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UK and Ireland's 20 largest nursery chains

Position Nursery chain Places Settings 2004 (JUNE)*

2004 (JUNE)*

1 ( - ) Nursery Years Group1 10,336 151

2 (2) Nord Anglia 9,833 103

3 (3) Just Learning 5,630 65

4 (5) Bright Horizons F S 4,922 92

5 (4) Busy Bees 4,257 45

6 (9) Buffer Bear Nurseries 2,776 49

7 (10) Child Base 2,560 33

8 (8) Teddies Nurseries 2,493 44

9 (11) Ravenstone House 1,436 13

10 (14) The Childcare Corporation 1,252 13

11 (13) Treetops Private Day Nurseries 1,228 18

12 (12) Academy Childcare 1,094 13

13 (-) Wind in the Willows 1,008 18

14 (15 ) Toad Hall Nursery Group 949 16

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