Child care · Small-town market · Ohio
Child care centers and preschools in the Findlay, OH area
How the Findlay, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 454 scored small-town markets
#1 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.2M
- On child care and other personal services · $384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 75,034
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Findlay area spend about $12.2M a year on child care and other personal services, or $384 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. Spread across 11 child care centers and preschools, that is $1.1M per center, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The Findlay area has 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Findlay area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 3,162 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts list 88 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Findlay area grew 0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Findlay area scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #75 of 454 scored small-town markets and #1 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Findlay area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Findlay area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $736K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,162 | 1,729 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.0% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $384 | $407 | $581 |
| Median household income | $73,141 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 181
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 88Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 the Findlay 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 Findlay area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,034+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 31,615
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 531 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 141
- Median household income
- $73,141+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,920
- Median home value
- $204,700
- Jobs located here
- 44,531
- Daytime population
- 83,823Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Findlay area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Findlay, OH | 70 | 11 | 3.5 | $1.1M | +0.1% | #75 of 454 |
| 2Wooster, OH | 68 | 14 | 3.2 | $1.2M | −0.1% | #85 of 454 |
| 3Celina, OH | 67 | 5 | 3.0 | $1.2M | +0.5% | #96 of 454 |
| 4Sidney, OH | 67 | 7 | 3.7 | $1M | −0.2% | #97 of 454 |
| 5Chillicothe, OH | 66 | 7 | 2.3 | $1.4M | −0.8% | #104 of 454 |
| 6Mount Vernon, OH | 66 | 9 | 3.8 | $1M | +1.9% | #108 of 454 |
| 7Marietta, OH | 65 | 6 | 2.4 | $1.4M | −2.1% | #112 of 454 |
| 8Norwalk, OH | 64 | 5 | 2.1 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #115 of 454 |
| 9Ashland, OH | 62 | 5 | 2.4 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #126 of 454 |
| 10Marion, OH | 61 | 7 | 2.8 | $1.1M | −0.4% | #136 of 454 |
Other business types in the Findlay 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 preschools70
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Findlay, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 child care centers and preschools in the Findlay area. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Official counts also show 88 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Findlay, OH area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $12.2M a year, or $384 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 31,615 households in the Findlay area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Findlay, OH area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Findlay area has 3.5 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Findlay area would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,162 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is the Findlay, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Findlay area at 75,034 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,615 households. Median household income in the Findlay area is $73,141, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Findlay area scores 70 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #75 of 454 scored small-town markets.
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