Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Illinois
Salons, barbers and spas in the Rockford, IL metro area
How the Rockford, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for salons, barbers and spas: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #160 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 580
- 101 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 88
- +14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $128.1M
- On personal care products and services · $945 a household
- Spending per listing
- $221K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 42.8
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 337,242
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
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 580 salons, barbers and spas, that is $221K per business, 4% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The Rockford metro area has 580 salons, barbers and spas on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 42.8, 9% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
In 2023, official counts showed 88 businesses with payroll in the Rockford metro area classed as personal care services, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,539 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Another 2,030 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $608K have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Rockford metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rockford metro area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For salons, barbers and spas, the Rockford metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #160 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
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 salons, barbers and spas 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 | 42.8 | 45.3 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $221K | $235K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,539 | 865 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.3% | +8.2% | +14.1% |
| 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 | 53 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 88+14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 496
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 2,030Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 580101 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 602The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $608K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services 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 salons, barbers and spas, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Champaign-Urbana, IL | 63 | 348 | 35.4 | $267K | +1.5% | #62 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 60 | 4,640 | 40.0 | $260K | −0.2% | #81 of 387 |
| 2Bloomington, IL | 60 | 279 | 39.7 | $258K | +0.1% | #82 of 387 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 60 | 630 | 40.9 | $240K | −1.3% | #86 of 387 |
| 4Rockford, IL | 53 | 580 | 42.8 | $221K | −0.3% | #160 of 387 |
| 5Kankakee, IL | 52 | 179 | 43.7 | $224K | −1.7% | #172 of 387 |
| 6Decatur, IL | 51 | 172 | 39.6 | $230K | −4.3% | #180 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 51 | 699 | 43.2 | $226K | −0.9% | #182 of 387 |
| 7Springfield, IL | 49 | 381 | 42.3 | $236K | −1.2% | #201 of 387 |
| 8Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 46 | 17,903 | 49.1 | $226K | 0.0% | #235 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 salons, barbers and spas are in the Rockford, IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 580 salons, barbers and spas in the Rockford metro area. 101 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019. Official counts list 2,030 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 580 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $221K per business. 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 salons, barbers and spas?
The Rockford metro area has 42.8 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $221K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the U.S. ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Rockford metro area would have about 602, against 580 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,539 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for the U.S.
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 53 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #160 of 387 scored metro areas.
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