Licensed Childcare Providers
U.S. · 158,886 locations
There are 158,886 Licensed Childcare Providers in the US as of September 2026. They are in 29 states. New York has the most, with 16,045.
158,886 licensed childcare providers merged from the state licensing registries that publish their data in bulk; the state column says which registry each row came from, and the coverage figures on this page are counted from the file.
More about this list
Every record has a street address; 83,176 are licensed centers, 53,653 are family child care homes, 9,215 are school-age programs and 1,947 are Head Start sites, each tagged in the providerType column. Roughly four in five carry the licensed capacity, which is the field buyers qualify on. There is no national childcare registry — no federal agency licenses childcare — so a list like this only exists if someone assembles it state by state, and that is precisely why it is worth buying rather than building. Buyers include food and snack distributors, curriculum, toy and furniture suppliers, playground manufacturers, childcare management software, insurance brokers, staffing agencies and private equity groups rolling up centers.
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●Where the rows are
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| name | address | city | state | zip | phone | provider type | license number | status | capacity | ages | quality rating | licensed date | county | geo precision | county fips | county note | address quality | country | source url | latitude | longitude | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.E.S.D.#63 - Aguila Elementary School | 50023 North 514th Avenue | Aguila | AZ | 85320 | (928) 685-2222 | center | CDC-15982 | Active | 20.0 | Maricopa County | zip_centroid | 04013 | complete | US | https://azdhs.gov/licensing/childcare-facilities/index.php | 33.835575 | -113.232201 | |||||
| Alachua County Schools - Irby Elementary | 13505 NW 140th St | Alachua | FL | 32615 | (352) 462-5002 | head-start | E08AL0031 | Operational (Exempt) | 0 | Public School|SA Only | NAEYC | Alachua County | address | 12001 | complete | US | https://caressearch.myflfamilies.com/PublicSearch | 29.778210 | -82.493949 | |||
| Chapin, Lynne | 519 N. Quincy Street | Abington | MA | 02351 | (856) 313-0665 | family-home | P-186510 | Current | 8.00 | 2016-08-31 | Plymouth County | zip_centroid | 25023 | complete | US | https://educationtocareer.data.mass.gov/d/iyks-y3g6 | 42.115764 | -70.956597 | ||||
| Aberdeen Kindercare | 1330 State Route 34 | Aberdeen | NJ | 07747 | (732) 817-1734 | center | 132 | 0 to 13 | Monmouth County | address | 34025 | complete | US | https://data.nj.gov/d/cru5-4rmm | 40.386107 | -74.216740 | ||||||
| Laurie Brown | 502 S 3RD ST | Abbott | TX | 76621 | (254) 707-1139 | family-home | 817364 | Y | 12 | Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School | 2002-06-18 | Hill County | address | 48217 | complete | US | https://data.texas.gov/d/bc5r-88dy | 31.879801 | -97.076507 |
{}What's in each row
| Field | What it is | Rows filled |
|---|---|---|
| state | Two-letter state code | 100% |
| name | Provider or facility name | 100% |
| provider | center, family-home, school-age, head-start or other | 100% |
| license | State license number | 90% |
| status | License status where published | 67% |
| address | Street address | 100% |
| city | City | 100% |
| zip | ZIP code | 100% |
| country | US | 100% |
| phone | Phone number where published | 85% |
| Email where published | 17% | |
| capacity | Licensed capacity (number of children) | 74% |
| ages | Age range served where published | 46% |
| quality | State quality rating (QRIS) where published | 23% |
| licensed | Date first licensed where published | 41% |
| county | County where published | 100% |
| source | The state registry this row came from | 100% |
| latitude | Latitude | 100% |
| longitude | Longitude | 100% |
| geo_ | How exact the map point is: the source's own point, the street address, or the ZIP code's centre | 100% |
| county_ | Five-digit federal code of that county | 100% |
| address_ | Whether the street address is complete, missing a house number, or a PO box | 100% |
Rows filled is measured on every row of the delivered file.
✓Where this data comes from
Each row names the public source it came from, so any record can be checked against where it was published.
September 14, 2026
File built · Rebuilt weekly on an automatic schedule.
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How we build and date every file: methodology.
Using ChatGPT, Claude or an API?
No setup needed. Ask ChatGPT or Claude your question about the Licensed Childcare Providers and give it this page: it can open https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=childcare-provider-database with the filters you need and show you the count and price.
Using ChatGPT or Claude? Tell it to answer from locationlists.com/find — no account, no connector.
How assistants ask
No connector needed. Any AI assistant can answer from this site with a web link, no connector, no account: open https://locationlists.com/find with the question as query parameters.
If a question needs filtering, distance, drive time, combining lists or a price, open a /find link: either put the question itself in q=, or build the structured link. The answer does not need an API, a connector or an account.
Simplest, the question itself: https://locationlists.com/find?q=<the question in plain words>
Or set the parts yourself: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=<slug>&state=<ST>&city=<city>&county=<county>&zip=<zip>&near=<place or zip>&radius=<miles>&drive=<minutes>&where=<column>:<op>:<value>&total=<rows>
Leave out what the question does not need. Use radius for straight-line miles or drive for minutes of driving (5 to 60), not both; near can name several places separated by | to reach from any of them. To ask about several lists at once, use datasets with two or more names, or category with a kind of business. To compare two lists, add relate=nearest and the other list with b. in front of its parameters. To count by area, use areas=county (or zip, state, metro). To keep only places whose county, ZIP code, metro area or state meets a Census figure, add area_where (for example county:population>1000000); with areas, per=100000 gives counts per 100,000 residents.
Links an assistant can open, each showing how many rows match, a few preview rows and the price for just that part:
- Only rows where capacity is over 12: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=childcare-provider-database&where=capacity%3Agt%3A12
- The whole list: add a city, state, ZIP code or distance:
https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=childcare-provider-database
Optional: connect for repeat use or wallet payments:
Read https://locationlists.com/skill.md and follow the instructions to connect LocationLists. Then show me the Licensed Childcare Providers list.Your assistant will walk you through setup and show you the price before you pay.
For developers
Every step below has a no-connector equivalent: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=childcare-provider-database with the same filters as query parameters.
- Connect your agent to
https://locationlists.com/mcp(no key, no signup). - Call
count_locationswithdataset: "childcare-provider-database"and any filter — it is free, and returns how many rows match and what they cost. - Fetch the rows with
query_locations: $0.20 per 100 rows from this dataset. Above 79,443 rows, buying the whole file is cheaper.
Paid in USDC over x402 — the agent gets an HTTP 402 with the exact price, signs, and retries. Money moves only after rows are delivered, so a failed or empty query costs nothing. Setup for Claude, Cursor and VS Code
?Frequently Asked Questions
How many Licensed Childcare Providers are there in the US?
There are 158,886 Licensed Childcare Providers in the US as of September 2026. They are in 29 states. New York has the most, with 16,045.
Why not all 50 states?
Because only some states publish their licensing registry in a form that can be downloaded in bulk. Virginia, Illinois and Missouri offer one-record-at-a-time lookups only, and many others publish nothing machine-readable. The state count on this page is counted from the file itself, and we do not call it a national file, because it is not one. If you need a specific missing state, ask and we will tell you honestly what is possible.
Are in-home daycares included?
In most states yes, and they are 53,653 of the records. Four states — California, Washington, New Jersey and Arizona — withhold family child care home addresses because they are private residences, so those states contribute centers only. The providerType column makes the distinction explicit everywhere.
Can I get just one state, or just centers?
The file ships whole and you filter it: the state column and the providerType column are both there, so a single state or a centers-only cut is one filter in Excel or a spreadsheet. If you would rather we deliver a pre-cut file for your territory, ask and we will send it.