Stark County Childcare Center with $452,800 Annualized Revenue

Asking $149,900 with a 24.5% Net Margin Through May 2026 and Seller Financing Available

 


Revenue for the five months ended May 31, 2026 reached $188,664, an annualized pace near $452,800. Net margin across that same window ran 24.5%, against 2.2% for full year 2025. The cost structure operating today is not the one that produced the 2025 result.

The business is a 6,000 square foot licensed child care center in Stark County, Ohio, enrolling children from six weeks through eleven years. That span covers roughly 11 years of a family's care needs at one location, so enrollment does not end when a child ages out of the infant and toddler rooms. Dedicated classroom space separates the age groups, which is what the license structure requires and what allows the center to carry a family from the infant room into school age care.

Enrollment funding runs through two channels, private pay tuition and Ohio's Publicly Funded Child Care program. As of January 2025, 54% of Ohio's 8,416 child care providers participated in that program. Certification is already active here, so the center draws from both markets rather than competing inside one of them.

Eleven employees run daily operations under multiple layers of management. Enrollment decisions, staffing, and finance sit at the oversight level rather than requiring a daily floor presence. Ohio's child care workforce fell 31.94% between 2017 and 2023, which makes an intact 11-person staff harder to assemble than to acquire.

The $149,900 price includes $30,000 in furniture, fixtures, and equipment. Inventory is not material to the transaction and carries no value in the price. Annual depreciation has held at $8,280 across the four most recent federal tax returns, reflecting routine maintenance rather than deferred capital projects. Nine years of licensing history and four years of federal tax returns transfer with the business, and the operating license transfers subject to buyer qualification under Ohio Department of Job and Family Services rules.

Real estate is owned separately from the operating business and sits outside the $149,900 asking price.

 

Key Highlights


Revenue of $427,217 in 2025 and $188,664 for the five months ended May 31, 2026, an annualized pace near $452,800 and roughly 6% ahead of the 2025 full year
Net margin of 24.5% for the five months ended May 31, 2026 against 2.2% for full year 2025
Asking price of $149,900 including $30,000 in furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Established 2016 with nine years of continuous licensed operation at the same location, offered because the owner is pursuing other business ventures
11 employees operating under a multi-layer management structure that supports oversight-level ownership
6,000 square foot licensed facility serving children from six weeks through eleven years
Enrollment funded through both private pay tuition and Ohio's Publicly Funded Child Care program, with certification already active
Real estate owned separately, available for purchase in a separate transaction, and not included in the $149,900



Financials Summary





Metric
Value




Annual Revenue, 2024
$517,045


Annual Revenue, 2025
$427,217


Revenue, five months ended May 31, 2026
$188,664


2026 Annualized Run Rate
Approximately $452,800


Net Margin, five months ended May 31, 2026
24.5%


Net Margin, full year 2025
2.2%


 
 


Asking Price
$149,900


 
 


Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment
$30,000, included in the price


Inventory
Not material


Annual Depreciation
$8,280 across the four most recent federal tax returns


Real Estate
Owned separately, available for purchase, not included





 


Transaction Details


Seller financing is available. The seller will carry a portion of the purchase price to support a buyer's lender equity injection and working capital, with amount and term negotiable.
SBA pre-qualification is in process and not yet confirmed. A lender review weighs trailing tax return earnings against the documented 2026 improvement and trailing twelve month financials.
Real estate is owned separately from the operating business, is not included in the $149,900.
The business operates from a licensed 6,000 square foot facility and is not relocatable or home based.
Eleven employees operate under a multi-layer management structure.
Books and records include four federal tax returns and interim 2026 financial statements, with figures verifiable against filed returns.





Revenue ran $517,045 in 2024 and $427,217 in 2025, a gap of $89,828. The 6,000 square foot license and the 11-person staff that supported the 2024 figure are both in place today, so recovering that volume is an enrollment question rather than a square footage or capital question.

Ohio pays publicly funded child care reimbursement on a scale running $140.98 to $368.75 per child per week depending on provider type and quality rating. Advancing the center's Step Up To Quality star rating raises the per-child rate on enrollment already in the building, without adding a single child.

Only 54% of Ohio's 8,416 child care providers accepted publicly funded enrollment as of January 2025. Certification here is already active, so added publicly funded enrollment requires no new application, no additional licensing step, and no capital.

The license already covers children through eleven years. School age care and summer programming operate inside the existing license and the existing 6,000 square feet, which means the age band is a scheduling decision rather than a build-out.
The five months ended May 31, 2026 produced a 24.5% net margin against 2.2% for full year 2025. Holding that cost structure across a full twelve months is an operating discipline question rather than an investment question.


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