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Childcare & Education

The Learning Experience

Parent: The Learning Experience (Golden Gate Capital) · PE-owned; franchised

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Locations491Sept. 2026; source: The Learning Experience
HeadquartersFloridaChildcare & Education

New Initiatives

How the real estate strategy is changing: openings, closures, formats, remodels, relocations and refranchising.

  • The Learning Experience announced 12 new centers totaling 120,000 square feet in Michigan and Nebraska.

    Source: The Learning Experience

  • Announced 12 new locations totaling about 120,000 square feet in Michigan and Nebraska.

    Source: The Learning Experience

The Learning Experience is an early education franchisor whose centers are typically purpose-built single-tenant buildings. Most centers are franchised.

Store count

500 as of Nov. 5, 2026
  1. 3022021
  2. 3392022
  3. 5002026

System centers, franchised plus company-owned. Counts as reported at each period end. Sources: The Learning Experience 2024 FDD Item 20 via Franchise Chatter (269 franchised plus 33 company-owned); The Learning Experience 2024 FDD Item 20 via Franchise Chatter (301 franchised plus 38 company-owned); The Learning Experience press release via PR Newswire, 500th center.

What’s changing

  1. Update

    The Learning Experience announced 12 new centers totaling 120,000 square feet in Michigan and Nebraska. Source: The Learning Experience

SEC Filings

Private company, no public SEC filings. The Learning Experience (Golden Gate Capital) does not file annual reports with the SEC.

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Share prices, Yahoo Finance, as of Nov. 9, 2026. Bond index yields and spreads, ICE BofA US corporate and high yield indices, ICE Data Indices, LLC, via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. 10-year yield, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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