Beauty and personal care · County · Illinois
Hair salons in Hamilton County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for hair salons in Hamilton County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $3.1M
- On personal care products and services · $919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $445K
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,859
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 hair salons in Hamilton County. None of them are chain locations, against 14% across the U.S. That is 20.7 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4.
Household spending on personal care products and services in Hamilton County comes to about $3.1M a year: $919 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $445K of household spending for each salon on map listings, 3% above the U.S. figure of $430K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which hair salons share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Hamilton County in 2023. That is one for every 1,129 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Hamilton County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Hamilton 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 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 | Hamilton County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $445K | $455K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,129 | 1,505 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | 0.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $919 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $65,746 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 beauty salons in Hamilton 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 Hamilton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,859−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 3,387
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $65,746
- Average household income
- $92,896
- Median home value
- $113,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,008
- Daytime population
- 6,441Residents 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 hair salons, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Hamilton County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 77 | 24 | 12.3 | $855K | +0.4% | #112 of 2,339 |
| 2Washington County, IL | 70 | 7 | 12.1 | $804K | −1.2% | #274 of 2,339 |
| 3Piatt County, IL | 69 | 14 | 20.2 | $536K | +0.6% | #331 of 2,339 |
| 4Clinton County, IL | 68 | 33 | 22.6 | $461K | +0.6% | #377 of 2,339 |
| 5Ogle County, IL | 67 | 40 | 19.2 | $524K | −0.7% | #396 of 2,339 |
| 6Menard County, IL | 66 | 7 | 13.4 | $740K | −3.3% | #407 of 2,339 |
| 7Mercer County, IL | 66 | 9 | 13.7 | $717K | −2.6% | #408 of 2,339 |
| 8Jersey County, IL | 66 | 13 | 16.3 | $618K | −1.5% | #413 of 2,339 |
| 9Marshall County, IL | 65 | 6 | 11.8 | $792K | −2.0% | #435 of 2,339 |
| 10McHenry County, IL | 65 | 201 | 17.1 | $690K | +2.5% | #438 of 2,339 |
| Hamilton County, IL | Not scored | 7 | 20.7 | $445K | −1.7% |
Other business types in Hamilton County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Hamilton County, IL?
There are 7 hair salons on map listings in Hamilton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Hamilton County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $3.1M a year, or $919 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $445K per salon. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,387 households in Hamilton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hamilton County, IL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Hamilton County has 20.7 hair salons per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $445K, 3% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,129 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S.
How fast is Hamilton County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Hamilton County at 7,859 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,387 households. The median household income in Hamilton County is $65,746 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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