Child care · County · Maryland
Child care centers and preschools in Queen Anne’s County, MD
How Queen Anne’s County, MD 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 #136 of 1,611 scored counties
#1 of 21 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 15
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On child care and other personal services · $693 a household
- Spending per listing
- $920K
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,448
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, Queen Anne’s County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #136 of 1,611 scored counties and #1 of 21 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for child care centers and preschools.
Household spending on child care and other personal services in Queen Anne’s County comes to about $13.8M a year: $693 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That works out to $920K per center, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Queen Anne’s County has 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 29% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Queen Anne’s County in 2023. That is one for every 2,488 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $933K has gone to businesses classed as child care services in Queen Anne’s County. Population estimates show Queen Anne’s County grew 8.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Queen Anne’s 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 | Queen Anne’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $920K | $924K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,488 | 1,570 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.5% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $693 | $656 | $581 |
| Median household income | $112,826 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 138
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 86Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 151 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $933K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Queen Anne’s 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 Queen Anne’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,448+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,907
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 372 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 139
- Median household income
- $112,826+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,291
- Median home value
- $462,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,070
- Daytime population
- 42,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Queen Anne’s County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Queen Anne’s 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 Queen Anne’s County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 child care centers and preschools in Queen Anne’s County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 86 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Queen Anne’s County, MD spend on child care and other personal services?
About $13.8M a year, or $693 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $920K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 19,907 households in Queen Anne’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Queen Anne’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Queen Anne’s County has 7.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $920K, 8% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Queen Anne’s County would have about 14, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,488 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Queen Anne’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Queen Anne’s County at 54,448 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,907 households. Median household income in Queen Anne’s County is $112,826, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Queen Anne’s County scores 77 for child care centers and preschools (high), #136 of 1,611 scored counties.
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