Daycare Near Me
Find a daycare in any US town, with its hours, what it offers and, where we hold them, its state license and inspection record.
- daycares listed
- 200,000+
- state inspection visits on record
- 950,000+
- take infants
- 70,000+
- states and DC
- All 50
Programs
What kind of care do you need?
Every program page lists its daycares by state and town.
Towns
Largest towns
The towns with the most daycares listed.
Center or home
Center or home daycare?
Median weekly price for full-time care: US median of county prices, U.S. Department of Labor, 2022. Your county's figure is on each town page. Beyond price, the two differ in group size, hours and setting.
Infant
Toddler
Preschool
Child care center127,999 listed- Group size
- Children grouped by age into classrooms, each with its own staff.
- Hours
- Usually set weekday hours, often from early morning to early evening.
- Setting
- A purpose-built building with classrooms and a playground.
Home daycare82,703 listed- Group size
- A small group, often of mixed ages, with one or two caregivers.
- Hours
- Set by the provider; some offer early, late or weekend care.
- Setting
- The provider's own home. Check that the state licenses or registers it.
By state
Browse by state
50 states and DC are listed today. Darker states hold more daycares.
Map of US states shaded by number of listed daycares. The list of states below links to each state page.
Inspections
Read the state record
In 28 states, listings show the state's own inspection history: the visits and cited rules the state publishes, in its own words where it gives them.
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What an inspection is
A state licensing visit to check the daycare against the state's rules. Some are routine, some follow a complaint.
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What a cited rule means
A finding on the day of the visit, not a judgement of the daycare today. We show it in the state's words with its severity.
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How to read the correction line
Where the state publishes it, the date the daycare fixed the finding, or that it was corrected during the visit.
Guides
Guides for parents
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Kept honest
Where listings come from
Most listings start from the state's own child care license records. Where no state license record is available, listings come from public business listings and say so.
What we copy from websites
Programs, approach, features and posted tuition from a daycare's own website, matched to its own wording.
What we never do
We never rank or score daycares, and we never invent openings, prices, reviews or badges.
How to report a mistake
Use "Report a problem" on any listing or the contact page. We check it against the state record and fix it.
For providers
Run a daycare?
Claim your listing to add tuition, openings and photos and reply to parent reviews.
Questions
Questions parents ask
Is DaycarePal a daycare?
No. We are an independent directory of daycares. To ask about a spot, enroll a child or ask about care, call the daycare directly.
How do I find a licensed daycare near me?
Type your town or ZIP above, or tap "Use my location". Most listings come from a state license record and show the license and, where the state publishes it, the inspection history. A listing with no license record matched says so and links the state's own license search.
Where do the inspection records come from?
From each state's child care licensing agency. We copy inspection visits from 28 states, and in 19 of them each cited rule in the state's own words.
Do you rank daycares?
No. Lists show providers on paid plans first, then A to Z by name. We do not score or rank daycares.
Why is there no address for some daycares?
Home daycares are private homes, so we show only the town and ZIP. The provider shares the address with families.
A listing is wrong. What do I do?
Use "Report a problem" on the listing, or write to us from the contact page. Owners can also claim their listing to update hours, tuition and openings.