Chicago, IL · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in Chicago, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 2,588 child day care services in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area in 2023, employing 33,695 people with $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
2,588
3rd most of 387 US metro areas
33,695
13.0 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$1.2 billion
$34,499 per employee
57%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
+1.5%
in the number of businesses (2,550 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Chicago.
- Chicago is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for child day care services, 3rd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 13.0 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $34,499 per employee a year, against $30,228.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in Chicago.
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 Chicago
How many child day care services are there in Chicago?
2,588 in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 33,695 people and paid $1.2 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Chicago market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 2,550 to 2,588 (+1.5%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in Chicago?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Chicago 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 Chicago 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.
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