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Daycares in Florida

Child care centers and home daycares in Florida, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
10,171
towns
446
take infants
7,124
accept subsidy
5,973

Map of Florida: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

Florida

Largest towns in Florida

Miami852 daycaresTampa685 daycaresJacksonville649 daycaresOrlando489 daycaresHialeah203 daycaresSt Petersburg166 daycaresTallahassee159 daycaresWest Palm Beach148 daycaresPensacola144 daycaresLakeland132 daycaresHomestead129 daycaresKissimmee128 daycares

Programs

Programs in Florida

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
Take infants7,124
Child care centers9,020
Accept subsidy5,973
In-home daycares1,151
Christian & church daycares1,273
Montessori schools298
Preschools & pre-K8,034
Early morning daycare1,935
Part-time daycare443
Drop-in daycare116
After-school care9,506
Bilingual daycare210
Head Start772
Florida VPK5,453

The Florida state record

Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Florida.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
On the state's own site; each listing links to it
Search the Florida state records

Florida

Cost, inspections and ratios in Florida

Daycare cost in FloridaWeekly prices by age and countyStaff-to-child ratios in FloridaHow many children each adult may care forDaycare tour checklistQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 446 Florida towns, A to Z

A17 towns
B29 towns
C31 towns
D20 towns
E16 towns
F17 towns
G14 towns
H23 towns
I8 towns
J8 towns
K7 towns
L38 towns
M42 towns
N17 towns
O18 towns
P46 towns
Q1 town
R7 towns
S38 towns
T15 towns
U1 town
V6 towns
W22 towns
Y2 towns
Z3 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia6,150 daycaresAlabama2,286 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Florida

How many daycares are in Florida?

10,171 daycares are listed across 446 Florida towns: 9,020 child care centers and 1,151 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in Florida?

Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Child Care Regulation licenses daycares in Florida. It publishes inspections on its own site; use the state search linked on this page.

How many Florida daycares take infants?

7,124, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Florida daycares accept child care subsidies?

5,973 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.