NAICS 624410
Child Day Care Services in California
Establishments primarily engaged in providing day care for infants and children, including preschool education.
- Establishments (2023)
- 9,670
- Statewide, California
- Employees
- 89,288
- Mid-March employment
- Annual payroll
- $3.3B
- All establishments
- Avg. establishment size
- 9.2
- Employees per establishment
What acquirers look at
License capacity is the asset and it does not transfer automatically in California. Staff-to-child ratio requirements cap margin structurally.
Childcare by county
Ranked by establishment count, 2023 County Business Patterns. For the crowded-versus-underserved reading, see the saturation ranking, which ranks by establishments per resident instead.
| # | County | Establishments | Per 10k residents | Share of state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County | 2,007 | 2.1 | 20.8% |
| 2 | San Diego County | 883 | 2.7 | 9.1% |
| 3 | Santa Clara County | 803 | 4.2 | 8.3% |
| 4 | Alameda County | 710 | 4.3 | 7.3% |
| 5 | Orange County | 632 | 2.0 | 6.5% |
| 6 | San Francisco County | 489 | 5.9 | 5.1% |
| 7 | Contra Costa County | 385 | 3.3 | 4.0% |
| 8 | San Mateo County | 357 | 4.8 | 3.7% |
| 9 | Riverside County | 336 | 1.3 | 3.5% |
| 10 | Sacramento County | 335 | 2.1 | 3.5% |
| 11 | San Bernardino County | 258 | 1.2 | 2.7% |
| 12 | Ventura County | 206 | 2.5 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Sonoma County | 152 | 3.1 | 1.6% |
| 14 | Santa Barbara County | 147 | 3.3 | 1.5% |
| 15 | Placer County | 142 | 3.2 | 1.5% |
| 16 | San Joaquin County | 140 | 1.7 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Fresno County | 139 | 1.3 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Kern County | 139 | 1.5 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Santa Cruz County | 131 | 5.1 | 1.4% |
| 20 | Marin County | 130 | 5.1 | 1.3% |
| 21 | Solano County | 116 | 2.5 | 1.2% |
| 22 | San Luis Obispo County | 102 | 3.6 | 1.1% |
| 23 | Stanislaus County | 94 | 1.7 | 1.0% |
| 24 | Monterey County | 83 | 1.9 | 0.9% |
| 25 | Butte County | 63 | 3.0 | 0.7% |
Counties in California
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Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns. Establishment counts, employment and annual payroll by NAICS. Retrieved 2026-09-08.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2026Q1). Quarterly establishment counts and employment for employers covered by unemployment insurance. Retrieved 2026-09-08.