Determining the Demand in your Area
Hello there,
I am looking to open a home based day care in a couple of years.
We will be relocating to a new neighbourhood, and I am trying to determine whether the demand in this neighbourhood will be high enough that I will be successful, or if I should be prepared for plan B (find a job)...
The area is new, phase 1 is complete and phase 2 in porogress... I do know there are 2 new schools.
From my research, I can see that there are at least 3 other home daycares in this neighbourhood.
I did e-mail 1 daycare to see if they would shed some light on the demand, but I have not gotten a response yet.
Any ideas?
Lots of providers AND lots of demand my way :-)
It depends on alot of things.
My area is right at the border of 2 places so... that is a bonus for me. Lots of parents commute and I am less than 5 mins away from the 401.
Even though there are alot of providers in my area (I check the main page every once in a while) I am, from my experience with interviews, the only one who has all toddlers in my care. That is a big selling point for parents. They want their kids with other ones in the same age range, I also don't have pets, or do field trips which are issues with other parents as well.
Good luck to you!!