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Daycares in North Carolina

Child care centers and home daycares in North Carolina, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Some come from public business listings, with no North Carolina license record matched yet. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
6,565
towns
538
take infants
3,301
accept subsidy
3,210

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

North Carolina

Largest towns in North Carolina

Charlotte596 daycaresRaleigh311 daycaresDurham294 daycaresGreensboro289 daycaresFayetteville281 daycaresWinston-Salem159 daycaresWilmington109 daycaresCary85 daycaresAsheville82 daycaresConcord81 daycaresChapel Hill79 daycaresGreenville71 daycares

Programs

Programs in North Carolina

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 infants3,301
Child care centers5,566
Accept subsidy3,210
In-home daycares999
Christian & church daycares605
Montessori schools132
Preschools & pre-K5,228
Early morning daycare970
Part-time daycare171
Drop-in daycare37
After-school care4,110
Bilingual daycare13
Head Start412

The North Carolina state record

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina.

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
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the North Carolina state records

North Carolina

Cost, inspections and ratios in North Carolina

Daycare cost in North CarolinaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat North Carolina inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in North CarolinaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for North CarolinaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 538 North Carolina towns, A to Z

A21 towns
B43 towns
C57 towns
D13 towns
E23 towns
F18 towns
G23 towns
H35 towns
I3 towns
J6 towns
K12 towns
L31 towns
M44 towns
N13 towns
O6 towns
P29 towns
R36 towns
S55 towns
T16 towns
U1 town
V5 towns
W42 towns
Y3 towns
Z3 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia6,150 daycaresVirginia4,997 daycaresTennessee3,955 daycaresSouth Carolina2,292 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in North Carolina

How many daycares are in North Carolina?

6,565 daycares are listed across 538 North Carolina towns: 5,566 child care centers and 999 home daycares. 1,518 of them come from public business listings, with no North Carolina license record matched yet.

Who licenses daycares in North Carolina?

North Carolina Division of Child Development and Early Education licenses daycares in North Carolina. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many North Carolina daycares take infants?

3,301, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many North Carolina daycares accept child care subsidies?

3,210 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.