Analysis
NAICS 6244 is the 2022 industry group for child care services, part of 624 (Social Assistance).
It has only one more detailed code, 624410, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 82,162 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,045,052 people at an average annual payroll of $29,695 per employee (3rd percentile of national industries). 36% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 6% and employment rose 6%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 4 codes at this level within Social Assistance, with 41.2% of them.