Beauty and personal care · County · Illinois
Hair salons in Lake County, IL
How Lake County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for hair salons: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,063 of 2,339 scored counties
#44 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 649
- 94 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 252
- −0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $319.4M
- On personal care products and services · $1,236 a household
- Spending per listing
- $492K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.1
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 719,339
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,236 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in Lake County spend about $319.4M a year on personal care products and services. That works out to $492K per salon, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only hair salons.
Lake County has 649 hair salons on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 14% across the U.S. That comes to 25.1 for every 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in Lake County was 252 in 2023, down 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,026 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,207 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lake County.
Population estimates show Lake County grew 0.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For hair salons, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,063 of 2,339 scored counties and #44 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.1 | 23.3 | 23.4 |
| Spending per listing | $492K | $455K | $430K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,026 | 1,505 | 1,535 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.8% | 0.0% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on personal care products and services | $1,236 | $1,063 | $1,005 |
| Median household income | $110,416 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 254 → 252−0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,542
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $52.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,207Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64994 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 742The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as beauty salons in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 719,339+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 258,455
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 444 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,610
- Median household income
- $110,416+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $155,726
- Median home value
- $345,700
- Jobs located here
- 328,525
- Daytime population
- 712,545Residents 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 Lake 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 |
| 44Lake County, IL | 52 | 649 | 25.1 | $492K | +0.8% | #1,063 of 2,339 |
Other business types in Lake 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 spas46
- Hair salons52
- Barbershops58
- Nail salons48
- Spas and skin care57
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many hair salons are in Lake County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 649 hair salons in Lake County. 94 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and beauty salons. Official counts show 252 businesses with payroll classed as beauty salons in 2023, down 0.8% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,207 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lake County, IL spend on personal care products and services?
About $319.4M a year, or $1,236 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 649 hair salons on map listings, it comes to $492K 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 258,455 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IL compare with the U.S. for hair salons?
Lake County has 25.1 hair salons per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 23.4. Spending per salon is $492K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $430K. At the U.S. ratio of hair salons to household spending, Lake County would have about 742, against 649 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 1,535 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 719,339 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 258,455 households. Median household income in Lake County is $110,416, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Lake County scores 52 for hair salons (upper middle), #1,063 of 2,339 scored counties.
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