stars for the service and quality of her work. Thank you , our two girls look beautiful.

Response from the owner3

Thank you very much Ann for the lovely review! I love pampering your girls, they are always such a pleasure to do!

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Sandra H.★★★★★ · 4 years ago

Allie was lovely ,perfect dog haircut and my dog was quite knotty after winter. Great place to take your dog

Response from the owner

Thank you for the lovely review Sandra! Look forward to seeing you both again

Google reviewsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #54 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Posh Pups shows a moderate health score on Google Maps, indicating room for improvement in local visibility. The top opportunities focus on strengthening aggregate map rankings and boosting the suburb-specific presence, which has already moved from the bottom ranks toward the local midpoint.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    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 nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "pet groomer" in 4 suburbs, seen in 5
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Dog Grooming Rangiora5.0 ★ (54) · Pet groomer
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Posh Pups24.8 ★ (5) · Pet groomer
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Pet Plus4.4 ★ (96) · Pet groomer
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Jaks K9 Klippers5.0 ★ (7) · Pet groomer
Map positionsChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #46 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Posh Pups shows solid health in the Citations & Social Presence area, with a health score of 7.5 out of 10. The strongest strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, both with very high trust scores, indicating authoritative social presence and reliable branding. Opportunities lie in expanding listings on niche directories and adding TikTok and GrabOne presence.

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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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/posh+pups-18187012) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cylexposh+pups-18187012Posh Pups | Cylex✓
FacebookPosh-Pups-107194824834526Posh Pups | Facebook✓
InstagramposhpupsmobilePosh Pups | Instagram✓
EzyBook PageposhpetsgroomingPosh Pups | EzyBook Page
Freshathe-dog-groomer-ltd-rangiora-fernside-798-oxford-road-ke12ghutFound through search, not linked from anything you own
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #16 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.
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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 2
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
  • 3
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Posh Pups | Rangiora1
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Certified Master Groomer Friendly one to one grooming salon based in Rangiora. I am passionate in pampering all the beautiful pups that visit me, giving them a calm and relaxing experience
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★ 3 reviews · recommended 3
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☎ +64 27 701 1094✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #64 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.
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    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.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google Mapsgoogle.com › mapsPosh Pups - Rangiora North East, Christchurch
Your websiteNo website of your own1
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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
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No ads from you on any search
Posh PupsNot in these results
Google search and trafficChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #35 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Posh Pups shows a narrow but clear alignment with local demand: many weekday early‑afternoon slots match peak search times, especially Tuesday and Thursday 1-3pm. Significant gaps remain in late‑afternoon and mid‑day weekend demand. Seven weekly open hours fall squarely in peak periods, but 68 peak hours have no coverage. Adjusting a few late‑afternoon slots could capture more client traffic.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Posh Pups
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Hours 1
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am-4pm
WednesdayClosed
Thursday9am-4pm
Friday9am-4pm
SaturdayClosed
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Popular times Saturday · Rangiora North East
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Opening hoursChristchurch pet grooming · 79 businesses
You are #67 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#52of 79 Christchurch pet grooming businesses
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Christchurch pet groomingOverall · 79 businesses
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