Established Licensed Childcare Center, ~150-Child Capacity

Child day care for sale in New York

Asking price

$285,000

Revenue

$1,513,615

Cash flow

$261,526

About this business

This is a licensed early childhood education center that has grown from a home-based operation into a large-capacity facility over 16 years, serving infants through school-age children with a full continuum of care. Programs span infant and toddler rooms, preschool and pre-K classrooms, before- and after-school care, summer camp, and school-break programming, creating seven distinct revenue streams under one roof. Enrollment is driven almost entirely by referrals, families frequently enroll younger siblings after positive experiences, and military and essential-worker families rely on the center's rare Saturday hours.

The center already runs without the owner in the building. Day-to-day operations are led by a licensed full-time director and an administrative team of three, with two leaders working overlapping shifts that cover the center's full operating day, and staff managing scheduling and operations independently. The team of approximately 15 full-time and 10 part-time staff is aware a sale is planned, and staff have expressed willingness to remain with a new owner. Comprehensive systems cover onboarding, licensing compliance, parent communication, health and safety, and emergency preparedness. State licensing through New York's Office of Children and Family Services is current, and the center works closely with early intervention and preschool special education providers, including an occupational therapist on-site.

Buyers should understand both the opportunity and the reality. Current enrollment is approximately 95 to 100 children against a licensed capacity of roughly 150, after state funding cuts reduced the preschool program by about 30 children, some of whom converted to before- and after-school care. That gap is the upside: a referral-driven reputation, a staffed leadership team, and licensed capacity already in place mean a new owner's path to growth is refilling rooms the center is already licensed and equipped to serve, not building anything new. The transaction will be structured as an asset purchase: the buyer acquires the operations, assets, and goodwill free and clear, with no existing liabilities of the seller's entity coming along, and the seller settling her obligations separately from proceeds.

The owner is stepping back for health reasons and is direct about it: the choice is a sale to a capable new owner or an eventual closure, and she would far rather hand families and staff to someone who will carry it forward. She is flexible on transition length, lives locally, and is open to remaining available for as long as a new owner needs. The standout: a 16-year community reputation built almost entirely on referrals, a leadership team that already runs the center day to day, and licensed capacity for roughly 50 percent more children than are enrolled today.

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