What Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care does

Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care, doing business as Urgent Care for Kids (legal entity Urgent Care for Kids, LLC), is a privately held pediatric urgent care operator founded in 2007 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company runs a multi-metro Texas clinic network — 13 locations in the Houston metropolitan area (Brookhollow, Channelview, Conroe, Cy-Fair, Humble, two Katy sites, Pearland, Sugar Land, Tanglewood, Webster, Willowbrook, The Woodlands), two in the Austin area (Cedar Park, Round Rock), and seven in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (Alliance, Arlington, Fort Worth-Hulen, Frisco, Mansfield, McKinney, Plano). It specializes exclusively in pediatric urgent care for non-emergency conditions such as fevers, infections, and minor injuries, staffed by pediatric-trained providers in child-friendly environments, with extended evening and weekend hours at multiple sites.

The company's core technology layer is a telehealth platform enabling At-Home Virtual Visits (via the "Virtual Care for Families" sub-brand) and in-clinic telemedicine for both pediatric and adult patients, with virtual services licensed across 12 states (Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas). Online scheduling is delivered through a Solv Health integration that supports both walk-in and booked visits. A content and referral ecosystem — blog content, organic social channels (Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads, LinkedIn), and the Practice Partners referral program with local pediatricians — supports patient acquisition.

Commercially, Nightlight is a direct-to-consumer, fee-for-service operator monetizing clinic visits, telehealth consultations, sports physicals, and primary care/wellness visits on a transactional basis. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue is sourced from insurance reimbursement and self-pay across fragmented individual consumer customers. The company is structured as an LLC with no disclosed parent, PE/VC backing, or M&A activity, suggesting founder- or physician-led ownership and internally funded growth.

Name

Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care

Legal name

Urgent Care for Kids, LLC

Website

https://nightlightpediatrics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care (Urgent Care for Kids) is a Houston-based, privately held pediatric urgent care operator running ~22 Texas clinics across Houston, Austin, and Dallas-Fort Worth, plus telehealth across 12 states, serving families with non-emergency pediatric care needs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Urgent Care

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatric Urgent Care & After-Hours Clinics (HLAFAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Urgent Care Centers (HLAFADAF), Pediatric Urgent Care Telehealth Platforms (HLALAJAE)

Keywords

• Pediatric urgent care
• Children's healthcare
• Walk-in clinic
• Telehealth services
• Pediatric primary care

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Pediatric Urgent Care Clinic Visits: Fee-for-service urgent care visits at physical clinic locations for children requiring immediate medical attention for non-emergency conditions
2. Telehealth/Virtual Care Services: Virtual urgent care consultations delivered remotely to families, expanding geographic reach beyond physical clinic locations
3. Sports Physicals and Check-ups: Scheduled preventive care services including sports physicals and annual wellness examinations for children

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nightlight Pediatric Urgent Care (operating as Urgent Care for Kids) operates a network of pediatric urgent care clinics delivering walk-in and scheduled medical care for infants, children, and adolescents with non-emergency conditions. The company also offers telehealth/virtual care services across multiple U.S. states, primary care for ongoing pediatric wellness, and ancillary services such as sports physicals.

Product overview

Urgent Care for Kids operates as a pediatric urgent care clinic network offering walk-in services for children across multiple Texas locations (Houston, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth areas) and virtual telehealth services available in 11 states. The core offering consists of Pediatric Urgent Care for walk-in visits, Telehealth/Virtual Care for Families for remote consultations, Primary Care Services for ongoing pediatric wellness, and Sports Physicals as an add-on service. The company provides extended evening and weekend hours at clinic locations and accepts both in-person and virtual patient visits.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Virtual Care for Families: At-home virtual care platform for families, offering telehealth services for both children and adults.

Products and services

• Pediatric Urgent Care Walk-in urgent care services for children, treating non-emergency conditions such as fevers, infections, minor injuries, and providing diagnostic services. Delivered at 13 clinic locations across the Houston metropolitan area.
• Telehealth / Virtual Care for Families At-home virtual visits and telemedicine services allowing families to receive pediatric care remotely, available across Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.
• Primary Care Services Comprehensive primary care services for children including yearly check-ups, wellness visits, and ongoing pediatric care.
• Sports Physicals Sports physical examinations and yearly check-ups required for children participating in sports activities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Solv HealthcoreTechnology or IntegrationSolv Health provides the online booking platform enabling patients to schedule pediatric urgent care appointments online at Urgent Care for Kids clinic locations. The partnership integrates Solv Health's scheduling technology with the clinics' patient flow management.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Solv Health: Online healthcare appointment-booking marketplace and Nightlight/UC4K's core technology partner. Ecosystem enabler — not a competitor but a distribution channel that mirrors what peer urgent care operators also leverage.

Broad incumbents

• Pediatric Associates: One of the largest pediatric primary care groups in the U.S. with locations across multiple states. Overlaps with Nightlight's primary care and well-child visit offering and competes for the same family patient base.
• NextCare Urgent Care: Large national urgent care chain treating both adults and children. Competes on convenience and extended hours but lacks Nightlight's pediatric specialization, offering a broader-portfolio alternative in the same urgent-care category.
• CVS MinuteClinic: Retail-based walk-in clinic inside CVS pharmacies offering pediatric and family urgent care services. Competes for non-emergency pediatric visits with broader geographic reach and strong consumer brand recognition.

Direct peers

• PM Pediatrics: Largest U.S. pediatric urgent care chain with 80+ locations across multiple states. Directly competes with Nightlight/UC4K on pediatric-specialized urgent care, extended hours, and on-site diagnostics — same core offering and customer segment.
• Little Spurs Pediatric Urgent Care: Texas-based pediatric urgent care operator with multiple San Antonio and surrounding-area clinics. Directly comparable business model and patient demographic to Nightlight, competing in the same Texas pediatric urgent care market.

Regional players

• After Hours Pediatrics: Pediatric urgent care provider based in Louisiana and surrounding Gulf South states. Same pediatric-specialty, after-hours care model with regional overlap in Louisiana — one of Nightlight's telehealth states.
• Texas Children's Hospital Urgent Care: Hospital-affiliated pediatric urgent care network operating in the Greater Houston area. Overlaps with Nightlight's primary geography and offers a similar pediatric-specialized urgent care experience under a major children's hospital brand.

Emerging players

• Blueberry Pediatrics: Pediatric-focused telehealth and house-call platform offering on-demand virtual pediatric care. Comparable to Nightlight's Virtual Care for Families telehealth arm, competing for the same parents seeking remote pediatric consultations.
• Anytime Pediatrics: Pediatric-specialized telehealth platform connecting families to pediatric providers for virtual visits. Closely comparable to Nightlight's Virtual Care for Families sub-brand and the broader telehealth expansion strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NightLightPed
• Facebookfacebook.com/UrgentCareKids
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/urgent-care-for-kids
• Instagraminstagram.com/urgentcarekids

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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