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Barbershops in Kane County, IL
How Kane County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for barbershops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #652 of 1,356 scored counties
#18 of 38 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 106
- 20 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $217.2M
- On personal care products and services · $1,176 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kane County spend about $217.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $1,176 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
Kane County has 106 barbershops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in Kane County in 2023. That is one for every 10,261 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Official counts also show 197 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $982K have gone to businesses classed as barber shops in Kane County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kane County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kane County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #652 of 1,356 scored counties and #18 of 38 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kane County compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the barbershops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,261 | 17,131 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,176 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 197Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10620 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $982K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in Kane County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for barbershops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Kane County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McHenry County, IL | 83 | 38 | 3.2 | $3.7M | +2.5% | #46 of 1,356 |
| 2Grundy County, IL | 72 | 9 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +2.9% | #187 of 1,356 |
| 3Kendall County, IL | 71 | 21 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +9.9% | #205 of 1,356 |
| 4Will County, IL | 71 | 122 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +2.2% | #210 of 1,356 |
| 5Madison County, IL | 67 | 42 | 3.8 | $2.6M | −1.0% | #289 of 1,356 |
| 6Effingham County, IL | 63 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.8M | −0.5% | #384 of 1,356 |
| 7McLean County, IL | 63 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #385 of 1,356 |
| 8Adams County, IL | 60 | 7 | 2.5 | $3.7M | −2.1% | #441 of 1,356 |
| 9Champaign County, IL | 60 | 32 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #450 of 1,356 |
| 10Tazewell County, IL | 59 | 21 | 3.9 | $2.6M | −0.9% | #466 of 1,356 |
| 18Kane County, IL | 52 | 106 | 5.7 | $2M | +1.8% | #652 of 1,356 |
Other business types in Kane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
- Salons, barbers and spas47
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops52
- Nail salons60
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in Kane County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 106 barbershops in Kane County. 20 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Another 197 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kane County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $217.2M a year, or $1,176 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 106 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
Kane County has 5.7 barbershops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, Kane County would have about 115, against 106 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,261 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Kane County scores 52 for barbershops (upper middle), #652 of 1,356 scored counties.
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