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Child care centers and preschools in Coos County, NH

The child care centers and preschools in Coos County, NH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.8M
On child care and other personal services · $414 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
31,343
+0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 child care center or preschool in Coos County. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

At $414 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Coos County spend about $5.8M a year on child care and other personal services. That works out to $5.8M per center.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Coos County classed as child care services. That is one for every 1,273 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates show Coos County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, Coos County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Coos County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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.

Child care and preschools in Coos County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureCoos CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.76.25.8
Spending per listing$5.8M$1.1M$1M
Households per official establishment1,2731,2431,573
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−6.7%+5.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on child care and other personal services$414$711$581
Median household income$57,677$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 11
Employees, 2023
100
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
23Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Coos 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 Coos County

Population, 2025 estimate
31,343+0.4% since 2020
Households
14,002
Median age
48.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,795 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$57,677+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,445
Median home value
$188,900
Jobs located here
11,577
Daytime population
27,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Child care and preschools across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Coos County marked.

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for child care centers and preschools by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hillsborough County, NH66995.9$1.3M+2.5%#356 of 1,611
2Rockingham County, NH65907.1$1.2M+3.0%#391 of 1,611
3Belknap County, NH6493.4$1.9M+2.1%#414 of 1,611
4Strafford County, NH63326.1$1.1M+3.0%#453 of 1,611
5Carroll County, NH60136.0$1M+5.0%#538 of 1,611
6Grafton County, NH59225.9$1.1M+2.2%#567 of 1,611
7Sullivan County, NH5595.4$1M+2.1%#679 of 1,611
8Cheshire County, NH51196.2$922K+2.3%#795 of 1,611
9Merrimack County, NH47518.4$796K+2.6%#900 of 1,611
Coos County, NHNot scored10.7$5.8M+0.4%

Other business types in Coos County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many child care centers and preschools are in Coos County, NH?

There is 1 child care center or preschool on map listings in Coos County as of September 2026. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Coos County, NH spend on child care and other personal services?

About $5.8M a year, or $414 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,002 households in Coos County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coos County, NH compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?

Coos County has 1 child care center or preschool on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Coos County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,273 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.

How fast is Coos County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Coos County at 31,343 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,002 households. The median household income in Coos County is $57,677 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Coos County has no market score for child care centers and preschools: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for child care centers and preschools · All 56 business types in Coos County

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