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Featured · Mid-Year 2026
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The U.S. Child Care Market Report
Our flagship report, written for owners and operators: 637 tracked sales, cap rates and rents through August 2026, the two rent markets pulling apart, KinderCare and Bright Horizons commentary, the $650M refinancing of 549 properties, twelve months of sold comps, and SDE multiples.
637
Tracked sales
7.27%
Median closing cap, 2026
41
States represented
$39.57
New-construction rent / SF
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Child Care Market Report
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Comps · Cap Rates · Rents · Capital Markets · Valuation
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Mid-Year 2026 Market Report637 sales · two rent markets · $650M refi
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Year-End 2025 Market Report100+ tracked sales · ARPA cliff · 2026 outlook
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Year-End 2024 Market Report6.6% avg cap · $178M volume · funding cliff begins
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2020–21 COVID Market ReportThe pandemic stress test · national operators move in
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