Of the 20 hair salons we read among the businesses someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, not one had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the plainest fact on this page. The median hair salon we read carries 84 Google reviews and a 4.8 rating; the most-reviewed carries 653.
Other trades read differently at the top. Among the chiropractors we read, Evolve Chiropractic of Palatine, Evolve Chiropractic (Inside Buehler YMCA) and Eickhorst Family Chiropractic each answered 10 of their last 10 reviews. Among the dentists, Westgate Dental Care answered 10 of 10 on a listing of 1,813 reviews, and Impressive Smiles and Advocate Dental of Palatine answered 9 of 10 each. Among the veterinarians, Loving Care Animal Hospital and March Animal Hospital answered 10 of 10, and Golf Rose Animal Hospital 9 of 10 on a listing of 1,296. Among the weight-loss clinics, Revive You PLLC answered 10 of 10 on a listing of 58 reviews.
In food and drink, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen answered 10 of its last 10 and Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar 9 of 10, on listings of 1,131 and 1,241 reviews. The median restaurant we read carries 663.5 reviews and the most-reviewed carries 2,091. Cafe Fourteen answered 10 of 10 and appears among the cafés, the coffee shops and the food trucks named here. Among the bars, Donkey Inn Bar & Grill answered 7 of 10. Among the bakeries, Village Inn (+ Bakers Square Pie) answered 10 of 10 and Sweet T's Bakery & Cake Studio 6 of 10.
The named figures inside one trade can sit far apart. Among the nail salons, COCO Nail Bar Palatine answered 9 of its last 10 on a listing of 992 reviews; the other two nail salons named answered 3 of 10 each. Among the day spas, Heavenly Massage & Spa and Luxury Spa answered 10 of 10 and Dream Salon & Day Spa 8 of 10. For a wider reference point, the benchmark measured here across 50 businesses puts the share of recent reviews a typical one answered at 78 percent.
What to do about it
If you run a hair salon, the bar among the 20 salons we read is zero: none had answered a recent review. Answering yours would make your listing different from every one of them on this measure, and it costs nothing but a few minutes per review.
In every other trade on this page, the figure to compare yourself with has a name attached. Open your listing, look at your last 10 reviews and count how many carry a reply. Then set that against the businesses named for your trade and the 78 percent benchmark measured here. A reply is the one part of that exchange you write: thank the person for what they actually mentioned, answer a complaint with what you will do about it, keep it short, and sign it as the owner.
Food & drink in Palatine, IL
One café turns up in three separate searches. Cafe Fourteen appears among the cafés, the coffee shops and the food trucks someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, and in each it answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews. Its listing holds 740 reviews in total.
Restaurants carry the highest median review count of the six food and drink trades in this section. Of the 20 restaurants we read around Palatine, the median holds 663.5 reviews and the most-reviewed holds 2,091, with a median rating of 4.6. Among them, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews and Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar answered 9 of 10. Their listings hold 1,131 and 1,241 reviews in total.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | 663.5 | 4.6 | Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | 10 of 10 |
| Cafés | 284 | 4.7 | Cafe Fourteen | 10 of 10 |
| Coffee shops | 267.5 | 4.7 | Cafe Fourteen | 10 of 10 |
| Bars | 545.5 | 4.4 | Donkey Inn Bar & Grill | 7 of 10 |
| Bakeries | 136 | 4.6 | Village Inn (+ Bakers Square Pie) | 10 of 10 |
| Food trucks | 280 | 4.7 | Cafe Fourteen | 10 of 10 |
Hair, nails & barbering in Palatine, IL
Not one of the 20 hair salons we read among the businesses someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown had answered any of its recent reviews. That is the clearest point in this section. The median hair salon we read carries 84 Google reviews with a median rating of 4.8, and the three most-reviewed carry 653, 612 and 272.
The barbershops we read look different in one named case. Famous Fadez Rand Arlington Heights answered 9 of its last 10 reviews. Its listing holds 318 reviews in total. Across the 20 barbershops we read, the median listing carries 171 reviews and a median rating of 4.8, and the most-reviewed carries 765.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbershops | 171 | 4.8 | Famous Fadez Rand Arlington Heights | 9 of 10 |
| Hair salons | 84 | 4.8 | — | |
| Nail salons | 119 | 4.55 | COCO Nail Bar Palatine | 9 of 10 |
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Spa & aesthetics in Palatine, IL
We read 20 businesses in each of six spa and aesthetics trades that someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, and the reply figures for the businesses we can name differ sharply by trade. In IV therapy, all three names answered 10 of their last 10 reviews: Re-Medispa, Rejuvii IV Therapy & Wellness and Skinovatio Medical Spa Arlington Heights. In dermatology, only two names reach the list at all: AH Laser Aesthetics answered 2 of its last 10, and Arlington Dermatology, Michael Bukhalo MD, answered 1 of 10.
Among the day spas, Heavenly Massage & Spa answered 10 of its last 10, on a listing that carries 343 reviews in total; Luxury Spa answered 10 of 10, on 233; Dream Salon & Day Spa answered 8 of 10, on 288. The med spa names show the same figures: Re-Medispa and Skinovatio Medical Spa Arlington Heights at 10 of 10, and AMC Laser Lounge at 8 of 10, on a listing of 293 reviews. Re-Medispa and Skinovatio Medical Spa Arlington Heights appear among both the med spas and the IV therapy businesses named in this section.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day spas | 107.5 | 4.65 | Heavenly Massage & Spa | 10 of 10 |
| Med spas | 77 | 5 | Re-Medispa | 10 of 10 |
| IV therapy | 46 | 4.9 | Re-Medispa | 10 of 10 |
| Weight-loss clinics | 30 | 5 | Revive You PLLC | 10 of 10 |
| Dermatology | 25 | 4.35 | AH Laser Aesthetics | 2 of 10 |
| Plastic surgery | 45 | 4.85 | Dr. John A Kotis | 4 of 10 |
Fitness & wellness in Palatine, IL
Among the chiropractors someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, each of the three businesses we can name for answering reviews replied to 10 of its 10 most recent. Evolve Chiropractic of Palatine answered 10 of 10, and its listing carries 400 reviews in total. Evolve Chiropractic (Inside Buehler YMCA) answered 10 of 10, on a listing of 331 reviews. Eickhorst Family Chiropractic answered 10 of 10, on a listing of 296. Those three review totals are the same three figures as the most-reviewed chiropractors among the 20 we read.
The gyms read differently in one respect: we can name only one. First Ascent Arlington Heights answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews. Its listing carries 551 reviews, the same figure as the most-reviewed gym among the 20 we read. That is one named gym with its own figure, not a count of how many gyms answer. What it does show is that a gym shown to a Palatine searcher answers every one of its latest reviews.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyms | 134 | 4.9 | First Ascent Arlington Heights | 10 of 10 |
| Chiropractors | 78.5 | 5 | Evolve Chiropractic of Palatine | 10 of 10 |
Dental & orthodontics in Palatine, IL
Among the dentists someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, the three answering the most of their recent reviews are also the three most-reviewed dentist listings we read. Westgate Dental Care carries 1,813 reviews, the most of any dentist in this section, and its owner replied to 10 of the last 10. Impressive Smiles carries 635 reviews and Advocate Dental of Palatine 467; each owner replied to 9 of the last 10. Those three listing totals, 1,813, 635 and 467, are exactly the three largest dentist review counts in our data.
The median orthodontist we read carries 103 reviews, against 280 for the median dentist, and the three most-reviewed orthodontist listings carry 867, 660 and 573. Orthodontic Experts Arlington Heights, the most-reviewed orthodontist in this section at 867 reviews, replied to 9 of its last 10. Rosen Orthodontics, with 480 reviews, also replied to 9 of its last 10. All Family Dental and Braces, with 449 reviews, replied to 5 of its last 10.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentists | 280 | 4.9 | Westgate Dental Care | 10 of 10 |
| Orthodontists | 103 | 4.9 | Orthodontic Experts Arlington Heights | 9 of 10 |
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Pets in Palatine, IL
Loving Care Animal Hospital appears among both the groomers and the veterinarians named in this section, and it answered 10 of its 10 most recent reviews. Its listing carries 474 reviews in total. Among the pet groomers someone searching in Palatine, IL is shown, Scenthound Buffalo Grove also answered 10 of its last 10 and Dirty Dog Grooming Spa answered 9 of 10. The median groomer we read carries 115 reviews and a 4.7 rating, and the three most-reviewed carry 474, 254 and 240.
Of the 20 pet boarding businesses we read, Golf Rose Pet Lodge and Grooming answered 10 of its last 10, PetSuites Arlington Heights answered 10 of 10, and Dogtopia of Deer Park answered 8 of 10. Across their whole listing histories, those three carry 362, 199 and 244 reviews. The median boarding business we read carries 126 reviews and a 4.8 rating.
| Trade | Median reviews | Median rating | Answers reviews best | Answered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pet grooming | 115 | 4.7 | Loving Care Animal Hospital | 10 of 10 |
| Pet boarding | 126 | 4.8 | Golf Rose Pet Lodge and Grooming | 10 of 10 |
| Veterinarians | 250.5 | 4.6 | Loving Care Animal Hospital | 10 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 Palatine, 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. Palatine, IL has a population of 66,548 and a median household income of $95,950 (US Census) — context for the town, not a predictor of its reviews.