Preschool Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a preschool, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Preschool name ideas
Tap a name to read what its key word means and where it comes from. Always check trademarks and your state's business name rules before you register.
Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a preschool is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a preschool usually falls under NAICS 611110: Elementary and Secondary Schools.
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in furnishing academic courses and associated course work that comprise a basic preparatory education. A basic preparatory education ordinarily constitutes kindergarten through 12th grade. This industry includes school boards and school districts.
Businesses classified here include
- Academies, elementary or secondary
- Boarding schools, elementary or secondary
- Charter schools
- Elementary and secondary schools
- Elementary schools
- Finishing schools, secondary
- Handicapped, schools for, elementary or secondary
- High schools
- High schools offering both academic and technical courses
- High schools offering both academic and vocational courses
- Junior high schools
- Kindergartens
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 611110), U.S. Census Bureau.
Elementary and Secondary Schools in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most elementary and secondary schools locations
- California 2,736 locations
- New York 1,697 locations
- Florida 1,662 locations
- Texas 1,522 locations
- Pennsylvania 1,065 locations
- Illinois 878 locations
- Ohio 815 locations
- New Jersey 782 locations
- Georgia 685 locations
- North Carolina 651 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.