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Early Morning Daycare in North Carolina

Daycares that open before 7 AM in North Carolina, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares that open before 7 AM listed
970
towns
224
towns have their own early morning daycare page
93
of all North Carolina daycares
15%

Map of North Carolina: each dot is a town with daycares that open before 7 AM, sized by how many are listed

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What puts a daycare on this listThe hours on its state license record open before 7 AM, or run 24 hours. Where the state publishes no hours, its public business listing gives the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.The North Carolina license list we load does not publish opening hours, so here this list uses the hours on each daycare's public business listing: the same opening time before 7 AM on every weekday.Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

North Carolina

Largest towns for early morning daycare in North Carolina

Charlotte87 open before 7 AMFayetteville57 open before 7 AMGreensboro44 open before 7 AMRaleigh31 open before 7 AMWinston-Salem28 open before 7 AMDurham23 open before 7 AMGreenville18 open before 7 AMGoldsboro16 open before 7 AMJacksonville16 open before 7 AMSanford15 open before 7 AMWilmington15 open before 7 AMBurlington14 open before 7 AM

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
All daycares6,565
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

Before you enroll

Choosing early morning care in North Carolina

  1. 1

    Check the opening time

    Each listing shows its hours. Ask whether staff are there to take children at opening every day.

  2. 2

    Ask about breakfast

    Ask whether children who arrive early get breakfast, and whether you send it.

  3. 3

    Ask about the early group

    Some daycares combine age groups early in the morning. Ask who is with your child until the rooms open.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, its hours as the state lists them and the inspection record.

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 224 North Carolina towns with early morning daycare, A to Z

A10 towns
B12 towns
C20 towns
D7 towns
E7 towns
F8 towns
G11 towns
H16 towns
I1 town
J2 towns
K6 towns
L13 towns
M21 towns
N8 towns
O2 towns
P7 towns
R14 towns
S25 towns
T8 towns
V3 towns
W19 towns
Y3 towns
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia2,335 open before 7 AMVirginia1,816 open before 7 AMTennessee1,405 open before 7 AMSouth Carolina361 open before 7 AM

Questions

Questions about early morning daycare in North Carolina

How many daycares that open before 7 AM are in North Carolina?

970 daycares that open before 7 AM are listed in 224 North Carolina towns. Each listing shows its opening time. Ask whether it opens that early every day.

Which North Carolina town has the most daycares that open before 7 AM?

Charlotte, with 87 listed. Next are Fayetteville (57) and Greensboro (44).

Which daycares in North Carolina open at 6 AM?

357 daycares open at 6 AM or earlier by the hours we hold in North Carolina. All 970 on this list open before 7 AM. Call to confirm the time.

Which daycares in North Carolina open at 5 AM?

19 open at 5 AM or earlier.

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.