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Child care centers and preschools in El Paso County, CO
How El Paso County, CO compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #125 of 1,611 scored counties
#11 of 25 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 122
- 14 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- 171
- +11.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $218.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $752 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 757,040
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, El Paso County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #125 of 1,611 scored counties and #11 of 25 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for child care centers and preschools.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 122 child care centers and preschools in El Paso County. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 11%, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in El Paso County comes to about $218.1M a year: $752 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each center on map listings, 78% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in El Paso County was 171 in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,697 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $17.9M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in El Paso County. Population estimates put the population change in El Paso County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How El Paso County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | El Paso County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.6M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,697 | 1,916 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.0% | +8.2% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $752 | $822 | $581 |
| Median household income | $90,363 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 154 → 171+11.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,051
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 904Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 218The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $17.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in El Paso County, 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 El Paso County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 757,040+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 290,190
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,126 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 349
- Median household income
- $90,363+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,684
- Median home value
- $461,000
- Jobs located here
- 284,746
- Daytime population
- 727,616Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Broomfield County, CO | 91 | 15 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +6.3% | #10 of 1,611 |
| 2Adams County, CO | 90 | 78 | 4.1 | $1.9M | +6.6% | #15 of 1,611 |
| 3Douglas County, CO | 88 | 104 | 7.4 | $1.6M | +10.9% | #21 of 1,611 |
| 4Larimer County, CO | 84 | 83 | 5.4 | $1.5M | +4.8% | #47 of 1,611 |
| 5Denver County, CO | 83 | 145 | 4.3 | $2M | +3.2% | #51 of 1,611 |
| 6Weld County, CO | 83 | 63 | 5.1 | $1.5M | +14.2% | #54 of 1,611 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 81 | 136 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #68 of 1,611 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 79 | 17 | 2.5 | $2.2M | +0.6% | #91 of 1,611 |
| 9Teller County, CO | 79 | 6 | 5.1 | $1.3M | 0.0% | #100 of 1,611 |
| 10Delta County, CO | 78 | 5 | 3.9 | $1.3M | +3.6% | #117 of 1,611 |
| 11El Paso County, CO | 77 | 122 | 4.2 | $1.8M | +3.2% | #125 of 1,611 |
Other business types in El Paso County
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 El Paso County, CO?
There are 122 child care centers and preschools on map listings in El Paso County as of September 2026. 14 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 171 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 11.0% from 2019. Official counts list 904 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in El Paso County, CO spend on child care and other personal services?
About $218.1M a year, or $752 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 290,190 households in El Paso County and national spending patterns by income.
How does El Paso County, CO compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
El Paso County has 4.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.8M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, El Paso County would have about 218, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,697 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is El Paso County, CO growing?
Population estimates put El Paso County at 757,040 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 290,190 households. The median household income in El Paso County is $90,363 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. El Paso County scores 77 for child care centers and preschools (high), #125 of 1,611 scored counties.
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