Selling a childcare business is not like selling a building
The best buyer for a center is almost always another operator — often a competitor across town, sometimes a group three states away. Finding them takes more than a listing site. It takes knowing who they are, what they own, and what they’re looking for.
That is what my database does. I’ve spent years building it — more than 123,000 licensed centers and 88,000 owner contacts, organized market by market — and I put it to work on every assignment, with the research, marketing, and closing resources of Kidder Mathews behind it.
helping childcare owners
Sell Your Center
Sales of childcare businesses and real estate, marketed directly to the operators most likely to buy.
portfolio sales
Multi-site transactions run as one coordinated process, in one state or ten.
national dispositions
For REITs and institutional owners: local execution in every market, coordinated from one point of contact.
Local expertise in every market — I work with it, not against it.
Owners and institutions typically hire a local broker, and they should — nobody replaces on-the-ground market knowledge. What most local brokers don’t have is a national childcare buyer network. I supply it. On assignments across the country I support local brokers — Kidder Mathews colleagues and outside firms alike — with the database, buyer distribution, and transaction coordination, so every listing reaches the right operators, including the competitors in that market, faster.
Co-brokerage is always welcome.
Kidder Mathews Offices
childcare advisory reach
Sold | Daycare | Bellevue, WA
Bellevue Early Education Center — $10.3M
Seller: Kids Klub, a Pasadena operator of roughly 30 years
"Aaron’s specialized market understanding was an invaluable asset to us... He made sure to be discreet and offered private tours at hours that wouldn’t interfere with business. We received multiple offers that surpassed our expectations, followed by a second round of bidding that further increased the value of the property... In the end, we were more than satisfied with the outcome of our difficult decision to sell. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to Aaron."
michael wojciechowski
Owner, Kids Klub, LLC
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Aaron Kraft
Senior Vice President, Shareholder
425.283.8676
aaron.kraft@kidder.com
Kidder Mathews is the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S., with over 500 brokers in 20 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, and performs an average of $9 billion transactions annually. For more information, visit kidder.com.
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