Sectors
Education Private Equity
Childcare centers, schools and the companies that serve them are licensed by their states, and schools report to the federal government, so most of the market sits in public records. We read those records to map every operator in a niche and who owns it.
What we read
Each state keeps its own records, in its own shape. Joining them into one map of the market is the work.
- Childcare licenses
- Every licensed center, its capacity and its operator, state by state.
- Federal school records
- Public and private schools, colleges and training schools, with their enrollment.
- Charter school filings
- Charter schools and the management companies that run them.
- Training provider lists
- The training schools eligible for public training funds, state by state.
- School district contracts
- Which districts buy transport and other services, and from whom.
- Business registrations
- The owners and officers behind each operator.
What we have done here
We keep client names private. This is what the work was.
A childcare buyer
We mapped licensed childcare centers across its states, and their owners, for its acquisitions.
A software investment bank
We mapped software companies that serve schools and colleges, as one of several sectors for its bankers.
A student transportation buyer
A report on special needs student transport operators, every claim traced to its source.