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Daycares in Ohio

Child care centers and home daycares in Ohio, 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 Ohio license record matched yet. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
8,684
towns
807
take infants
84
accept subsidy
15

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

Ohio

Largest towns in Ohio

Cincinnati1,069 daycaresColumbus770 daycaresCleveland546 daycaresToledo335 daycaresDayton237 daycaresAkron235 daycaresYoungstown130 daycaresCanton101 daycaresLorain75 daycaresEuclid67 daycaresWesterville67 daycaresLima65 daycares

Programs

Programs in Ohio

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 infants84
Child care centers6,888
Accept subsidy15
In-home daycares1,796
Christian & church daycares446
Montessori schools129
Preschools & pre-K922
Night daycare798
Early morning daycare2,680
Weekend daycare505
Part-time daycare28
Drop-in daycare13
After-school care224
Head Start626

The Ohio state record

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2023
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Ohio state records

Ohio

Cost, inspections and ratios in Ohio

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

A to Z

All 807 Ohio towns, A to Z

A35 towns
B68 towns
C77 towns
D21 towns
E20 towns
F29 towns
G38 towns
H34 towns
I3 towns
J12 towns
K10 towns
L40 towns
M80 towns
N57 towns
O23 towns
P37 towns
R26 towns
S80 towns
T18 towns
U14 towns
V9 towns
W71 towns
X1 town
Y2 towns
Z2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Michigan7,685 daycaresPennsylvania6,471 daycaresIndiana2,967 daycaresKentucky2,445 daycaresWest Virginia1,183 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Ohio

How many daycares are in Ohio?

8,684 daycares are listed across 807 Ohio towns: 6,888 child care centers and 1,796 home daycares. 1,368 of them come from public business listings, with no Ohio license record matched yet.

Who licenses daycares in Ohio?

Ohio Department of Children and Youth licenses daycares in Ohio. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.

How many Ohio daycares take infants?

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

How many Ohio daycares accept child care subsidies?

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