Columbia, MO · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in Columbia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 81 child day care services in the Columbia, MO Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,117 people with $26.3 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
81
150th most of 387 US metro areas
1,117
13.8 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$26.3 million
$23,553 per employee
51%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
-4.7%
in the number of businesses (85 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Columbia.
- Columbia ranks 150th of 387 US metro areas by number of child day care services.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 13.8 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $23,553 per employee a year, against $30,228.
- The count fell by 4 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in Columbia.
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 Columbia
How many child day care services are there in Columbia?
81 in the Columbia, MO Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,117 people and paid $26.3 million in annual payroll.
Is the Columbia market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 85 to 81 (-4.7%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in Columbia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Columbia 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 Columbia 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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