Updated 20 September 2026 · every day

AI findability in Canterbury

Name: NZ AI-Findability Index, Canterbury
Creator: List-It
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Findable

62%

of 13,453 Canterbury businesses with a website

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National figure

60.8%

Canterbury is 1.2 points above the national rate

Claimed their listing

of Canterbury businesses in the index

The four facts in Canterbury

Fact	Share	Businesses
A description of what they do	57%	13,453
A phone number	68%	13,453
A logo	79.8%	13,453
A social profile	45.8%	13,453

According to the List-It NZ AI-Findability Index (live figures, list-it.nz/findability/regions/canterbury, read 20 September 2026), 62% of the 13,453 Canterbury business websites read could be confidently recommended by an AI assistant.

Source register: Companies Office Bulk Data September 2026, no file generation date stated in the release, 769,478 entities
Websites read: 112,573, read between 5 September 2026 and 20 September 2026, of 120,669 on the register with a website
Method: We read each business’s own website for four facts (about text of 40 characters or more, a dialable phone number of 6 to 12 digits, a logo image, and a link to at least one social profile). At least 3 of the 4 facts. Full method.
Computed: 20 September 2026 at 5:00 am NZ, frozen 20 September 2026 at 5:00 am NZ
Code: dpl_Bvu6wmmMapu7ocUyyq35hcuyKuS1

How we got this number

Findable in Canterbury: 62%
Among NZ businesses whose own website List-It has read, a business counts as findable when that website exposed at least 3 of 4 facts an AI assistant needs: a description of what it does, a valid phone number, a logo, and a social profile. Every fact is read from the business’s own website. Nothing List-It has added to a page counts towards its score.
8,341 of 13,453

The denominator is every entity on the NZBN register, dormant companies and holding companies included. We do not filter it, because any filter would be a guess. Treat these as figures for the register, not for the trading economy.

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Canterbury towns

Towns with at least 150 businesses with a website.

Most findable

Sydenham73% · 419

Ashburton72.9% · 377

Addington67.3% · 493

Christchurch Central66.9% · 720

Richmond66.7% · 486

Burnside64.8% · 250

Woolston63.8% · 218

Rangiora63.5% · 565

Christchurch63.4% · 2,666

Riccarton62.2% · 519

Least findable

Halswell51.5% · 336

Kaiapoi53.3% · 274

St Albans54.4% · 195

Avonhead54.8% · 155

Merivale56.9% · 174

Lincoln56.9% · 211

Ilam57.6% · 158

Sockburn57.9% · 152

Hornby59.8% · 194

Papanui60% · 190

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The dated Canterbury report from September 2026 · The national index · How it is measured