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Child care centers and preschools in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #49 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 60
- 8 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- −3.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $62.5M
- On child care and other personal services · $393 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on child care and other personal services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $62.5M a year: $393 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1M per center, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
There are 60 child care centers and preschools on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, 34% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 50 businesses with payroll in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area classed as child care services, down 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 3,176 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Another 303 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $625K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.
Population estimates show the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #49 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,176 | 2,033 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.8% | +13.6% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $393 | $438 | $581 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50−3.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 812
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 303Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 608 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $625K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 preschools72
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 60 child care centers and preschools in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 8 of them (13%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 3.8% from 2019. Official counts list 303 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $62.5M a year, or $393 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 3.8 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 62, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,176 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 72 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #49 of 387 scored metro areas.
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