Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/five-trends-impacting-the-for-profit-child-care-world/5023369/
Thirty years — that’s how long Exchange has been following trends in the for-profit child care sector. Over these 30 years some things have stayed the same. KinderCare Education has remained at the top of our listing of the “Largest For-Profit Organizations in North America,” for all 30 years — only their name has changed from time to time. Similarly, Learning Care Group, Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Noble Learning Communities, and ChildCare Network have owned the second, third, fourth, and fifth positions among non-franchise organizations for nearly two decades.
And every year there are new elements entering in. Currently, the for-profit community is being strongly impacted by five trends — four of which have been developing for years and one of which just happened in November.
It’s a Seller’s Market
For about five years there were not many organizations in the Top 50 lists that changed hands. Then in 2015 the floodgates were opened with KinderCare and Nobel being acquired by international investors who were bullish in the child care market in the United States. In 2016, five organizations in the middle of the Top 50 list in 2015 were acquired by organizations near the top of the list.
In the past 30 years there have been ...