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Barbershops in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for barbershops in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #257 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa

Listings
91
19 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$157.8M
On personal care products and services · $976 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
6% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
380,452
−0.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 barbershops in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3.

Households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area spend about $157.8M a year on personal care products and services, or $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which barbershops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 20,213 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S. Another 131 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For barbershops, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #257 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa.

How the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Barbershops in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureDavenport-Moline-Rock Island metro areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.63.25.3
Spending per listing$1.7M$3.1M$1.9M
Households per official establishment20,21346,99016,589
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+33.3%+28.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.9%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$976$990$1,005
Median household income$72,738$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score4472

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$891K
One-person businesses, 2023
131Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9119 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
84The 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
380,452−0.9% since 2020
Households
161,702
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,270 sq. mi.
People per square mile
168
Median household income
$72,738+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,004
Median home value
$174,100
Jobs located here
174,294
Daytime population
383,694Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Barbershops across Iowa

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for barbershops, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas in Iowa ranked for barbershops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Iowa City, IA79212.9$3.5M+4.1%#9 of 387
2Ames, IA76122.4$4.1M+2.2%#15 of 387
Omaha, NE-IA751443.7$2.9M+4.2%#23 of 387
3Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA751264.3$2.5M+6.7%#25 of 387
4Cedar Rapids, IA70383.3$3M+1.0%#49 of 387
5Dubuque, IA64143.4$2.9M+0.1%#86 of 387
6Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA59253.6$2.7M+0.5%#119 of 387
7Sioux City, IA-NE-SD56234.1$2.3M+1.0%#139 of 387
8Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL44915.6$1.7M−0.9%#257 of 387

Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

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Questions

How many barbershops are in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?

There are 91 barbershops on map listings in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area as of September 2026. 19 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count barbershops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as barber shops in 2023. Official counts list 131 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $157.8M a year, or $976 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 barbershops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only barbershops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,702 households in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for barbershops?

The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 5.6 barbershops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 5.3. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1.9M. At the national ratio of barbershops to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 84, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,213 households, against one for every 16,589 across the U.S.

How fast is the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area at 380,452 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 161,702 households. Median household income in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area is $72,738, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 44 for barbershops (lower middle), #257 of 387 scored metro areas.

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