Child Development, Education, Tutoring Franchises

The U.S. child-care facilities industry includes approximately 45,000 commercial businesses with combined annual revenue of $19 billion. Franchises include Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Knowledge Learning and Learning Care Group.

The growth in youth population followed by employment and income drives the demand. The profitability of an individual child-care facility depends on good marketing and efficient operations.

Large businesses have economies of scale in advertising and administration. Smaller businesses can compete effectively in local markets by owning convenient locations.

Child-care centers provide supervision and educational programs for pre-school and school-age children. Most commercial businesses operate child-care centers that are open to the public, but some operate employer-sponsored centers for employees’ children.

Likely business owners of employer-sponsored centers include businesses, universities and military bases. In addition, some operators of traditional child-care facilities have opened child-care/entertainment facilities at shopping malls, gyms and casinos to provide hourly care.

A typical facility occupies 12,000 square feet with kitchen, bathrooms and play areas. In addition, facilities typically include outdoor play space, often equivalent to half the square footage of the building.