Early Learning Center Business Opportunity
Open an Early Learning Center FRANCHISE WITH IVY KIDS
Our mission is to develop long-term relationships based on honesty, trust, and hard work so that our franchisees prosper. As a family-owned company, our values, commitment to improvement, and emphasis on education make us the leading education franchise organization in child care. If you want to start a preschool franchise, you can count on us to put you a step ahead.
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Start a Business That Makes
an Impact
Elevate tomorrow for you and thousands of kids across the US with an Ivy Kids Early Learning Center. Join us, and let’s craft a future where your investment grows your bottom line while contributing to the growth of future leaders.
2022
Number of preschool-age children in the US
(source: Center for American Progress)
2023
Number of working parents that rely on childcare centers
(source: Zippia)
2033
Expected US childcare market size
(source: Globe News Wire)
Why Open an Ivy Kids
School Franchise
With over two decades of teaching young learners, we’ve honed our business into a successful model, allowing franchisees to benefit from our wealth of experience and thrive on a proven path to success.
Experience the future of education with Ivy Kids’ Multiprep Curriculum – a research-based, smart, and practical approach that transforms and propels learning.
Ivy Kids’ nutrition program is part of our holistic approach to education, encouraging children to make health-conscious choices early on.
We offer comprehensive training, ongoing guidance, and a collaborative partnership to ensure you thrive as a confident and capable franchise owner.
Benefit from our expertise in securing prime locations, learn how to execute a seamless setup, and propel your success through strategic site selection and guidance.
What Does an Ivy Kids
Preschool Franchise Cost?
Long-Term Lease
Liquid Capital Required
$300,000 with an SBA loan
Franchisees lease their location
Small-Concept
Liquid Capital Required
$450,000 – $600,000 with an SBA loan
Franchisees own a location of approximately 10,000 square feet
Large-Concept
Liquid Capital Required
$600,000+ with an SBA loan
Franchisees own a location of approximately 15,000 square feet
What Makes Ivy Kids
THE PREMIER OPTION for Families?
Families choose Ivy Kids for our comprehensive approach that prioritizes safety, a thoughtfully crafted curriculum, nutritious meals, top-notch facilities, and visionary leadership—because excellence in child care means addressing every aspect of their development.
Brain Bites: Our childcare franchise stands out because we believe in caring for the whole child – mind and body. Our franchises offer “Brain Bites,” with a certified chef preparing 100% fresh, healthy meals and snacks on premises for kids to enjoy. Parents love that their tuition includes it all!
What revenue streams do Ivy Kids franchisees leverage?
While we’re most recognized for our curriculum, Ivy Kids offers multiple services to suit a variety of needs. This model is immensely valuable to our franchisees as it allows them to work with a wide range of families. Our other programs include:
- After school care
- Infant & toddler
- Pre-kindergarten
- Enrichment
- Summer camp
This wide range of offerings allows our franchisees to work with kids year round!
Security: Keeping kids safe is our #1 priority, and our comprehensive security program is another Ivy Kids differentiator. Full-day monitoring for parents via webcams, auto-lock doors and gates, touchscreen monitoring, and other safety measures are built into every franchise. Furthermore, our staff is highly trained in CPR and first aid. Our continual management walkthroughs and checks ensure that everyone is doing their part to keep our schools secure. Finally, we have critical procedures in place for emergencies. Parents love that Ivy Kids goes above and beyond to ensure the safety of their children.
Curriculum/Leadership: Our unique curriculum is based on Harvard professor Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, which posits that everyone uses multiple skill sets in their everyday life. Thus, intelligence can’t be quantified by a single measure like an IQ score. We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all curriculum that can stimulate some learners while leaving others bored and unengaged. We nurture all eight clusters of intelligence through our proprietary active learning curriculum:
- Kinesthetic
- Naturalistic
- Linguistic
- Intrapersonal
- Musical
- Visual
- Logical
- Interpersonal
Ivy Kids Early Learning Center:
- We are an early childhood education franchise focused on unlocking the potential of every one of our students.
- We are education experts who have developed a proprietary multiple intelligence-based curriculum designed to foster academics, leadership, and values at the highest level.
- We are you. We believe in the importance of family and education and that every child deserves a chance to shine. We aspired to send our own children to the finest schools, too.
- We are knowledgeable. We ran our early learning centers independently for 15 years before we began franchising, and we still own them today!
We think you’ll find our early learning center franchise is a great opportunity for like-minded investors to build strong businesses in the early childhood education industry.
A letter from our
Ivy Kids Founders!
When we started Ivy Kids in 2003, our goal was to develop a learning center that we would want to enroll our children in. Since then, our children have grown up, and Ivy Kids has grown into one of the most trusted early learning providers in the greater Houston area.
We are now offering this unique franchise opportunity to families like yours who are passionate about providing a safe, nurturing, and educational environment for children. We are looking for families who, like ours, want to develop a learning center they would be proud to enroll their kids in.
– Alnoor and Laila Bandali
Early Learning Center Franchise
Early Education Franchise Opportunities
Ivy Kids Available Territories
We provide high-caliber, education-focused services to families with young kids. Ivy Kids is perfectly positioned to take advantage of today’s market dynamics with a uniquely developed franchise program that not only helps children’s social and educational development but also provides franchise owners access to a fully crafted curriculum, real estate expertise, and a dedicated founding support team.
- Training
- Support
- Real Estate
- Marketing
Training
- Corporate-based in-classroom training and pre-opening location-based training
- Specific instruction for owner, center director, and education director
- Assistance in licensing, opening, staff development, and retention
- Dedicated training of all new teachers and refresher training for long-term staff
- Guidance for implementing effective grand opening, open house events, and community-orientated activities
Support
- In-depth consultation report and quality analysis of operations with action plan to optimize performance
- Ongoing refresher operations training and field support
- Regular communication and guidance with dedicated Franchise Business Consultant and Training Support Specialists
- Access to Ivy Kids patent pending curriculum and Summer Camps
- Support on-staff development and retention
Real Estate
- Providing demographic studies for site selection
- Feasibility period support
- Obtaining permits
- Building and construction management training
Marketing
- Strategic marketing plan with campaigns and recommended budget to enable cost-effective marketing and ROI
- Inbound marketing activities focused on generating quality leads and building customer relationships
- Training and guidance on using print, digital, social media, direct mail, and email marketing
- Management of pay-per-click (PPC) and display advertising
- Dedicated center website and corporate online print store with customizable marketing collateral
- Recommended merchandise and cost-effective promotional materials
A Standout Early Education Franchise Opportunity
Ideal Candidate
Ivy Kids seeks the best
Ivy Kids works with franchisees from many different backgrounds. Experience in education can be helpful but isn’t a requirement. Similarly, if you’ve ever managed a team, you may have an easier time adapting to your new role as an Ivy Kids franchisee.
That said, the most important quality of our franchisees is a love of kids and a serious commitment to give them the best education possible!
You possess a passion for leading & supporting others