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Child care centers and preschools in Frederick County, VA
How Frederick County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for child care centers and preschools: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 93 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #4 of 1,611 scored counties
#1 of 61 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On child care and other personal services · $584 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 72% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,955
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools in Frederick County is 93 (very high), #4 of 1,611 scored counties and #1 of 61 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for child care centers and preschools.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 child care centers and preschools in Frederick County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in Frederick County spend about $20.7M a year on child care and other personal services, or $584 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each center on map listings, 72% above the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in Frederick County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 5,055 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Frederick County grew 8.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Frederick County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Frederick County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1M | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,055 | 1,702 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $584 | $602 | $581 |
| Median household income | $97,606 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 93 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $859K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 21The 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 Frederick 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 Frederick County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,955+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 35,385
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 230
- Median household income
- $97,606+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,937
- Median home value
- $386,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,890
- Daytime population
- 83,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, VA | 93 | 12 | 3.4 | $1.7M | +8.8% | #4 of 1,611 |
| 2Culpeper County, VA | 91 | 7 | 3.7 | $1.5M | +9.3% | #12 of 1,611 |
| 3Louisa County, VA | 87 | 5 | 3.2 | $1.6M | +13.6% | #25 of 1,611 |
| 4Suffolk city, VA | 86 | 15 | 4.0 | $1.4M | +10.4% | #34 of 1,611 |
| 5Bedford County, VA | 85 | 5 | 1.5 | $3.1M | +4.4% | #36 of 1,611 |
| 6Orange County, VA | 85 | 7 | 4.7 | $1.2M | +10.1% | #42 of 1,611 |
| 7Fauquier County, VA | 82 | 15 | 5.6 | $1.4M | +4.8% | #64 of 1,611 |
| 8James City County, VA | 78 | 15 | 4.7 | $1.4M | +6.2% | #114 of 1,611 |
| 9Richmond city, VA | 78 | 41 | 3.9 | $1.1M | +4.6% | #120 of 1,611 |
| 10Franklin County, VA | 77 | 6 | 2.6 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #127 of 1,611 |
Other business types in Frederick 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 preschools93
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in Frederick County, VA?
There are 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings in Frederick County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023. Another 92 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Frederick County, VA spend on child care and other personal services?
About $20.7M a year, or $584 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,385 households in Frederick County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Frederick County, VA compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
Frederick County has 3.4 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $1.7M, 72% above the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, Frederick County would have about 21, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,055 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S.
How fast is Frederick County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Frederick County at 99,955 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,385 households. The median household income in Frederick County is $97,606 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Frederick County scores 93 for child care centers and preschools (very high), #4 of 1,611 scored counties.
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