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Daycares in Maryland

Child care centers and home daycares in Maryland, 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
6,602
towns
355
take infants
4,835
accept subsidy
21

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

Maryland

Largest towns in Maryland

Baltimore1,002 daycaresSilver Spring343 daycaresFrederick206 daycaresRockville172 daycaresColumbia168 daycaresLaurel150 daycaresGaithersburg137 daycaresGermantown133 daycaresWaldorf130 daycaresBowie110 daycaresHagerstown107 daycaresUpper Marlboro98 daycares

Programs

Programs in Maryland

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 infants4,835
Child care centers2,605
Accept subsidy21
In-home daycares3,997
Christian & church daycares237
Montessori schools74
Preschools & pre-K6,083
Early morning daycare84
Part-time daycare53
Drop-in daycare24
After-school care5,719
Bilingual daycare15
Head Start93

The Maryland state record

Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Child Care licenses daycares in Maryland.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Maryland state records

Maryland

Cost, inspections and ratios in Maryland

Daycare cost in MarylandWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Maryland inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in MarylandHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for MarylandQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 355 Maryland towns, A to Z

A12 towns
B25 towns
C46 towns
D13 towns
E12 towns
F16 towns
G19 towns
H19 towns
I2 towns
J5 towns
K7 towns
L20 towns
M25 towns
N12 towns
O10 towns
P23 towns
Q2 towns
R16 towns
S33 towns
T9 towns
U5 towns
V2 towns
W22 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Pennsylvania6,471 daycaresVirginia4,997 daycaresDelaware1,189 daycaresWest Virginia1,183 daycaresDistrict of Columbia452 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Maryland

How many daycares are in Maryland?

6,602 daycares are listed across 355 Maryland towns: 2,605 child care centers and 3,997 home daycares.

Who licenses daycares in Maryland?

Maryland State Department of Education, Office of Child Care licenses daycares in Maryland. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many Maryland daycares take infants?

4,835, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Maryland daycares accept child care subsidies?

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