Hair salon · Chicago, IL
Best hair salons in Chicago, IL ranked by Google reviews.
We pulled the top-ranked hair salons in Chicago, IL from Google’s own
listings. Here’s the leaderboard, what the leaders share in common, and how
a branded biglove.to link helps yours close the gap.
Data refreshed from Google Places.
Leaderboard · top 10
Who’s winning the review race in Chicago.
- 01
GC By George Charles - Salon, Spa and Nails
34 E Oak St 4th floor, Chicago, IL 60611
4.9 ★ · 1,156 reviews
- 02
Arsova Salon
375 W Erie St #101C, Chicago, IL 60654
4.9 ★ · 1,053 reviews
- 03
BANG! Salon
1259 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
4.9 ★ · 470 reviews
- 04
Epoch Studio Salon
1849 W North Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
4.9 ★ · 455 reviews
- 05
Salon Glow Chicago
2766 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60614
4.9 ★ · 277 reviews
- 06
Gordon Salon Lakeshore East
333 E Benton Pl #106, Chicago, IL 60601
4.8 ★ · 562 reviews
- 07
Touss Salon
705 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605
4.8 ★ · 368 reviews
- 08
Salon 833 Chicago | Custom Hair Color, Hair Cutting , Hair Extensions
351 W Hubbard St, Chicago, IL 60654
4.8 ★ · 219 reviews
- 09
Lira Guzi Salon
472 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60654
4.7 ★ · 330 reviews
- 10
George the Salon
70 E Walton St 3rd fl, Chicago, IL 60611
4.7 ★ · 218 reviews
What the leaders share
Patterns from the top of the leaderboard.
Hair salons run on referrals and Google reviews. The leaderboard below shows what asking customers consistently does to a review count over a few years.
- They ask every customer, every visit. Not just the obvious fans. The compounded effect of asking 100% of customers — even shyly, even with friction — beats asking 10% of customers enthusiastically.
- They make the link short enough to say out loud. The hair salons at the top of the Chicago leaderboard print a memorable URL on receipts, table tents, or cards. Long Google review URLs don’t survive the trip from till to phone.
- They don’t gate. No "rate us 5 stars first" forms. No satisfaction filters that route happy customers one way and frustrated customers another. Google’s 2026 review policy and the FTC’s 2024 Consumer Reviews Rule both prohibit gating, and the leaderboard reflects it — the top Chicago hair salons are clean.
- They follow up once, never twice. The polite single ask converts. The pushy second ask annoys.
How to climb the Chicago hair salon leaderboard
Five steps that move the needle in 90 days.
- 01
Claim a memorable review URL.
Pick a slug that customers can read off your receipt.
biglove.to/your-hair salonbeats the long Google URL on every printed surface. Free preview at biglove.to/check — no signup needed to see your slug + QR. - 02
Print the QR somewhere your customers see it twice.
Receipt and door sticker is the highest-conversion combo. The customer sees the QR when they pay, again when they leave, and again at home if they keep the receipt. Three impressions beats one impression by a wide margin.
- 03
Make the ask part of the script.
Train staff to mention the QR card during natural pauses ("If you enjoyed this, our Google review code is right here on the receipt"). Don’t script a 5-star pitch — that’s gating. Just point at the QR.
- 04
Reply to every review within 48 hours.
Public replies signal an active, accountable hair salon — both to future customers reading the reviews AND to Google’s ranking signals. A short, sincere thanks is enough; engagement matters more than length.
- 05
Track which ask path works.
Pro tier on biglove.to gives you click analytics — country, hour, device, referrer — so you can tell whether the receipt QR or the email signature is actually driving the reviews. Optimize what you can measure.
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