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Child care centers and preschools in Williamson County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in Williamson County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #556 of 1,611 scored counties
#56 of 104 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 207
- 57 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 189
- +16.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $170.4M
- On child care and other personal services · $675 a household
- Spending per listing
- $823K
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 752,827
- +22.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $675 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Williamson County spend about $170.4M a year on child care and other personal services. Spread across 207 child care centers and preschools, that is $823K per center, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
Williamson County has 207 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 12% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Williamson County was 189 in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 712 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 23 SBA-backed loans worth $27.3M have gone to businesses classed as child care services in Williamson County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Williamson County grew 22.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Williamson County is 60 (upper middle), #556 of 1,611 scored counties and #56 of 104 scored counties in Texas.
How Williamson County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Williamson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $823K | $916K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,335 | 1,761 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.7% | +10.1% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +22.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $675 | $507 | $581 |
| Median household income | $111,340 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 162 → 189+16.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,396
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $98.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 712Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20757 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 170The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 23
- Amount
- $27.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in Williamson 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 Williamson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 752,827+22.3% since 2020
- Households
- 252,323
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,116 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 603
- Median household income
- $111,340+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,407
- Median home value
- $447,000
- Jobs located here
- 238,920
- Daytime population
- 563,844Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Texas, with Williamson County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 93 | 5 | 2.7 | $2M | +21.9% | #3 of 1,611 |
| 2Kendall County, TX | 92 | 9 | 5.1 | $1.4M | +19.6% | #8 of 1,611 |
| 3Comal County, TX | 91 | 33 | 4.6 | $1.4M | +27.9% | #13 of 1,611 |
| 4Johnson County, TX | 88 | 23 | 3.5 | $1.4M | +20.5% | #23 of 1,611 |
| 5Montgomery County, TX | 86 | 119 | 4.8 | $1.3M | +24.9% | #35 of 1,611 |
| 6Rockwall County, TX | 85 | 22 | 5.3 | $1.4M | +28.9% | #39 of 1,611 |
| 7Hunt County, TX | 84 | 10 | 2.6 | $1.6M | +23.0% | #45 of 1,611 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 83 | 10 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +21.5% | #57 of 1,611 |
| 9Chambers County, TX | 82 | 7 | 4.1 | $1.6M | +22.6% | #63 of 1,611 |
| 10Midland County, TX | 81 | 29 | 4.3 | $1.4M | +10.0% | #71 of 1,611 |
| 56Williamson County, TX | 60 | 207 | 8.2 | $823K | +22.3% | #556 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Williamson 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 preschools60
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Williamson County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 207 child care centers and preschools in Williamson County. 57 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, up 16.7% from 2019. Another 712 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Williamson County, TX spend on child care and other personal services?
About $170.4M a year, or $675 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 207 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $823K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 252,323 households in Williamson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Williamson County, TX compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Williamson County has 8.2 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $823K, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the U.S. ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Williamson County would have about 170, against 207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,335 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Williamson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Williamson County at 752,827 people in 2025, up 22.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 252,323 households. Median household income in Williamson County is $111,340, 38% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.5%, 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. Williamson County scores 60 for child care centers and preschools (upper middle), #556 of 1,611 scored counties.
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