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Top 25 Preschool programs based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 127 preschool programs headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,934 professional contacts across them, including 1,001 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers preschool programs headquartered in Chicago, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest preschool programs based in Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Illinois Action for Children is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to quality, accessible early learning and care opportunities for children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce of Prevention) is a nonprofit public-private partnership advancing quality early learning and care for families with children, before…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 259 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Erikson is a leading institution of higher education that prepares professionals to address the urgent challenges facing young children, their families and communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Carole Robertson Center for Learning is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, enriching, and empowering children and families through comprehensive child and family…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Premier Early Childhood Education Partners is focused on improving the lives of children, families, and early childhood professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 163 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Blue Bird Day is an intensive pediatric therapy program designed to foster socialization, sensory regulation and academic learning in children ages 2-7 in therapeutic rotations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The mission of Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) is to provide high-quality early learning and out-of-school time enrichment in under-resourced neighborhoods to holistically support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “El Hogar works with families to provide support and build relationships to create a strong community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “STEAM Academy is a rapidly growing provider of Playfully Brilliant afterschool PROgrams that future-proof kids aged 4-12 by fostering 21st-century skills and inspiring a lifelong…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Apollo After School is comprehensive extended school day childcare program for students in grades Pre-K through 8th.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Little Green Tree House is four Chicagoland Preschools/early childhood centers that provide care & education for children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Mary Crane Center promotes the comprehensive early development children aged six weeks to five years, through school-readiness programs, personal enrichment activities, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Black Bear Academy uses a multidisciplinary approach that allows parents to choose educational and/or clinical therapeutic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Because investments in young children’s early brain development yield the greatest returns for our communities, VOCEL operates innovative child-focused programs that are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2003, Bubbles Academy has brought engaging learning experiences to children 0 to 5 years and their parents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Little Inspirations is a child care center in Hyde Park, Chicago, providing care and early education for children 6 weeks to 6 years old.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RISE Education, formerly know as Little Linguists Academy is a One Stop Source for core curriculum and all Specials Programs: World Languages, Music, Arts, Technology, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We prepare children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old to be critical thinkers, lifelong learners and compassionate citizens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Nook Daycare is an individualized learning experience where children, parents, and teachers grow together to instill children with a love of learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Where children and their ideas are taken seriously.” Park West Cooperative is a Piaget, play-based nursery school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL since…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The purpose of Little Einstein’s Daycare, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Little Marvels is Lakeview's newest preschool, providing your child the fun and enriching educational experience that they deserve.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Montessori Gifted Prep is Chicago's premier Montessori preschool providing results-oriented personalized education, flexible extended care options, and fun extracurricular…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: preschool programs. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names preschool programs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of preschool programs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name preschool programs. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Preschool programs based in Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 127 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among preschool programs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Chicago, United States whose own description of what they do matches “preschool programs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names preschool programs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among preschool programs, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Chicago are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,001 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Preschool programs by metro in the United States
- Preschool programs in New York234
- Preschool programs in Chicago127
- Preschool programs in San Francisco88
- Preschool programs in Seattle80
- Preschool programs in Houston79
- Preschool programs in Philadelphia79
- Preschool programs in Portland78
- Preschool programs in Austin67
- Preschool programs in Atlanta66
- Preschool programs in Washington62
- Preschool programs in Los Angeles60
- Preschool programs in Dallas59
- Preschool programs in San Diego52
- Preschool programs in Charlotte51
- Preschool programs in Columbus50
- Preschool programs in Miami50
- Preschool programs in San Antonio48
- Preschool programs in Denver41
- Preschool programs in Phoenix41
- Preschool programs in San Jose41
- Preschool programs in Indianapolis37
- Preschool programs in Madison37
- Preschool programs in Pittsburgh37
- Preschool programs in Columbia36
- Preschool programs in Orlando36
- Preschool programs in Albuquerque35
- Preschool programs in Omaha35
- Preschool programs in Brooklyn33
- Preschool programs in Louisville32
- Preschool programs in Raleigh32
- Preschool programs in Wilmington31
- Preschool programs in Bronx30
- Preschool programs in Oakland30
- Preschool programs in Springfield30
- Preschool programs in Tampa30
- Preschool programs in Boston29
- Preschool programs in Jacksonville29
- Preschool programs in Lincoln29
- Preschool programs in Arlington28
- Preschool programs in Kansas City28
- Preschool programs in Minneapolis28
- Preschool programs in Richmond28
- Preschool programs in Cleveland27
- Preschool programs in Gainesville27
- Preschool programs in Cincinnati26
- Preschool programs in Rochester26
- Preschool programs in Lexington25
- Preschool programs in Nashville25
- Preschool programs in Virginia Beach25
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names preschool programs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many preschool programs are there based in Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 127 preschool programs headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Illinois Action For Children, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most preschool programs?
New York leads with 234 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (127) and San Francisco (88).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,001 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 127 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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