Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Illinois
Hair salons in the Decatur, IL metro area
The hair salons in the Decatur, IL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #143 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 85
- 21 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.5M
- On personal care products and services · $909 a household
- Spending per listing
- $465K
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.6
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $909 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur metro area spend about $39.5M a year on personal care products and services. Spread across 85 hair salons, that is $465K per salon, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
There are 85 hair salons on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That is 19.6 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in the Decatur metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 3,952 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Another 348 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Decatur metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Decatur metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For hair salons, the Decatur metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #143 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Decatur 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 hair salons 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.6 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $465K | $455K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 3,952 | 1,505 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $909 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 348Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8521 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 92The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in the Decatur 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 Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents 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 hair salons, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Decatur 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 | 60 | 2,407 | 20.7 | $502K | −0.2% | #100 of 387 |
| 1Bloomington, IL | 55 | 149 | 21.2 | $483K | +0.1% | #136 of 387 |
| 2Decatur, IL | 54 | 85 | 19.6 | $465K | −4.3% | #143 of 387 |
| 3Champaign-Urbana, IL | 51 | 202 | 20.6 | $459K | +1.5% | #167 of 387 |
| 4Peoria, IL | 51 | 358 | 23.3 | $421K | −1.3% | #172 of 387 |
| 5Rockford, IL | 50 | 303 | 22.4 | $423K | −0.3% | #184 of 387 |
| 6Kankakee, IL | 49 | 96 | 23.4 | $417K | −1.7% | #193 of 387 |
| 7Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 47 | 8,887 | 24.4 | $455K | 0.0% | #214 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 46 | 375 | 23.2 | $421K | −0.9% | #226 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 46 | 84 | 21.9 | $419K | +1.7% | #227 of 387 |
Other business types in the Decatur 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 spas51
- Hair salons54
- Barbershops20
- Nail salons40
- Spas and skin care52
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 85 hair salons in the Decatur metro area. 21 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Official counts list 348 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on personal care products and services?
About $39.5M a year, or $909 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 85 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $465K per salon. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
The Decatur metro area has 19.6 hair salons per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $465K, 8% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 92, against 85 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,952 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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 Decatur metro area scores 54 for hair salons (upper middle), #143 of 387 scored metro areas.
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