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Child care centers and preschools in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
The child care centers and preschools in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #302 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 229
- 5 chain locations (2%)
- Official establishments
- 203
- −1.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $173.1M
- On child care and other personal services · $434 a household
- Spending per listing
- $756K
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #302 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area comes to about $173.1M a year: $434 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $756K per center, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 229 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 2% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 5.7 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 203 businesses with payroll in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area classed as child care services, down 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,963 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New Orleans-Metairie metro area declined 3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $756K | $729K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,963 | 1,735 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.0% | +7.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $434 | $411 | $581 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 203−1.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,335
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $65.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,414Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2295 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 173The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the New Orleans-Metairie metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 57 | 59 | 5.6 | $913K | +5.3% | #148 of 387 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 44 | 35 | 4.4 | $903K | −3.5% | #238 of 387 |
| 3Lake Charles, LA | 37 | 49 | 5.3 | $808K | −3.8% | #282 of 387 |
| 4New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 34 | 229 | 5.7 | $756K | −3.4% | #302 of 387 |
| 5Lafayette, LA | 34 | 105 | 6.4 | $639K | +3.8% | #303 of 387 |
| 6Baton Rouge, LA | 32 | 220 | 6.6 | $695K | +2.1% | #319 of 387 |
| 7Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 26 | 71 | 4.5 | $842K | −2.3% | #350 of 387 |
| 8Hammond, LA | 25 | 38 | 7.3 | $513K | +5.8% | #360 of 387 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 22 | 43 | 4.9 | $747K | −1.9% | #366 of 387 |
| 10Alexandria, LA | 18 | 33 | 5.9 | $651K | −2.5% | #372 of 387 |
Other business types in the New Orleans-Metairie 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 preschools34
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 229 child care centers and preschools in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. 5 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 203 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 1.0% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,414 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $173.1M a year, or $434 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 229 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $756K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 5.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $756K, 25% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 173, against 229 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,963 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 34 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #302 of 387 scored metro areas.
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