Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Illinois
Barbershops in the Rockford, IL metro area
The barbershops in the Rockford, IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #325 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 85
- 11 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $128.1M
- On personal care products and services · $945 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 337,242
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Rockford metro area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for barbershops, ranking #325 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Rockford metro area comes to about $128.1M a year: $945 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 85 barbershops, that is $1.5M per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops.
There are 85 barbershops on map listings in the Rockford metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 13%, against 12% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for barber shops in the Rockford metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Rockford metro area declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Rockford metro area 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 | Rockford metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.1M | $1.9M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 17,131 | 16,589 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.0% | +28.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $945 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $68,033 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 199Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8511 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as barber shops in the Rockford metro area, 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 the Rockford metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 337,242−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 135,474
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 794 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 424
- Median household income
- $68,033+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,321
- Median home value
- $171,300
- Jobs located here
- 135,218
- Daytime population
- 319,715Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for barbershops, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rockford metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 68 | 474 | 4.1 | $2.5M | −0.2% | #66 of 387 |
| 1Bloomington, IL | 63 | 28 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #91 of 387 |
| 2Champaign-Urbana, IL | 57 | 38 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #132 of 387 |
| 3Springfield, IL | 55 | 35 | 3.9 | $2.6M | −1.2% | #147 of 387 |
| 4Peoria, IL | 51 | 65 | 4.2 | $2.3M | −1.3% | #183 of 387 |
| 5Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 48 | 2,051 | 5.6 | $2M | 0.0% | #208 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 44 | 19 | 5.0 | $1.9M | +1.7% | #256 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 44 | 91 | 5.6 | $1.7M | −0.9% | #257 of 387 |
| 6Kankakee, IL | 37 | 23 | 5.6 | $1.7M | −1.7% | #299 of 387 |
| 7Rockford, IL | 31 | 85 | 6.3 | $1.5M | −0.3% | #325 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rockford metro area
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 spas53
- Hair salons50
- Barbershops31
- Nail salons54
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many barbershops are in the Rockford, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 barbershops in the Rockford metro area. 11 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. No official count is published for barber shops in the Rockford metro area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 199 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rockford, IL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $128.1M a year, or $945 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 135,474 households in the Rockford metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rockford, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?
The Rockford metro area has 6.3 barbershops per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the U.S. ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Rockford metro area would have about 68, against 85 on map listings.
How fast is the Rockford, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rockford metro area at 337,242 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 135,474 households. The median household income in the Rockford metro area is $68,033 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. The Rockford metro area scores 31 for barbershops (lower middle), #325 of 387 scored metro areas.
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