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Child care centers and preschools in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area
The child care centers and preschools in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #35 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 149
- 36 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 163
- +13.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $169.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $442 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,014,101
- +9.0% since 2020
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What this means
For child care centers and preschools, the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #35 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for child care centers and preschools.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 149 child care centers and preschools in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. 36 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 12% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
At $442 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area spend about $169.5M a year on child care and other personal services. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each center on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area was 163 in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. That is one for every 2,355 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $17M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,355 | 2,033 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.2% | +13.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $442 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $71,240 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 163+13.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,462
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $64.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,240Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14936 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 169The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $17M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,014,101+9.0% since 2020
- Households
- 383,842
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 355
- Median household income
- $71,240+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,317
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 442,869
- Daytime population
- 979,975Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 86 | 40 | 4.2 | $1.3M | +12.0% | #9 of 387 |
| 2Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 76 | 148 | 4.4 | $1.2M | +10.7% | #31 of 387 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 74 | 149 | 3.9 | $1.1M | +9.0% | #35 of 387 |
| 4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 72 | 60 | 3.8 | $1M | +20.9% | #49 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 65 | 570 | 5.3 | $1M | +10.1% | #87 of 387 |
| 5Columbia, SC | 60 | 156 | 4.6 | $935K | +6.0% | #120 of 387 |
| 6Spartanburg, SC | 55 | 61 | 4.3 | $909K | +14.3% | #168 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 52 | 102 | 4.4 | $1M | +4.7% | #181 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 27 | 36 | 4.6 | $807K | +0.9% | #344 of 387 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 22 | 18 | 4.4 | $829K | −0.3% | #365 of 387 |
Other business types in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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 preschools74
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area?
There are 149 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area as of September 2026. 36 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 163 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 1,240 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $169.5M a year, or $442 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 149 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 383,842 households in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area has 3.9 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.1M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area would have about 169, against 149 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,355 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area at 1,014,101 people in 2025, up 9.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 383,842 households. The median household income in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area is $71,240 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. The Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area scores 74 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #35 of 387 scored metro areas.
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