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The Kings Barber - Linwood Christchurch

Barber shop · Phillipstown, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers.

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Checked13 October 2026
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The Kings Barber - Linwood Christchurch

Barber shop · Phillipstown, Christchurch

Where you stand#104of 498 hair salons & barbers
Overall health7.9/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

The Kings Barber is a barber shop in Linwood, Christchurch offering men's haircuts and beard trims. The team focuses on fades, precise shaping and tidy beard work, with a hands-on, professional approach. Reviews note friendly, patient barbers who take time to understand requests, and a welcoming environment suitable for adults and children.

The Kings Barber is a barber shop located in Linwood, Christchurch. It offers men's haircuts and beard trimming services from a local shop described as approachable and professionally run.

Services centre on classic and contemporary barbering, with particular emphasis on fades, blending and beard shaping. The website and shop name reflect a traditional barber identity, and the business presents itself as a place for measured, skillful grooming.

Customers frequently describe the service as attentive and professional. Review themes point to barbers who take time to understand client requests, work carefully on fades and beard lines, and create a comfortable experience. Families and individuals report friendly, patient staff and clean, tidy results after appointments.

Locally, The Kings Barber is distinct for steady attention to detail in cutting and beard work and for a welcoming, patient approach with clients of different ages. For residents of Linwood and nearby Christchurch suburbs seeking routine trims, fades or beard maintenance, it positions itself as a dependable neighbourhood barber.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Kings Barber's Google Business listing shows solid health with a score of 6.6 out of 10, indicating above-average performance. Key strengths include a claimed listing, an on- listing phone number, a website link, and open-for-business status, which help customers reach and learn about services. The main improvement is a clearer business description to engage potential clients.

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 two opportunities

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    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.
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    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
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4.7 ★★★★★ (317)
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The Kings Barber in Linwood Christchurch shows above-average health on Google Business reviews with a 6.6/10 score. The strongest recent achievement is a top 10% standing for total reviews, indicating solid social proof. Opportunities focus on improving the star rating, maintaining a responsive approach to reviews, and increasing confidence in ratings.

Strengths

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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top three opportunities

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    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
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    Response rateYou reply to some of your reviews but not most, so a customer scrolling your page finds long stretches where nobody answered.
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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together sit ahead of half the field here, so a customer has enough to go on and no reason to hesitate.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Colleen C.★★★ · 2 weeks ago

Been coming to this barbers for about 3 or 4 years now. Never had any complaints. Until recently I asked for my normal burst fade... skin faded and shorter back and top. The back and top were fine. But the fade wasn't faded. I didn't see th...

Response from the owner2

Hey Colleen, really appreciate you taking the time to give us honest feedback 🙏 Sorry about that experience — that’s definitely not the standard we aim for, especially if you’re used to a certain...

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Maxine 1.★ · 3 months ago

I bought my son here on Saturday (recommended by his friends) and he left very unhappy and cried as soon as we were out the door. Please tell me how the inspo pic (below)is the same as what he walked out with (below) Clearly can’t be fixed....

Response from the owner

We're truly sorry to hear about your recent experience with us, and we want to sincerely apologize for the disappointment your son felt after his haircut. That’s absolutely not the experience we want...

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Where you show up on the map

The Kings Barber shows a moderate overall presence on Google Maps with a health score of 4.3 out of 10. This indicates room to grow visibility beyond Linwood, particularly in nearby suburbs. The top opportunities focus on increasing aggregate map results and improving local borough rankings, while existing top keywords confirm strength in Linwood and nearby areas.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    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.
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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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
4.8Room to grow
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2Top three for "barber shop" in 2 suburbs, seen in 9
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Islanders Barber Shop4.3 ★ (34) · Barber shop
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Ace of Blades Barbers5.0 ★ (148) · Barber shop
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The Kings Barber - Linwood Christchurch14.7 ★ (317) · Barber shop
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Falcons Barbershop Christchurch CBD5.0 ★ (70) · Barber shop
Map positionsChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
You are #257 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Kings Barber shows below-average health for social presence, with a 4.1 out of 10. The strongest asset is a very high trust Facebook profile, while other platforms lack momentum, limiting visibility and local discovery for this Linwood Christchurch barber shop.

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.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
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    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.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
4.5Room to grow
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TiktokNo account found2
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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

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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.
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    A cover photoThe banner across the top of your page is blank, which is the first thing a visitor meets and the quickest way for a working business to look half set up.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.8Good
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Facebook pageChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your website

The Kings Barber shows a solid on-page SEO health with a score of 7.5 out of 10, indicating overall strength while revealing clear opportunities to improve. Current strengths include a fast page load time, small page size, a valid favicon, a relevant meta description, and an SEO-friendly URL that support visibility and user experience.

Strengths

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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 load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.
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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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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

The Kings Barber shows strong overall health in website traffic, with a very high health score and solid organic performance. The standout finding is the exceptionally high organic traffic value and top 10% local organic traffic, indicating good visibility and audience reach for local customers.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    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.
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    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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thekingsbarber.co.nzThe Kings Barber Linwood Ave

Providing high-quality haircuts for men and kids, here are seven great reasons to visit The Kings Barber: Open hours Tuesday – Saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm Read more

www.fresha.comThe Kings Barber - Barbers in Linwood Christchurch
About 6,277 visits a month from search, across 397 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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Your hours against demand

The Kings Barber's opening hours largely match local demand, with key Saturday lunchtime and Tuesday late-morning peaks covered. There are a few missed high-demand slots-notably Sunday mid-afternoon, Monday morning and weekday evenings-where being open could capture extra walk-ins. Low-demand open hours are none, so current hours are efficient; modest extension into a couple of popular closed slots could be commercially worthwhile.

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.
9.6Strong
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The Kings Barber - Linwood Christchurch
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Hours ✓
Monday11am-5pm
Tuesday9am-6pm
Wednesday9am-6pm
Thursday9am-6pm
Friday9am-6pm
Saturday9am-6pm
Sunday11am-3pm
Popular times Saturday · Phillipstown
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Opening hoursChristchurch hair salons & barbers · 498 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

Where you'd stand#104of 498 Christchurch hair salons & barbers
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