Cedar Rapids, IA · Childcare Centers

Childcare Centers in Cedar Rapids, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 98 child day care services in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,221 people with $28.5 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

98

129th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

1,221

12.5 per business, against 13.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$28.5 million

$23,324 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

59%

of businesses, against 54% across all metros

Change since 2022

-10.1%

in the number of businesses (109 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Cedar Rapids.

  • Cedar Rapids ranks 129th of 387 US metro areas by number of child day care services.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 12.5 employees.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $23,324 per employee a year, against $30,228.
  • The count fell by 11 businesses since 2022.

How VERA helps childcare centers in Cedar Rapids.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Tours booked from a page

Publish tour times that show only when you are free. Each tour arrives as a request you confirm, and the family can move it from a link.

A waitlist that moves

Tag waiting families in your contact list by classroom and start date. When a spot opens, VERA drafts the offer to the next family with a reply-by date.

Enrollment paperwork, collected

Send each family a secure link that lists the forms you require. It works only for that request and stops working when it expires.

Questions

Childcare Centers in Cedar Rapids

How many child day care services are there in Cedar Rapids?

98 in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,221 people and paid $28.5 million in annual payroll.

Is the Cedar Rapids market for childcare centers growing?

By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 109 to 98 (-10.1%).

What does VERA do for childcare centers in Cedar Rapids?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Cedar Rapids business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Childcare Centers in other markets

Other Cedar Rapids markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is child day care services, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

See what VERA can do for your business.

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