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The Number Everything Else Depends On
Licensed capacity is the lowest of several constraints, and it is frequently well below the figure a business plan assumed.
The site, the age groups, and the capacity your model needs. We will tell you whether the building and the outdoor space can support it.
The constraints, in order of how often they bind
Capacity is the lowest of all of them, not the highest.
- Outdoor play area — the binding constraint on most urban and infill sites.
- Usable indoor area per child, which excludes fixed obstructions.
- Restroom fixture counts, scaled to enrolment.
- Egress capacity from rooms and from the building.
- Parking and drop-off, where a local requirement applies.
Why outdoor space is checked last and binds first
Operators look at buildings. The outdoor requirement is a site question, it is measurable from a survey in minutes, and it is routinely established after a lease is signed.
On a site where the play area supports sixty children and the building supports a hundred, the center licenses for sixty — and the business plan was written for a hundred.
Ask us to check
Send the survey and tell us the capacity your model needs. We will tell you whether the site can support it before you commit to anything.
It takes very little time and it is the number the entire business rests on.
FAQ
Common questions
- What usually caps capacity?
- Outdoor play area, on most urban and infill sites.
- Why is it missed?
- Operators look at buildings. It is a site question, measurable from a survey.
- Is capacity the highest or lowest constraint?
- The lowest of all of them.
- Will you check a site?
- Yes. Send the survey and the capacity your model needs.
Next step
Find out what is actually wrong with it.
An inspection, photographs of what we found, and a written scope. If the honest answer is that it can wait another season, that is the answer you will get.