Des Moines, IA · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in Des Moines, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 194 child day care services in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 3,875 people with $95.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
194
71st most of 387 US metro areas
3,875
20.0 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$95.5 million
$24,651 per employee
26%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
-1.0%
in the number of businesses (196 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Des Moines.
- Des Moines ranks 71st of 387 US metro areas by number of child day care services.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 20.0 employees each, against 13.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $24,651 per employee a year, against $30,228.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in Des Moines.
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 Des Moines
How many child day care services are there in Des Moines?
194 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 3,875 people and paid $95.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Des Moines market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 196 to 194 (-1.0%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in Des Moines?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Des Moines 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 Des Moines 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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