When selling an early childhood education (ECE) business, the best outcomes come from preparing around the exact areas sophisticated buyers underwrite. Below are the key value drivers—and what to emphasize—so you can reduce buyer friction, protect price, and increase certainty of close.

States are rapidly reshaping the early‑education funding map now that the federal COVID‑era stabilization grants— $24 billion that propped up 220,000 providers—expired last September.

After a volatile few years, many operators hoped 2025 would bring a clear rebound in center‑based enrollment. Instead, the data point to another “treading‑water” year.

SchoolWise is pleased to have advised in the sale of 29 schools in 2024, representing more than $135 million in transaction volume on our behalf of our clients in the United States.

New Survey from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) makes clear that the costs of liability insurance for child care providers are rapidly increasing and doing so at a time when many are unable to afford it.