Hampton, VA
$600,000
Hampton, VA
$600,000
Rhode Island
$450,000
Middlesex County, MA
$170,000
Orange County, NY
$425,000
Wisconsin
$750,000
Monmouth County, NJ
$340,000
Harris County, TX
$225,000
Denton County, TX
$1,499,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Dane County, WI
$2,500,000
Philadelphia, PA
$1,025,000
Sarpy County, NE
$300,000
Northampton County, PA
$300,000
Passaic County, NJ
$750,000
$150,000
Saratoga Springs, UT
Oklahoma County, OK
$500,000
Orange County, CA
$270,000
Daren Bucklin
Transworld Business Advisors of Portland
Serving Multnomah County, OR
With over 40 years of experience, Transworld Business Advisors has grown to be the world leader in the marketing and sales of businesses. We have a proven process with a large international network of Brokers collaborating to confidentially vet and identify qualified buyers and match them to business opportunities. I am the owner, Managing Director and Licensed Principal Broker of the Portland office and Designated Managing Broker of the Vancouver WA office. Our OR and WA teams of Business Brokers, M&A Advisors and Franchise Consultants are here to serve the OR and SW WA business community. We facilitate the entire business sales and marketing process starting with completing the business valuation, creating the advertising and marketing materials customized to each business. Our process and skilled team of Brokers collaboratively and confidentially work to find and vet qualified financial and strategic buyers and facilitate the entire business sales process up through closing. Our Business Brokers are also licensed real estate Brokers so they can assist with the sale or transfer of real property with the sale of the business as needed. If you are a business owner who is thinking about selling we are here to confidentially assist you throughout the entire business sales process and we encourage business owners to contact us when they are beginning to think about selling so we can help them prepare their business to take to market at a time when they can achieve the highest possible price the market will bear. We serve main street to middle market businesses up to 100 million dollars in annual revenue. We have a very diverse team of Brokers who come from with strong business backgrounds from a variety of industries and many have been business owners themselves or have experienced the Transworld process during the sale of their business. In addition, we have a very experienced team of M&A Advisors who are some of the best in the industry that we can bring in to support any size transaction. In addition, we have a dedicated team of Certified Franchise Consultants who represent over 300 different franchise business opportunities. Their services are of no cost to business buyers as they are paid a referral fee from the franchise a buyer purchases. The role of the Franchise Consultant is to serve the buyer through the entire sales process from researching and identifying an opportunity, evaluating the opportunity, introducing the buyer to the franchise, referrals to lending and other business resources, and guiding the buyer through the franchise evaluation and discovery process. If you are thinking about selling your business or are in growth mode and seeking growth through acquisitions or franchising, please contact me for a free initial consultation. You can reach me at dbucklin@tworld.com or 503-820-0063.
Williamson County, TX
$1,200,000
Chicago, IL
$3,800,000
Cook County, IL
$50,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Houston, TX
$3,900,000
Merritt Island, FL
$199,000
Miami-Dade County, FL
$599,000
Fairfield County, CT
$230,000
Miami, FL
$595,000
$150,000
Canton, OH
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Texas
$4,200,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Philadelphia County, PA
$5,125,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
North Carolina
$2,430,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Wisconsin
$1,004,000
St. Charles County, MO
$475,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Nevada
$1,357,000
Broward County, FL
$499,000
Broward County, FL
$399,000
Fort Collins, CO
$2,000,000
Orlando, FL
$3,887,400
$150,000
Clay, NY
Bentonville, AR
$4,004,650
Windsor, CA
$2,938,000
Powell, OH
$1,185,000
Santa Clara, CA
$500,000
Fairfax County, VA
$2,450,000
Lee County, FL
$90,000
Hudson County, NJ
$550,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Kendall Park, NJ
$899,000
Scott Blackwood
Vista Business Group
Serving Lincoln County, KS
Vista Business Group was founded in 2009 to provide business owners an easy option for selling their business. The company continues that honest direct approach when speaking to business owners. The process begins with an honest analysis of the company. The goal is to provide the business owners with solid information and then let them make their decision to list based on that data, not a sales pitch.
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Jefferson County, KY
$850,000
Fontana, CA
$400,000
$150,000
Gladstone, MO
Anchorage, AK
$388,000
Suffolk County, NY
$595,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Simi Valley, CA
$2,700,000
Denton County, TX
$1,100,000
REAL ESTATE INCLUDED
Vacaville, CA
$8,171,877
Middlesex County, CT
$650,000
Westmoreland County, PA
$385,000
The U.S. childcare industry is a $50+ billion market and grows every year. This growth is driven by several factors, including increased participation of women in the workforce, rising parental awareness about early childhood education, and the prevalence of dual-income households.
If you are in the market to buy or sell a day care or childcare business, it’s important to understand how these businesses perform financially, and how they are valued in the business for sale market. To help you get started, we have aggregated data from childcare business for sale listings to surface typical financials as well as revenue and earnings multiples based on asking prices. These values can provide relevant context when evaluating individual businesses.
Market Overview
Number of Businesses Analyzed |
352 |
Median Asking Price |
$575,000 |
Median Reported Revenue |
$683,207 |
Median Reported Earnings |
$200,000 |
Financials based on businesses that listed an asking price, annual revenue, and seller's discretionary earnings. |
Day Care and Child Care Business Valuation Multiples
Range |
Revenue |
Earnings (SDE) |
Lower Quartile |
0.57 |
2.16 |
Median |
0.93 |
3.17 |
Upper Quartile |
1.96 |
4.36 |
Revenue and earnings multiples based on reported revenue, seller's discretionary earnings, and asking price. |
Read the Report:
Day Care & Child Care Business Valuation Multiples and Financial Benchmarks
FAQs
How much does it cost to buy a childcare business?
Prices vary depending on the size of the business listed, but the median asking price for a childcare business is $575,000.
How much do childcare business owners earn?
Day care and childcare business owners report median annual sales of $683,207 and annual owner earnings of $200,000. These figures are based on businesses that have listed their annual revenue and seller's discretionary earnings.
How do I value a day care or childcare business?
Valuing a day care or childcare business involves considering several factors, including annual sales, profit, growth (or decline) trends, and demographic trends of the local market. Brokers, business owners, and business buyers will typically rely on valuation multiples to gauge business value relative to similar businesses in the market. Revenue multiples among childcare businesses listed for sale range from 0.57 to 1.96, with the median at 0.93. Earnings multiples range from 2.16 to 4.36, with the median at 3.17. These values suggest the average childcare business in the U.S. may sell for around 0.93 times its annual revenue, and 3.17 times its annual owner’s earnings.
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