Beauty and personal care · Metro area · Iowa
Salons, barbers and spas in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for salons, barbers and spas 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #182 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 699
- 133 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 133
- +9.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $157.8M
- On personal care products and services · $976 a household
- Spending per listing
- $226K
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 43.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 380,452
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 699 salons, barbers and spas in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 15% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 43.2, 8% below the U.S. rate of 47.2.
Household spending on personal care products and services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area comes to about $157.8M a year: $976 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $226K of household spending for each business on map listings, 6% above the U.S. figure of $213K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area was 133 in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,216 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. Official counts list 1,479 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as personal care services in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for salons, barbers and spas, ranking #182 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 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 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 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 43.2 | 40.0 | 47.2 |
| Spending per listing | $226K | $248K | $213K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,216 | 1,077 | 804 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.9% | +5.2% | +14.1% |
| 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 score | 51 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 133+9.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 610
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,479Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 699133 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
- 11
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as personal care services 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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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for salons, barbers and spas, 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
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ames, IA | 69 | 147 | 29.5 | $334K | +2.2% | #27 of 387 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 67 | 1,566 | 40.2 | $265K | +4.2% | #42 of 387 |
| 2Iowa City, IA | 64 | 297 | 41.1 | $246K | +4.1% | #56 of 387 |
| 3Cedar Rapids, IA | 61 | 479 | 42.0 | $241K | +1.0% | #78 of 387 |
| 4Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 60 | 274 | 39.5 | $242K | +0.5% | #84 of 387 |
| 5Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 60 | 1,327 | 45.0 | $238K | +6.7% | #87 of 387 |
| 6Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 56 | 237 | 42.7 | $228K | +1.0% | #134 of 387 |
| 7Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 51 | 699 | 43.2 | $226K | −0.9% | #182 of 387 |
| 8Dubuque, IA | 46 | 182 | 44.4 | $225K | +0.1% | #236 of 387 |
Other business types in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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 salons46
- Barbershops44
- Nail salons50
- Spas and skin care64
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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area?
There are 699 salons, barbers and spas on map listings in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area as of September 2026. 133 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count hair and nail salons, barbers, spas and skin care. Official counts show 133 businesses with payroll classed as personal care services in 2023, up 9.9% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,479 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 699 salons, barbers and spas on map listings, it comes to $226K per business. 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 salons, barbers and spas?
The Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area has 43.2 salons, barbers and spas per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 47.2. Spending per business is $226K, 6% above the U.S. figure of $213K. At the national ratio of salons, barbers and spas to household spending, the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area would have about 742, against 699 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,216 households, against one for every 804 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +14.1% for 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 51 for salons, barbers and spas (upper middle), #182 of 387 scored metro areas.
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