Entrepreneur ranked Kiddie Academy® Educational Child Care #118 in its 2022 Franchise 500. That’s a jump of 11 spots from its position in the prior year’s rankings of the world’s top franchise companies. The Franchise 500 rankings are based on evaluations of companies’ costs and fees; size and growth; support; brand strength; and financial strength and stability.
“In more than 40 years as pioneers in the educational child care industry, our company has time and again been recognized as being a leader in the field. This is the 20th consecutive year we’ve made this listing. To be recognized again and To be recognized again by Entrepreneur and to see our position jump is incredibly gratifying,” said Kiddie Academy President Joshua Frick. “Even in the face of the challenges of the past couple of years, our company has continued to grow, opening 20 new locations in 2021. That speaks volumes about both the resiliency of the child care industry and the quality of the hard-working people throughout our system. We’re looking forward to keeping this momentum rolling in 2022 and beyond.”
There are currently 288 Kiddie Academy locations operating in 31 states and the District of Columbia. The company anticipates opening the 300th location this year.
In addition to the Entrepreneur ranking, the company was also recently ranked on the 2022 Franchise Direct’s Top 100 list. Our rank of #61 is the highest among all the Children’s Franchises that made the list. And FranchiseRankings.com’s Top 10 Education Franchises included us as the only high quality educational child care company in its list.
