Nursery World - Large nursery groups 'hungrier' for growth, report suggests

Larger nursery groups are expected to continue to grow in 2020, buying up single nurseries and small chains, predicts childcare property broker Redwoods Dowling Kerr.

Large corporate groups are predicted to continue to buy up smaller nursery businesses

In its new Global Childcare Property Report, which outlines activity in the childcare property market in 2019 and makes predictions for this year, Redwoods Dowling Kerr (RDK) says it expects there to be further acquisitions by large corporate operators in 2020 which will increase the market share as a percentage by operators with greater than 20 settings.

It is believed by RDK that Bertram nursery group, which grew by 17 per cent in 2019, is seeking further acquisitions.

The report claims that childcare providers with 20 plus settings, referred to as ‘corporate operators’, have become ‘more aggressive’ in their approach and ‘hungrier in their appetite’.

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