Summer camp portals in the US
Summer camps and youth activity registration. Registration software vendors double as the discovery layer.
Which camps & youth programs portals get the most traffic?
By traffic, the largest camps & youth programs portals are SciWay Summer Camps (507K monthly visits), ActivityHero (355K monthly visits) and ACA Find a Camp (165K monthly visits). Worldwide figures for 2026-09, third-party estimates from docs.dataforseo.com. Where available, each row below lists the portal's monthly visits next to its operator.
Who buys in US camps & youth programs, and is there a single national database?
- Who pays for attention here
- Private camp operators and ACA-accredited camps pay listing and lead fees to CampNavigator, ActivityHero and Sawyer (head term "summer camps near me" $5.05 CPC, 60500 monthly searches, measured 2026-09-01).
- What a cross-state index adds
- The ACA camp directory and CampNavigator already aggregate camp profiles and session listings by region; the uncovered side is state health-department permit status, inspection results and real-time session pricing/availability joined nationally.
- Single national database?
- No federal one; the primary database is state-level. Children's camp permits and inspections sit with state health departments (for example NY DOH's Children's Camps in New York State page), some states do not license camps at all, and there is no national merge, while the ACA directory is only a voluntary trade listing (verified 200).
Source: www.health.ny.gov · Last reviewed 2026-09-17
How big is the demand for US camps & youth programs?
Google Ads, United States, 2026-09-01- Head keyword
- summer camps near me
- Searches / month
- 60,500
- Cost per click
- $5.05
- Advertiser competition
- 56/100
Opening score 48/100 — high click value against thin advertiser competition.
What are the main camps & youth programs portals in the US?
South Carolina's state directory's summer camps section, listing camps by city statewide.
Camp and class discovery with real-time registration for local providers — providing real-time registration for local...
Accredited camp search — the accreditation is the vertical's safety standard — curated by the American Camp Associati...
Children's activity booking software that doubles as the parent-facing marketplace.
Association-run search over 145 Maine summer camps, filterable by region, session, and activity.
Camp directory running since 1995 — parents search thousands of camps by type, location and session.
Summer camp directory browsable by state, with camp job listings alongside the camp search.
Long-running national directory of summer camps with state-by-state listings across day, overnight, and specialty camps.
Summer camp directory with camp profiles and parent resources, plus listings for renting camp facilities.
Day and overnight camp directory with a guided search wizard and a camp jobs board.
Listing of Las Vegas-area summer camps with locations, contacts, and session details for each camp.
Over 500 track-out and summer camps around the Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill area, browsable by town with camp reviews.