Lafayette, LA · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in Lafayette, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 97 child day care services in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,897 people with $42.5 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
97
131st most of 387 US metro areas
1,897
19.6 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$42.5 million
$22,378 per employee
32%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
+2.1%
in the number of businesses (95 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Lafayette.
- Lafayette ranks 131st of 387 US metro areas by number of child day care services.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 19.6 employees each, against 13.2 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $22,378 per employee a year, against $30,228.
- The market grew: 2 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in Lafayette.
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 Lafayette
How many child day care services are there in Lafayette?
97 in the Lafayette, LA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,897 people and paid $42.5 million in annual payroll.
Is the Lafayette market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 95 to 97 (+2.1%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in Lafayette?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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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