🧸Opening a Daycare / kindergarten in Seattle: a location research guide
Seattle — A coffee-obsessed Pacific Northwest hub with strong neighbourhood retail beyond a compact downtown. If you're thinking about opening a daycare / kindergarten here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.
Live OpenStreetMap data — every daycare / kindergarten currently mapped in Seattle, plotted by neighbourhood.
The data below + a free interactive map showing competitor density, foot-traffic proxies and key catchment factors.
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What to look at on the map
For a daycare / kindergarten, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Seattle on the interactive map, focus on these:
- 🏠Residential density (500m)
Young family households with under-6 children.
- 🅿️Parking nearby
Parent drop-off / pickup needs lane or curbside.
Where to look in Seattle
Seattle has several commercial districts where daycare / kindergarten businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:
- Downtown
- Capitol Hill
- Ballard
- Fremont
- Queen Anne
- University District
30 daycare / kindergartens mapped in Seattle
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- ClaimSaint Alphonsus PreschoolUnclaimed47.6712, -122.3754
- ClaimWorldKids School FremontUnclaimed4918 Linden Avenue North Seattle·site
- ClaimThe Cherish AcademyUnclaimed47.5610, -122.2922·site
- ClaimOrchard Pre-KUnclaimed47.6501, -122.3411·site
- ClaimKaleidoscope SchoolUnclaimed2426 32nd Avenue West Seattle
- ClaimIvy Blossom PreschoolUnclaimed2450 33rd Avenue West Seattle·site
- ClaimCelestial Early Learning CenterUnclaimed3925 Stone Way North Seattle·site
- ClaimBright HorizonsUnclaimed1414 Spring Street Seattle
- ClaimCooperative Children’s CenterUnclaimed5315 Roosevelt Way Northeast Seattle·site
- ClaimKinderCareUnclaimed1827 8th Avenue Seattle·site
- ClaimBright HorizonsUnclaimed4530 38th Avenue Southwest Seattle
- ClaimBright Horizons at Lower Queen AnneUnclaimed325 1st Avenue North Seattle
- ClaimSeattle Early Learning CenterUnclaimed2634 Alki Avenue Southwest Seattle·site
- ClaimDenise Louie Education CenterUnclaimed801 South Lane Street Seattle
- ClaimBright HorizonsUnclaimed2688 Northeast University Village Street Seattle·site
Investment outlook
Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a daycare / kindergarten:
Common rookie mistakes
The mistakes that sink first-time daycare / kindergarten owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:
- ⚠Underestimating licensing timeline (3-12 months)
Open the interactive map
Ready to scan Seattle block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.
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