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Child care centers and preschools in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for child care centers and preschools in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #216 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 27
- 1 chain location (4%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- −8.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $25.6M
- On child care and other personal services · $380 a household
- Spending per listing
- $947K
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 166,472
- +1.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 27 child care centers and preschools in the Janesville-Beloit metro area. One of them (4%) is a chain location, against 12% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 5.8.
Households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area spend about $25.6M a year on child care and other personal services, or $380 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That is about $947K of household spending for each center on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as child care services in the Janesville-Beloit metro area was 34 in 2023, down 8.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,977 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. Official counts also show 222 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $798K have gone to businesses classed as child care services in the Janesville-Beloit metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Janesville-Beloit metro area grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for child care centers and preschools, ranking #216 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Janesville-Beloit metro area compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Janesville-Beloit metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.8 |
| Spending per listing | $947K | $832K | $1M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,977 | 1,561 | 1,573 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.1% | +0.3% | +5.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.7% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on child care and other personal services | $380 | $422 | $581 |
| Median household income | $75,673 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34−8.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 222Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $798K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as child care services in the Janesville-Beloit 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 166,472+1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 67,201
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 229
- Median household income
- $75,673+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,984
- Median home value
- $231,600
- Jobs located here
- 69,632
- Daytime population
- 154,793Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for child care centers and preschools, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Janesville-Beloit metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Appleton, WI | 71 | 34 | 3.4 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #53 of 387 |
| 2Wausau, WI | 67 | 12 | 2.1 | $1.9M | +1.0% | #67 of 387 |
| 3Fond du Lac, WI | 67 | 10 | 2.3 | $1.7M | +0.5% | #68 of 387 |
| 4Sheboygan, WI | 62 | 13 | 2.6 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #96 of 387 |
| 5Green Bay, WI | 61 | 51 | 3.7 | $1.1M | +2.5% | #109 of 387 |
| 6Janesville-Beloit, WI | 47 | 27 | 4.0 | $947K | +1.7% | #216 of 387 |
| 7Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 47 | 34 | 4.7 | $831K | +1.4% | #222 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 45 | 954 | 6.5 | $866K | +2.6% | #235 of 387 |
| 8Madison, WI | 40 | 188 | 6.2 | $798K | +4.1% | #264 of 387 |
| 9Kenosha, WI | 36 | 34 | 4.9 | $893K | −0.4% | #285 of 387 |
Other business types in the Janesville-Beloit 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 preschools47
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many child care centers and preschools are in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area?
The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 27 child care centers and preschools on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count day care centers and preschools. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as child care services in 2023, down 8.1% from 2019. Another 222 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area spend on child care and other personal services?
About $25.6M a year, or $380 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 child care centers and preschools on map listings, it comes to $947K per center. It is estimated from the incomes of the 67,201 households in the Janesville-Beloit metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for child care centers and preschools?
The Janesville-Beloit metro area has 4.0 child care centers and preschools per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 5.8. Spending per center is $947K, 5% below the U.S. figure of $1M. At the national ratio of child care centers and preschools to household spending, the Janesville-Beloit metro area would have about 26, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,977 households, against one for every 1,573 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +5.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Janesville-Beloit metro area at 166,472 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 67,201 households. The median household income in the Janesville-Beloit metro area is $75,673 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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 Janesville-Beloit metro area scores 47 for child care centers and preschools (lower middle), #216 of 387 scored metro areas.
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