Everything you need to open your daycare business
Daycare for children between the ages of 0 and three, accompany children in their first steps and are a guide and source of information for many first-time parents. Despite all this, nurseries in Spain, a sector made up mostly of self-employed workers, are illegal, that is, they do not have specific rules or regulations.
However, nurseries are still today a business with a long tradition in Spain and for which many entrepreneurs decide to bet. In this guide you will find all the steps to set up a daycare in Spain.
Tips on opening a daycare
How to open a daycare is the question many entrepreneurs ask themselves. Before answering it, entrepreneurs must know how the sector is, what requirements are needed and how much financing it requires.
My project to create a daycare
One of the aspects that entrepreneurs should know before starting their daycare project is their lack of regulation. This, although it may not seem like it, hurts them as a business because it prevents many of their clients, the parents, from accessing different aids and deductions.
“As things are going, I advise people not to set up a daycare school and to start up an Early Childhood Education Center better. These are regulated by the Ministries of Education of each Community ”explained Rosa Angulo, president of the Association of Nurseries and Infant Schools of Cantabria. For Angulo, all the reforms and improvements that the political parties have promised for education between 0 - 3 years during the Electoral Campaign will be processed, "through the early childhood education centers."
Another important aspect to know before opening a kindergarten is the intrusion that the sector experiences due also to the lack of specific regulations. The president of the association said that "there are different establishments that are registered as toy libraries, leisure centers ... and that they do not have the requirements, nor the qualifications that we have and that function as undercover nurseries"
Information about the requirements to open a daycare
The requirements that a daycare must have vary depending on each autonomy. As Angulo pointed out, each autonomous community requires a series of minimums in terms of health and space regulations . Here the difference between daycare schools and kindergartens is evident, “because the centers are required, for example, to have a minimum of 30 m2 of space, which is required to serve 15 children. While there are many nurseries that do not meet this requirement, because they are located in a town where they do not provide assistance to that number of children. ”
The theme of space is, according to Angulo, essential to reduce the cost of opening a daycare. “There are many nurseries located in a chalet or other type of premises that are simply conditioned to provide service. However, setting up an education center increases the price because you need a higher surface for which it is necessary to do a work or build one ”.
It is advisable that people who work in a kindergarten are trained, either with the Higher Title of Early Childhood Education or with a Training Cycle of education. A requirement that largely meets because "we are the nurseries, those who have sought to continue training, hiring qualified professionals"
What requirements do I need for a daycare?
From the Association of Nurseries and Children's Schools of Cantabria they explain that normally the requirements that a daycare must have to operate are: the municipal opening license, the economic activity license, the activity license does not disturb and be registered in the Tax of Economic Activities in section 933.1. "Although in each Community these may vary," said its president.
Childcare franchise Is it a good alternative?
Over the last few years, franchises aimed at education and training have appeared on the streets of local cities, in fact, according to data from the 2019 report of the Spanish Association of Franchisors , the total number of franchised establishments in this sector it amounted to 2,516, with a total turnover of 384,736,000 and employing 6,524 people.
For Angulo, daycare franchises have a fundamental advantage "and that is that the franchisor will support you regarding the establishment of the center and meet all the necessary requirements." However, according to what he said, whether it goes well or not will depend on the owner: “Being a franchise does not guarantee success. These businesses depend a lot on the owner ”.
Guidance on the budget to open a daycare
The budget is another factor to take into account when opening a daycare, since obtaining financing continues to be a recurring problem among new entrepreneurs. In this sense, the president of the Association affirms that it is not possible to calculate how much it costs to set up a daycare, but that the total cost "will depend largely on the premises, on whether an establishment can be adapted or if, on the contrary, it has that carries out a work ”.