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In-Home Daycares in Florida

An in-home daycare is a licensed family child care home: the provider looks after a small group of children in their own home. Full-time infant care at a home daycare costs a median of $166 a week in the middle Florida county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
1,151
towns
175
towns have their own in-home daycares page
81
of all Florida daycares
11%

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

In-home daycare
What puts a daycare on this listThe state license record lists it as a family or group child care home (family child care), where the provider cares for a small group in their own home. Where no state license record is available, its business listing names it a family day care.Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

In-home daycare

What in-home daycare looks like in Florida

The typical licensed capacity of a Florida in-home daycare
10 children
The median capacity on 1,150 Florida home daycare licenses. Ask how many children come on a usual day and their ages.
group or large family homes
231
Florida licenses two kinds of home daycare: family homes (919 listed), where one provider cares for a small group, and group or large homes (231), with an assistant and more children.
Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Florida county (2022)
$166
The median of 42 county medians, from $117 in the lowest county to $245 in the highest.

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

Florida

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Florida

Tampa261 in-home daycaresJacksonville70 in-home daycaresMiami49 in-home daycaresSt Petersburg42 in-home daycaresOrlando34 in-home daycaresSpring Hill23 in-home daycaresBrandon22 in-home daycaresKissimmee22 in-home daycaresLehigh Acres22 in-home daycaresWest Palm Beach22 in-home daycaresRiviera Beach21 in-home daycaresLakeland20 in-home 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
All daycares10,171
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

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Florida

  1. 1

    Ask who else is in the home

    Ask who lives in the home and who helps with the children. Many states require background checks for adults living in a licensed home.

  2. 2

    Ask about backup care

    With one provider, a sick day or vacation closes the daycare. Ask how many days a year they close and what families do then.

  3. 3

    Ask about the group

    Ask how many children come each day and their ages. A home daycare often mixes babies and school-age children in one group.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open the daycare's page here to see its license type, capacity and the state's inspection record, where we hold them.

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 175 Florida towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A5 towns
B11 towns
C13 towns
D7 towns
E2 towns
F8 towns
G4 towns
H11 towns
I1 town
J4 towns
K4 towns
L17 towns
M8 towns
N10 towns
O8 towns
P22 towns
Q1 town
R6 towns
S13 towns
T7 towns
V3 towns
W8 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Georgia980 in-home daycaresAlabama453 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Florida

How many in-home daycares are in Florida?

1,151 in-home daycares are listed in 175 Florida towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Florida town has the most in-home daycares?

Tampa, with 261 listed. Next are Jacksonville (70) and Miami (49).

What is the difference between in-home daycare and family child care?

They are the same thing. State licenses call it a family child care home (or a group or large family home when there is an assistant): a provider caring for a small group of children in their own home.

How many children can a home daycare have in Florida?

It depends on the license type and the children's ages. The typical Florida home daycare license here is for 10 children; each listing shows its own licensed capacity.

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.