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Child care centers and preschools in Kent County, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Kent County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4M
- On child care and other personal services · $476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,565
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 child care centers and preschools in Kent County. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $476 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Kent County spend about $4M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 4 child care centers and preschools, that is $1M per center, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Kent County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Kent County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, Kent County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Kent County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Kent County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $924K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,123 | 1,570 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $476 | $656 | $581 |
| Median household income | $80,147 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $578K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,565+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,493
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 277 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $80,147+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,060
- Median home value
- $330,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,746
- Daytime population
- 19,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Queen Anne’s County, MD | 77 | 15 | 7.5 | $920K | +8.8% | #136 of 1,611 |
| 2Worcester County, MD | 74 | 12 | 5.0 | $1.1M | +3.7% | #184 of 1,611 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 72 | 20 | 4.9 | $1.1M | +3.2% | #218 of 1,611 |
| 4Harford County, MD | 71 | 60 | 5.9 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #237 of 1,611 |
| 5Anne Arundel County, MD | 71 | 152 | 6.8 | $1.1M | +1.7% | #238 of 1,611 |
| 6Charles County, MD | 70 | 42 | 6.9 | $1.1M | +5.9% | #260 of 1,611 |
| 7Washington County, MD | 67 | 30 | 5.0 | $944K | +2.0% | #343 of 1,611 |
| 8Frederick County, MD | 67 | 88 | 8.4 | $889K | +11.0% | #346 of 1,611 |
| 9St. Mary’s County, MD | 64 | 31 | 7.3 | $998K | +2.4% | #428 of 1,611 |
| 10Prince George’s County, MD | 60 | 208 | 6.0 | $1M | +0.5% | #537 of 1,611 |
| Kent County, MD | Not scored | 4 | 4.7 | $1M | +2.3% |
Other business types in Kent 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 preschools
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Kent County, MD?
There are 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Kent County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kent County, MD spend on child care and other personal services?
About $4M a year, or $476 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,493 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, MD compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Kent County has 4.7 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Kent County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 19,565 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,493 households. The median household income in Kent County is $80,147 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.8% 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. Kent County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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