Wilmington, NC · Childcare Centers

Childcare Centers in Wilmington, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 92 child day care services in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,507 people with $37.6 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

92

140th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

1,507

16.4 per business, against 13.2 across all metros

Annual payroll

$37.6 million

$24,939 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

41%

of businesses, against 54% across all metros

Change since 2022

+3.4%

in the number of businesses (89 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Wilmington.

  • Wilmington ranks 140th of 387 US metro areas by number of child day care services.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 16.4 employees each, against 13.2 across all metros.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $24,939 per employee a year, against $30,228.
  • The market grew: 3 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps childcare centers in Wilmington.

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 Wilmington

How many child day care services are there in Wilmington?

92 in the Wilmington, NC Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,507 people and paid $37.6 million in annual payroll.

Is the Wilmington market for childcare centers growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 89 to 92 (+3.4%).

What does VERA do for childcare centers in Wilmington?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Wilmington 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 Wilmington 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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