A new executive team led by CEO David Berg takes over as the preschool franchisor secures 27 commitments and enters Utah.
Primrose Schools has installed a new executive leadership team and reported 27 franchise commitments awarded since January, including two development agreements that account for 11 schools each. The Atlanta-based preschool franchisor named David Berg chief executive and opened its first Louisiana school this year. The moves point to a development push built around experienced, multi-unit owners.
Berg arrives with a stated focus on disciplined unit economics, and he rebuilt the C-suite around it, adding a chief franchise officer, a chief financial officer, and a chief commercial officer. A deep bench matters because preschool development is capital-heavy and slow, so owners need steady support through site selection, licensing, and staffing. A team that has scaled regulated education businesses lowers the execution risk a prospective owner weighs before signing an 11-school agreement.
Two of the new agreements cover 11 schools each, which tells operators where Primrose is steering growth. Large development deals concentrate risk and reward in fewer, better-capitalized owners, so the franchisor is courting operators with real estate and multi-unit experience rather than first-timers. That preference shows up in the support model, which now offers conversions and acquisitions as entry paths so owners can deploy capital faster across a market.
Primrose is targeting high-cost metros including Phoenix, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Memphis, and Southern California, and it added Utah to its map. Demand for accredited early education holds up where dual-income households cluster, which rewards a premium, membership-style model. Widening into those markets now is a bet that families will keep paying up for reliable care even as household budgets tighten.
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