- Accountant
- Advertising agency
- Aerial photographer
- American restaurants
- Apartment rental agency
- Appraiser
- Asian restaurants
- Attorney
- Auto parts store
- Auto repair shop
- Baby store
- Bankruptcy attorney
- Banquet hall
- Barber shop
- Beauty salon
- Beauty supply store
- Book store
- Bookkeeping service
- Boutique
- Bridal shop
- Business center
- Business management consultant
- Cafes
- Car dealer
- Car rental agency
- Carpet cleaning service
- Charter school
- Chiropractor
- Cleaning service
- Clothing alteration service
- Clothing store
- Coffee shop
- Commercial cleaning service
- Commercial real estate agency
- Community center
- Contractor
- Counselor
- Credit counseling service
- Criminal justice attorney
- Day care center
- Dental clinic
- Dentist
- Divorce lawyer
- Dry cleaner
- Electrician
- Elementary school
- Emergency room
- Estate planning attorney
- Event planner
- Event venue
- Executive suite rental agency
- Extended stay hotel
- Eyelash salon
- Facial spa
- Family counselor
- Family law attorney
- Family practice physician
- Fast food restaurants
- Financial consultant
- Financial institution
- Financial planner
- Fitness center
- General contractor
- Gutter cleaning service
- Gym
- Hair removal service
- Hair salon
- Hairdresser
- Handyman
- Health consultant
- Health insurance agency
- Heating equipment supplier
- High school
- Home health care service
- Hospital
- Hotel
- House cleaning service
- Housing authority
- HVAC contractor
- Insurance agency
- Internet marketing service
- Investment service
- Iron steel contractor
- Janitorial equipment supplier
- Janitorial service
- Jeweler
- Jewelry designer
- Jewelry store
- Laboratory
- Laundromat
- Law firm
- Legal services
- Marketing agency
- Marketing consultant
- Marriage or relationship counselor
- Martial arts school
- Massage spa
- Massage therapist
- Mechanical contractor
- Medical Center
- Medical clinic
- Medical diagnostic imaging center
- Medical group
- Medical laboratory
- Medical spa
- Mental health service
- Middle school
- Mobile phone repair shop
- Motel
- Museum
- Nail salon
- Nutritionist
- Office space rental agency
- Oral surgeon
- Orthodontist
- Painter
- Painting
- Passport photo processor
- Pediatric dentist
- Personal injury attorneys
- Personal trainer
- Pest control service
- Photo shop
- Photographer
- Photography service
- Photography studio
- Physical fitness program
- Physical therapist
- Physical therapy clinic
- Pilates studio
- Plumber
- Portrait studio
- Preschool
- Pressure washing service
- Private educational institution
- Property management company
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Psychotherapist
- Real estate agency
- Real estate agent
- Real estate appraiser
- Real estate consultant
- Restaurant
- Roofing contractor
- School
- Social worker
- Spa
- Stock broker
- Surgical center
- Tattoo shop
- Tax consultant
- Tax preparation
- Tax preparation service
- Thrift store
- Tire shop
- Tourist attraction
- Toy store
- Tree service
- Truck dealer
- Truck parts supplier
- Truck rental agency
- Uniform store
- Upholstery shop
- Urgent care center
- Used auto parts store
- Used car dealer
- Used tire shop
- Website designer
- Wedding photographer
- Wedding planner
- Wedding service
- Wellness center
- Window cleaning service
- Women's health clinic
- Yoga studio
Rockford is a city in Winnebago County, Illinois, United States. Located in the far northern part of the state on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County). The largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, Rockford is the 5th most populous city in the state and the 171st most populous in the United States. In the 2020 census, Rockford had a population of 148655 anchoring the Greater Rockford Metropolitan Area with a population of 348360.
Rockford traces its roots to 1834, as the combined settlements of Midway were founded on both banks of the Rock River. On the west bank, Germanicus Kent and Thatcher Blake (with his slave Lewis Lemon) founded Kentville; the east bank was settled by Daniel Shaw Haight. With the location of the Rock River equidistant between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River, the combined settlement derived the name “Midway”. In 1836, Winnebago County was created (from both Jo Daviess and LaSalle counties), with Midway named as its county seat, as it was “halfway between Galena and Chicago on a line of four-horse coaches.”