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Child care centers and preschools in Leon County, FL
The child care centers and preschools in Leon County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,171 of 1,611 scored counties
#45 of 56 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 98
- 6 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 79
- +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $54.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $442 a household
- Spending per listing
- $554K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 299,048
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 98 child care centers and preschools in Leon County. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Leon County spend about $54.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $442 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $554K per center, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Leon County in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 404 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $10.9M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in Leon County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Leon County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Leon County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #1,171 of 1,611 scored counties and #45 of 56 scored counties in Florida.
How Leon County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Leon County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $554K | $866K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,552 | 1,882 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | +6.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $442 | $476 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,287 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 75 → 79+5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,183
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 404Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 986 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $10.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Leon 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 Leon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 299,048+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 122,597
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 445
- Median household income
- $66,287+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,045
- Median home value
- $301,800
- Jobs located here
- 170,719
- Daytime population
- 341,629Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Collier County, FL | 92 | 63 | 3.8 | $1.6M | +10.6% | #7 of 1,611 |
| 2Flagler County, FL | 91 | 9 | 1.7 | $2.8M | +21.0% | #9 of 1,611 |
| 3Sumter County, FL | 90 | 12 | 1.7 | $2.5M | +21.1% | #14 of 1,611 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 89 | 27 | 3.7 | $1.4M | +11.7% | #19 of 1,611 |
| 5Walton County, FL | 87 | 15 | 4.4 | $1.2M | +22.9% | #29 of 1,611 |
| 6Sarasota County, FL | 85 | 90 | 4.2 | $1.2M | +10.0% | #40 of 1,611 |
| 7St. Johns County, FL | 84 | 68 | 5.9 | $1.2M | +25.0% | #49 of 1,611 |
| 8Martin County, FL | 83 | 28 | 4.1 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #58 of 1,611 |
| 9Charlotte County, FL | 83 | 30 | 3.3 | $1.2M | +15.5% | #59 of 1,611 |
| 10Lake County, FL | 83 | 59 | 3.6 | $1.2M | +18.1% | #60 of 1,611 |
| 45Leon County, FL | 37 | 98 | 8.0 | $554K | +1.7% | #1,171 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Leon 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 preschools37
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Leon County, FL?
There are 98 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Leon County as of September 2026. 6 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. Official counts list 404 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Leon County, FL spend on child care and other personal services?
About $54.2M a year, or $442 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $554K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 122,597 households in Leon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Leon County, FL compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Leon County has 8.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $554K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Leon County would have about 54, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Leon County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Leon County at 299,048 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 122,597 households. The median household income in Leon County is $66,287 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Leon County scores 37 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #1,171 of 1,611 scored counties.
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