Child care · Metro area · Arizona
Child care centers and preschools in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #28 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 25
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $649 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 144,368
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Flagstaff metro area is 77 (high), #28 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for child care centers and preschools.
Households in the Flagstaff metro area spend about $35.8M a year on child care and other personal services, or $649 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each center on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Flagstaff metro area has 25 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Flagstaff metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,593 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Flagstaff metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Flagstaff metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all child care and other personal services by the child care centers and preschools counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Flagstaff metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.7M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,593 | 2,960 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $649 | $682 | $581 |
| Median household income | $72,966 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 90 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 219
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 79Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 251 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Flagstaff metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Flagstaff metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 144,368−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 55,118
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 18,616 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,878
- Median home value
- $448,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,472
- Daytime population
- 148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Flagstaff metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 92 | 782 | 4.1 | $1.8M | +7.3% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 90 | 33 | 3.0 | $2M | +6.5% | #5 of 387 |
| 3Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 86 | 32 | 3.1 | $1.6M | +6.5% | #8 of 387 |
| 4Tucson, AZ | 83 | 159 | 3.6 | $1.7M | +2.8% | #13 of 387 |
| 5Flagstaff, AZ | 77 | 25 | 4.5 | $1.4M | −0.6% | #28 of 387 |
| 6Yuma, AZ | 67 | 44 | 5.5 | $881K | +9.2% | #75 of 387 |
| 7Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 61 | 21 | 4.1 | $1.2M | +0.6% | #105 of 387 |
Other business types in the Flagstaff metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
- Child care and preschools77
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 child care centers and preschools in the Flagstaff metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 79 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Flagstaff, AZ metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $35.8M a year, or $649 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in the Flagstaff metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Flagstaff, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Flagstaff metro area has 4.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.4M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Flagstaff metro area would have about 36, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,593 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Flagstaff, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Flagstaff metro area at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. Median household income in the Flagstaff metro area is $72,966, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Flagstaff metro area scores 77 for child care centers and preschools (high), #28 of 387 scored metro areas.
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