Child care · Metro area · Georgia
Child care centers and preschools in the Savannah, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Savannah, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #179 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 84
- 4 chain locations (5%)
- Official establishments
- 101
- +9.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $470 a household
- Spending per listing
- $902K
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 438,314
- +8.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Savannah metro area comes to about $75.7M a year: $470 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 84 child care centers and preschools, that is $902K per center, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 84 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Savannah metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 5% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 101 businesses with payroll in the Savannah metro area classed as child care services, up 9.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,597 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 565 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $6M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Savannah metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Savannah metro area grew 8.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in the Savannah metro area is 53 (upper middle), #179 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Savannah metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Savannah metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $902K | $888K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,597 | 1,664 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.8% | +5.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $470 | $496 | $581 |
| Median household income | $77,180 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 101+9.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,501
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 565Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 844 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 76The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Savannah 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 Savannah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 438,314+8.1% since 2020
- Households
- 161,273
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,349 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 310
- Median household income
- $77,180+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,786
- Median home value
- $302,000
- Jobs located here
- 189,059
- Daytime population
- 431,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Savannah metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 82 | 31 | 4.2 | $1.2M | +11.4% | #16 of 387 |
| 2Rome, GA | 69 | 11 | 3.0 | $1.3M | +2.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Dalton, GA | 66 | 12 | 2.3 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #76 of 387 |
| 4Hinesville, GA | 66 | 10 | 3.3 | $1M | +12.6% | #80 of 387 |
| 5Athens-Clarke County, GA | 62 | 39 | 4.5 | $978K | +3.9% | #99 of 387 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 35 | 4.7 | $967K | +8.2% | #119 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 60 | 120 | 5.2 | $871K | +5.3% | #121 of 387 |
| 7Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 58 | 21 | 4.4 | $960K | +4.4% | #141 of 387 |
| 8Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 57 | 1,412 | 6.1 | $932K | +5.9% | #147 of 387 |
| 9Savannah, GA | 53 | 84 | 5.2 | $902K | +8.1% | #179 of 387 |
Other business types in the Savannah 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 preschools53
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Savannah, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 84 child care centers and preschools in the Savannah metro area. 4 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 101 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 9.8% from 2019. Another 565 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Savannah, GA metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $75.7M a year, or $470 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $902K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,273 households in the Savannah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Savannah, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Savannah metro area has 5.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $902K, 10% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Savannah metro area would have about 76, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,597 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Savannah, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Savannah metro area at 438,314 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,273 households. Median household income in the Savannah metro area is $77,180, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 Savannah metro area scores 53 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #179 of 387 scored metro areas.
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