Entrepreneur Magazine Names STEM For Kids a Top Affordable Franchise for 2025
Raleigh, NC USA 4/30/2025
Entrepreneur Magazine’s annual rankings are widely regarded as an essential tool for prospective franchisees. Now in its 46th year, Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500 evaluates franchises based on five key pillars: costs and fees, size and growth, support, brand strength, and financial strength and stability. For its highly competitive “Top Franchises for Less Than $50,000” ranking list, Entrepreneur carefully assessed hundreds of companies offering opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs.
After this rigorous assessment to ensure strong value and scalability at an accessible investment level, STEM For Kids was ranked #73 in the prestigious 2025 listing. With this latest recognition, STEM For Kids is continuing to make its mark as a trailblazer in the STEM educational enrichment space. After previously ranking #280 in the overall Franchise 500 in 2020 and rising to #173 in 2021, STEM For Kids’ latest recognition highlights its growing impact and appeal.
Moni Singh, Founder and CEO of STEM For Kids, shares,
“Our franchisees, and trained educators have been engaging young children in hands-on engineering and technology activities, feeding their curiosity and inspiring career- and life- ready skills. We are mission-driven to enable educators to make STEM fun and real for kids. The growing momentum for STEM education across communities worldwide energizes me daily. Entrepreneur’s ranking is a wonderful validation of the hard work and passion that fuels our mission. Thank you to the Entrepreneur team for recognizing the value we bring.”
Since its founding in 2011, STEM For Kids has grown substantially. Today, STEM For Kids has impacted students and educators across six countries. Its expansive curriculum spans over 45 different courses, covering topics from mechanical, aerospace, civil, environmental, and sustainability engineering to trending subjects like Artificial Intelligence, computer programming (Python, Scratch, Java), game development, robotics, the Internet of Things, biomedicine, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.
“We are honored that STEM For Kids is recognized among the best. We have been helping care providers, teachers and aspiring entrepreneurs own and operate a children’s services business ensuring the business opportunity is accessible, impactful, and meaningful — helping more people turn their dreams into reality,” says Moni Singh.
Parents consistently report positive outcomes in their children’s critical thinking, creativity, and engagement with science and engineering fields through STEM For Kids® programs. 98% of parents like the program themes and 94% of parents confirmed their child gained new knowledge, skills and abilities. STEM For Kids is helping to inspire the next generation of innovators and problem-solvers.
STEM For Kids® enables purpose-driven educators, childcare providers and entrepreneurs to bring life- and career-readiness skills to preK-8 children in their communities.
With over 1500 hours of STEM activities in various themes covering engineering (aerospace, civil, mechanical, environmental, bio-medicine), technology (coding, robots, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Of Things), business and social emotional learning, educators, parents and students have a lot to get excited about.
STEM For Kids® ranked #173 on the highly coveted Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list. With a growing network of STEM For Kids® operators, educators, trained teachers, and franchisees, we have impacted numerous communities across the globe. Add your community now, https://teach4d.stemforkids.net/edu-services
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