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In-Home Daycares in Maryland

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 $177 a week in the middle Maryland county (2022).

in-home daycares listed
3,997
towns
298
towns have their own in-home daycares page
188
of all Maryland daycares
61%

Map of Maryland: 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 Maryland

Infant care at a home daycare, per week, in the middle Maryland county (2022)
$177
The median of 24 county medians, from $149 in the lowest county to $288 in the highest.

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

Maryland

Largest towns for in-home daycares in Maryland

Baltimore568 in-home daycaresSilver Spring245 in-home daycaresFrederick142 in-home daycaresLaurel107 in-home daycaresGermantown94 in-home daycaresColumbia93 in-home daycaresGaithersburg91 in-home daycaresWaldorf87 in-home daycaresRockville83 in-home daycaresHagerstown71 in-home daycaresBowie70 in-home daycaresUpper Marlboro69 in-home 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
All daycares6,602
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

Before you enroll

Choosing an in-home daycare in Maryland

  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.

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 298 Maryland towns with in-home daycares, A to Z

A10 towns
B21 towns
C37 towns
D11 towns
E10 towns
F14 towns
G15 towns
H15 towns
I2 towns
J5 towns
K6 towns
L16 towns
M23 towns
N9 towns
O8 towns
P21 towns
Q2 towns
R12 towns
S28 towns
T7 towns
U4 towns
V2 towns
W20 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Virginia1,528 in-home daycaresPennsylvania1,516 in-home daycaresWest Virginia701 in-home daycaresDelaware591 in-home daycaresDistrict of Columbia90 in-home daycares

Questions

Questions about in-home daycares in Maryland

How many in-home daycares are in Maryland?

3,997 in-home daycares are listed in 298 Maryland towns. Street addresses are not shown for home daycares. The provider shares the address with families, so call to arrange a visit.

Which Maryland town has the most in-home daycares?

Baltimore, with 568 listed. Next are Silver Spring (245) and Frederick (142).

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.

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.