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Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital

Animal hospital · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 64 Christchurch vets.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital

Animal hospital · Selwyn District East, Christchurch

Where you stand#15of 64 vets
Overall health7.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

04Listings and social10.008Opening hours9.801Google listing9.405Facebook page8.1

Where we can help

02Reviews5.203Map positions4.907Google search and traffic4.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital is a locally owned clinic in Prebbleton serving the Selwyn District and Canterbury. It provides small animal and equine care, including routine vaccinations, dental work and advanced surgery, plus an in-house lab and X-ray. The clinic also offers a self-service dog wash, premium pet food and nutrition advice.

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital is a locally owned veterinary clinic in Prebbleton serving the Selwyn District and Canterbury. It maintains dedicated small animal and equine facilities and describes its practice as providing advanced veterinary expertise from routine check-ups to more specialised care.

The clinic lists a comprehensive range of services for cats, dogs and horses, including vaccinations, wellness checks, dental care, advanced surgery, ambulatory equine work and equine lameness assessments. On-site facilities include an in-house laboratory and X-ray, and there is a self-service dog wash. The hospital also stocks premium pet food, toys and accessories and offers complimentary nutrition advice.

Customers commonly describe the staff as friendly, knowledgeable and caring, and reviews note helpful, reassuring service and willingness to see animals even when busy. Feedback highlights veterinarians and support staff being kind to horses and good with puppies, and mentions affordability and attentive care.

Locally, Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital is positioned as a full-service vet practice covering both small animal and equine needs, with diagnostic facilities and retail items on site. Clients seeking a clinic in Prebbleton or the wider Selwyn and Canterbury area will find routine and advanced veterinary care plus practical amenities such as a dog wash and nutrition guidance.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital's Google Business Listing shows a very high overall health (9.7/10). The strongest visible strengths are the completed claimed status and the open-for-business display, plus a listing title, website link and phone number. The main opportunity is to push the description into the top 10% and further grow photo count to bolster local standing.

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
    Description lengthYour description is one of the fuller ones in this market, which means a customer comparing you side by side has more of your case in front of them than most.
  • 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.
9.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital
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4.8 ★★★★★ (110)
Animal hospital · Selwyn District East1
Open 6 days · late Thu ✓
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From the business

Give your beloved companion the exceptional care they deserve at Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital. Serving the Selwyn District and Canterbury, our locally owned clinic offers a comprehensive range of services for cats, dogs, and horses. From routine vaccinations and wellness checks to advanced surgery, dental care, and equine lameness assessments, our passionate team is dedicated to your animal's well-being. Benefit from our convenient in-house lab, X-ray facilities, and self-service dog wash. Discover premium pet food, toys, and accessories, plus receive complimentary nutrition advice to keep your furry friend happy and healthy. At Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital, we treat your animals like family.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital shows an overall health of 5.7 out of 10, indicating average performance for Google reviews. Key findings include strong star rating and rising total reviews, with a notable need to improve engagement by responding to new reviews. Maintaining momentum on rating and review growth while starting public responses will support trust and reputation.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit behind half the businesses here, so a customer weighing three listings has slightly less reason to trust yours.
  • 3
    Review countYour review count sits under the middle of this market, so you are readable to a customer without yet being convincing.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
5.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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2How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #31 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital shows a healthy presence on Google Maps with an overall health score of 6.5 out of 10, indicating above-average visibility. The top findings show strong performance for veterinary and animal hospital keywords in the Selwyn district and Rolleston, with several top-5 rankings. Opportunities focus on improving both aggregate and suburb-level scores to move into higher local visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    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.
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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.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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animal hospital
1Top three for "animal hospital" in 3 suburbs, seen in 17
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Selwyn Veterinary Centre4.6 ★ (57) · Animal hospital
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Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital24.8 ★ (110) · Animal hospital
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Rolleston Veterinary Services4.5 ★ (237) · Animal hospital
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Lincoln Village Vets4.7 ★ (144) · Animal hospital
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #33 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health for Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital is very strong, with a score of 9.8 out of 10. This indicates solid visibility and trust across key social profiles and directories. The most notable finding is outstanding performance on Facebook and Instagram, complemented by a solid Yellow Directory listing and a active LinkedIn Company profile.

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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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/prebbleton-veterinary-hospital) found via: Your website.

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.
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    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.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Yelpprebbleton-veterinary-hospital-prebbletonPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | Yelp
FacebookprebbletonvetPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | Facebook✓
InstagramprebbletonvetsPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | Instagram✓
LinkedInprebbleton-veterinary-hospitalPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | LinkedIn✓
White Pagesprebbleton-veterinary-hospital-belfastPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | White Pages
Yellow/prebbleton/veterinariansPrebbleton Veterinary Hospital | Yellow2
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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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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    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.
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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
  • 3
    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Prebbleton Vet Hospital’s philosophy is simple: "Giving your best friend the care they deserve, with a dedicated team committed to excellence in both small animal and equine performance."3
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★ 6 reviews · recommended 1
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Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Your website

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital shows a strong on-page health with a score of 8.1 out of 10, indicating solid technical setup for local search. The most notable findings include a perfect meta description within 130-150 characters and a valid favicon, both supporting visibility in search results. Opportunities exist to add a concise H1 tag and reduce render-blocking resources for faster page loading.

Strengths

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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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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.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youFewer separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, which means when someone searches for what you do, the businesses with a longer list of vouchers are the ones on the page they actually read.
  • 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.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

The website health for Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital shows a below-average score of 4.0 out of 10, indicating limited impact from current traffic and paid activity. Key findings highlight a lack of measurable paid traffic and spend, alongside mid-range organic value. Opportunities focus on starting small, targeted paid campaigns and continuing to improve organic performance.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    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
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than half the businesses here, so the people arriving are browsing rather than buying.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
4.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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21No ads from you on any search
Prebbleton Veterinary HospitalNot in these results
3About 668 visits a month from search, across 66 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #36 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital's opening hours largely match local demand in weekday afternoons, with several mid-week peaks covered. The clinic is open during high-demand windows on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, and has no low-demand open hours. There are missed opportunities around early evenings (notably 6pm on multiple weekdays) and Saturday midday, which could be worth testing with limited extended hours.

Strengths

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    Hours aligned with demandNo business here matches the demand around it more closely than you do - you are open when people are looking and shut when they are not.

Where we can help

Nothing to sort here. Your hours already line up with when people are looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Prebbleton Veterinary Hospital
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours ✓
Monday8am-5:30pm
Tuesday8am-5:30pm
Wednesday8am-5:30pm
Thursday8am-7pm
Friday8am-5:30pm
Saturday8:30am-1pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Saturday · Selwyn District East
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#15of 64 Christchurch vets
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Christchurch vetsOverall · 64 businesses
You are #15 overall
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