St. Louis, MO · Childcare Centers
Childcare Centers in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 660 child day care services in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 9,869 people with $297 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
660
23rd most of 387 US metro areas
9,869
15.0 per business, against 13.2 across all metros
$297 million
$30,094 per employee
44%
of businesses, against 54% across all metros
-0.2%
in the number of businesses (661 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of child day care services, 23rd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 15.0 employees.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
How VERA helps childcare centers in St. Louis.
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 St. Louis
How many child day care services are there in St. Louis?
660 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 9,869 people and paid $297 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for childcare centers growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 661 to 660 (-0.2%).
What does VERA do for childcare centers in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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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