- Last Year Rank: 63
- Investment Range: $952,500 - $1,363,000
- Initial Investment: $135,000
- Category: Personal Services
Company Description
The Goddard School is an early childhood education and childcare provider, with franchised schools across the United States. The company offers care and education programs for children from six weeks to 6 years old, and its inquiry-based education program, Wonder of Learning, develops age-appropriate academic, social, and emotional skills through curiosity, collaboration, investigation and discovery.
Headquartered in Pennsylvania, Goddard Systems is the franchisor of the Goddard School. The company awards the $10,000 Anthony A. Martino Memorial Scholarship annually to a high school senior who graduated from a pre-kindergarten or kindergarten program at the Goddard School. Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought the company 2022.
Company Statistics
- Global Sales: $1,500,000,000
- US Units: 642
- International Units: 0
- Total Units: 642
- Percent Franchised: 100%
- % International Units: 0%
- US Franchised Units: 642
- International Franchised Units: 0
- Sales Growth %: 7.1%
- Unit Growth %: 2.4%
