We read 460 businesses across 23 trades that someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, and in every one of those trades at least one business had answered a recent review. A typical business we measured here answered 63% of its most recent reviews. What differs is how far the most active owner in each trade has gone.
Several businesses had answered every one of their last 10 reviews: Aespala MedSpa & Plastic Surgery, Metabolic Weight Loss Centers, Arabella Boutique Med Spa, Illinois Spinal Care, VaSu Smiles, StretchLab Elmhurst, Pet Supplies Plus Villa Park, Dogtopia of Oakbrook Terrace, Elmwood Grove Animal Hospital and JMC Barber Shop. Among the dentists we read, Happy Tooth and Elmhurst Family Dental each answered 9 of 10, and Elmhurst Dentistry For Kids answered 8 of 10. Among the orthodontists, Orthodontic Experts Hillside answered 9 of 10.
Two trades look different at the top. Among the 20 restaurants we read, the most any had answered was 1 of 10. Among the 20 dermatology practices, the most was 2 of 10. In the other food trades, the leaders had answered more: Coffee For The Soul, Oak Brook answered 9 of 10 among the coffee shops, Francesca's Amici 9 of 10 among the bars, More Brewing Company 8 of 10 among the food trucks, Brewpoint Coffee - Founder's Cafe 6 of 10 among the cafés, and Pilot Pete's Coffee & Treats 5 of 10 among the bakeries. In nail salons, Bliss Nail & Spa and L.A. Nails & Spa each answered 8 of 10.
The lifetime review counts are large in food and drink. The median restaurant we read carries 490.5 reviews, the median café 427.5 and the median bar 346, and the most-reviewed restaurant carries 924. The median hair salon we read carries 39.5 and the median gym 52. The largest single listing in our data is a nail salon at 4,150 reviews. Median ratings sit high: 4.9 for barbershops, hair salons and med spas, and 5 for dentists and chiropractors.
What to do about it
If you run a restaurant or a dermatology practice here, the bar is low: among the 20 restaurants we read, no recent-review reply count went above 1 of 10, and among the dermatology practices none went above 2 of 10. Answering your own recent reviews, good and bad, would put your reply count above anything we read in your trade.
If you are in dentistry, orthodontics, veterinary care or med spas, the top replier in your trade answered 9 or 10 of its last 10. That is the standard set by Happy Tooth, VaSu Smiles, Elmwood Grove Animal Hospital and Aespala MedSpa & Plastic Surgery. Set a routine: read new reviews once a week and answer each one in a sentence or two, in your own words. The reply is the one piece of that exchange that is yours to write.
Food & drink in Elmhurst, IL
Among the bars someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, Francesca's Amici had answered 9 of its 10 most recent reviews. Among the coffee shops, Coffee For The Soul, Oak Brook had also answered 9 of 10. No business named in this section answered more. The restaurants we read look different: the restaurant answering the most of its recent reviews, 151 Kitchen | Bar, had answered 1 of 10.
The listings themselves carry a lot of reviews. The median restaurant we read carries 490.5 reviews, and the most-reviewed carries 924. The median café carries 427.5, the median bar 346, the median coffee shop 223.5 and the median bakery 181. Food trucks have the lowest median of the six trades in this section, at 94, yet the most-reviewed listing in that read carries 1,736 reviews, the largest figure in this section. Median ratings run from 4.4 for bars to 4.6 for coffee shops and bakeries, with restaurants at 4.45, cafés at 4.55 and food trucks at 4.5.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 490.5 | 4.45 | 151 Kitchen | Bar | 1 of 10 |
| Cafés | 427.5 | 4.55 | Brewpoint Coffee - Founder's Cafe | 6 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 223.5 | 4.6 | Coffee For The Soul, Oak Brook | 9 of 10 |
| Bars | 346 | 4.4 | Francesca's Amici | 9 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 181 | 4.6 | Pilot Pete's Coffee & Treats | 5 of 10 |
| Food trucks | 94 | 4.5 | More Brewing Company | 8 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Elmhurst, IL
The most-reviewed nail salon someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown carries 4,150 Google reviews, the largest listing among the hair, nail and barbering businesses in this section. The next two nail salons we read carry 668 and 498. We read 20 businesses in each of the three trades here, and the median listing differs a great deal between them: 215 reviews for the median nail salon, 110 for the median barbershop and 39.5 for the median hair salon. Each of those is a single midpoint, counted over the whole life of each listing, so it says nothing about how the rest of the 20 are spread.
The most-reviewed barbershops we read carry 619, 480 and 264 reviews, and the most-reviewed hair salons carry 480, 183 and 127. The median rating is 4.9 for both barbershops and hair salons, and 4.5 for nail salons.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 110 | 4.9 | KD Barbershop | 9 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 39.5 | 4.9 | JMC Barber Shop | 10 of 10 |
| Nail salons | 215 | 4.5 | Bliss Nail & Spa | 8 of 10 |
Spa & aesthetics in Elmhurst, IL
In four of the six trades in this section, the business answering the most of its recent reviews had answered 10 of its 10 most recent. Aespala MedSpa & Plastic Surgery did it, and it appears on both the med spa and the plastic surgery lists. Arabella Boutique Med Spa answered 10 of 10 among the IV therapy providers we read, and Metabolic Weight Loss Centers answered 10 of 10 among the weight-loss clinics. Across the businesses someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, the typical business we measured for replies answered 63 percent of its recent reviews.
One name turns up three times. JEM MedSpa Elmhurst sits on the med spa, IV therapy and weight-loss lists, answering 8 of its 10 most recent reviews. Among day spas, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa and Oasis SPA Head & Foot Care each answered 7 of 10, and Spavia Day Spa Elmhurst answered 5 of 10. Among plastic surgery practices, Sono Bello Oak Brook answered 7 of 10 and Kovak Cosmetic Center 4 of 10. ETHR LAB - Wellness and Aesthetics and Aziz Medical and Weight Loss Center each answered 5 of 10.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 58.5 | 4.9 | Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa | 7 of 10 |
| Med spas | 70 | 4.9 | Aespala MedSpa & Plastic Surgery | 10 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 107 | 5 | Arabella Boutique Med Spa | 10 of 10 |
| Weight-loss clinics | 54.5 | 5 | Metabolic Weight Loss Centers | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 61 | 4.75 | Accelerated Aesthetics | 2 of 10 |
| Plastic surgery | 76 | 4.8 | Aespala MedSpa & Plastic Surgery | 10 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Elmhurst, IL
Two businesses in this section had answered every one of their 10 most recent Google reviews: StretchLab Elmhurst among the gyms, and Illinois Spinal Care among the chiropractors. We read 20 gyms and 20 chiropractors from the businesses someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, and each of those two sits at the top of the list of repliers we can name for its trade.
Among the gyms, we can name three repliers. StretchLab Elmhurst answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews, FFC Elmhurst answered 5 of 10, and Pure Barre had answered 1 of 10. We can't see how the other gyms we read handle replies, so nothing here describes them. On the whole-listing side, the median gym we read carries 52 Google reviews and a median rating of 4.95, while the three most-reviewed gyms carry 242, 132 and 126 reviews. StretchLab Elmhurst's listing holds 96 reviews in total.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 52 | 4.95 | StretchLab Elmhurst | 10 of 10 |
| Chiropractors | 70 | 5 | Illinois Spinal Care | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Elmhurst, IL
Among the dental practices someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, Happy Tooth is named in both trades we measured. It is one of the three dentists answering the most of their recent reviews, and it turns up again among the three orthodontists doing the same. In both it had answered 9 of its 10 most recent reviews. Its listing carries 548 Google reviews.
We read 20 dentists. The median dentist we read carries 192 reviews, and the median rating is 5 stars. The three most-reviewed dentists carry 1,121, 707 and 548 reviews. The 1,121-review listing belongs to Elmhurst Dentistry For Kids. Separately, that practice had answered 8 of its 10 most recent reviews. Elmhurst Family Dental had answered 9 of its last 10; its listing holds 443 reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 192 | 5 | Happy Tooth | 9 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 169 | 4.9 | VaSu Smiles | 10 of 10 |
Pets in Elmhurst, IL
Among the veterinarians someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, the two top repliers in our read answered 10 and 9 of their most recent 10 reviews. Elmwood Grove Animal Hospital replied to 10 of 10, and Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital to 9 of 10. Elmhurst Animal Care Center, the third veterinarian on the list, answered 4 of 10. Those three are the veterinarians we can name as answering the most; we can't see how the other practices we read reply.
The veterinary listings we read are large. The median veterinarian carries 291.5 reviews and a 4.6 rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 1,663, 1,435 and 1,230. Elmhurst Animal Care Center holds the 1,663, and Midwest Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital the 1,230.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 84.5 | 4.8 | Pet Supplies Plus Villa Park | 10 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 75 | 4.8 | Dogtopia of Oakbrook Terrace | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 291.5 | 4.6 | Elmwood Grove Animal Hospital | 10 of 10 |
Shops & studios in Elmhurst, IL
Of the 20 tattoo studios someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, we can name one business as answering the most of its recent reviews: Rising Phoenix Tattoo and Body Piercing, which had replied to 9 of its 10 most recent reviews. It is the only studio listed as a leader for this trade, so it is the one reply figure this section can report by name. We can't see how the other studios we read handled their recent reviews, and nothing here should be read as a claim about them.
Rising Phoenix is also a large listing. It carries 560 Google reviews over its whole history. The three most-reviewed tattoo studios we read carry 743, 574 and 560 reviews, so its count matches one of those three. The median studio we read carries 94.5 reviews, and the median rating among them is 4.9 stars. Those two medians describe the middle studio only; they say nothing about how far any other listing sits from it.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo studios | 94.5 | 4.9 | Rising Phoenix Tattoo and Body Piercing | 9 of 10 |
Method
Every figure comes from public Google listings — the businesses and owner replies any customer can see — read on 2026-09-24. Counts describe the businesses someone searching in Elmhurst, IL is shown, which is the competitive set a customer actually chooses from, not a register of businesses inside the city limits. A business is named only where we read at least eight of its recent reviews, and only the ones answering the most are named; the rest of a market appears as a distribution with its denominator. Chains are counted but never named. Nothing is ranked on star rating. Elmhurst, IL has a population of 45,538 and a median household income of $145,374 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.