KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. (KLC)

KinderCare Learning Companies, Inc. is a provider of early childhood education and care in the United States. Through its community-based KinderCare centers, it serves children from infancy through preschool and pre-kindergarten with a structured curriculum focused on early learning and development.

The company also runs employer-sponsored child care centers on or near the workplaces of corporate, hospital and government clients, and operates the Champions before- and after-school programs located in elementary schools. Families pay tuition, much of which is supported by employer benefits and government child care subsidy programs.

KinderCare traces its history to 1969 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Its common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 2024.