Day Care & Child Care Centers, Other Education & Children
Sale Pending
Absentee-Run Licensed Childcare Center + RE, SBA Pre-Qualified
Indiana, United States
Asking Price$840,000
Revenue$1,200,000
EBITDA$336,000
Cash Flow-
Description
Well-established, licensed childcare center and preschool in the Louisville metro area, offered together with its owned real estate. The center is long-established in its community and cares for children from infancy through pre-kindergarten, open year-round.
The business runs on an absentee basis: an on-site director manages daily operations while ownership is involved only minimally each week. It is supported by a tenured, credentialed staff. Revenue is recurring weekly tuition from a mix of private-pay families and state childcare-subsidy support, supplemented by federal food-program reimbursements.
The center operates near full with a waitlist in its youngest rooms, and has room to grow enrollment within its existing licensed capacity and footprint. That is a clear path for a new owner to increase revenue against a largely fixed cost base.
The owned real estate is included in the asking price. Because the real estate represents more than half of the purchase price, the transaction qualifies for SBA financing with 25-year amortization, which lowers a buyer's debt service.
Well suited to an owner-operator, a first-time buyer using SBA financing, or a regional childcare operator seeking a turnkey add-on. A signed non-disclosure agreement and buyer qualification are required to receive detailed financials and the confidential information memorandum.
All figures are approximate, unaudited, and subject to verification. Inquiries are handled exclusively through Munera Capital/Leading Edge
Real EstateBuilding Size: 6000 sq. ft.
$920kIncluded in Asking Price
Business is
Absentee Owner
Number of EmployeesFull-Time: 22
Reason Selling
Retirement
Facilities & Assets
The sale includes the owned, purpose-built real estate: a single-tenant childcare facility operated as a licensed center for many years. It is fitted with code-compliant classrooms, a commercial kitchen for on-site meal preparation, and secured outdoor play space. Recent investment went into playground and site improvements. All furniture, fixtures, classroom equipment, kitchen equipment, and the technology platform used for enrollment, billing, and parent communication convey with the business. Because the real estate is included and represents more than half of the purchase price, the transaction qualifies for SBA financing with 25-year amortization.
Support & Training
The seller will provide an orderly transition, with remote availability afterward as needed. The business is already run by an on-site director and a tenured, credentialed staff who manage daily operations, so it does not depend on the owner, who is absentee. That management depth makes the handoff low-risk for a new owner. Licenses in this industry are not automatically transferable, so a buyer obtains a new state license and re-enrolls in the subsidy and food programs. The seller and staff will support that licensing transition, and staff background-check consents transfer to the new licensee.
Market & Competition
The center draws from a dense, working-family catchment within a major metropolitan area. Demand for licensed childcare in the area consistently exceeds supply, and the center maintains a waitlist, particularly for infants and toddlers, where capacity is most constrained industry-wide. The immediate market is served by only a limited number of licensed centers, while the broader metro has many more, which reflects constrained local supply and supports steady occupancy. Revenue is diversified across private-pay families, state childcare-subsidy support, and a federal food-reimbursement program, which reduces reliance on any single source.
Growth Opportunities
The licensing authority recently increased the center's approved capacity, and those additional seats are not yet filled. That gives a new owner immediate, day-one room to grow enrollment within the existing building and staff, at high incremental margin against a largely fixed cost base. Open seats are concentrated in the toddler and preschool rooms. Further upside comes from measured tuition increases, since rates are set deliberately below nearby metro levels to keep rooms full, from adding a single teacher to under-filled larger rooms, and from maintaining the food-program reimbursement and quality rating that support both reputation and economics.
Financing Options
SBA eligible. Seller open to a small note if required by SBA
Business listed by
Leading Edge Brokers
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