Nursery World - Nursery Chains: League Table

It's 'steady as she goes' for the biggest chains - with the exception of Treetops, a group in a rush to expand. But they had better watch some of the ambitious groups down-table, says Catherine Gaunt.

Since the Nursery Chains supplement was first published 12 years ago, the number of nursery chains in the directory has continued to grow with every year. To reflect the strength in numbers in the sector today, we have increased the list of British and Irish chains in our annual top table from 20 to 25, in doing so bringing new names to the fore.

The first issue of the supplement, which was published in 1998, featured just 70 nursery groups, operating 550 nurseries, creche and out-of-school clubs.

This year, we are publishing details of more than 160 nursery chains, including 15 new entries.

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