Daycare Locations is an independent national guide to licensed child care. It is not a government website. We are not a state licensing agency or any child care provider, we do not rate or rank programs, and nobody pays to be listed.
Where the data comes from
- Texas: HHSC CCL Daycare and Residential Operations, data.texas.gov (2026-11-05).
- California: CDSS Care Facility Search data download (2026-11-06).
- New York: OCFS Child Care Regulated Programs, data.ny.gov (2026-11-05).
- Pennsylvania: DHS Child Care Providers, data.pa.gov (2026-10-29).
- Illinois: DCFS Sunshine Day Care Provider Lookup export (2026-11-06).
- Michigan: LARA child care licensing layer, State of Michigan GIS (2026-11-06).
- Florida: Public Google Maps business listings (child care categories), collected for the 29 Florida cities with the most daycare searches (2026-11-06).
- New Jersey: DCF Office of Licensing, licensed child care centers layer (NJDEP GIS) (2026-10-06).
- Washington: DCYF Licensed Childcare Center and School Age Program, data.wa.gov (2026-10-05).
- Massachusetts: EEC Current Licensed and Funded Programs, Mass open data (2026-10-29).
We keep only programs with an active license or registration as each state defines it. Florida has no current downloadable list of licensed providers, so for Florida we list daycares, preschools and child care centers from public Google Maps business listings (November 6, 2026), without reviews and without licensing data, and ask you to verify each one on the Florida DCF search.
Privacy of family child care homes
Homes are listed on city pages only, with name, ZIP code, the phone the state publishes, capacity and license type, never with a street address or map position.
Who we are
The site is edited by AgustÃn Mendez (Pinamar, Argentina). AI tools help with drafting and data processing; facts are checked against their sources before publishing. Start with the ZIP search or a state: Texas, California, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois.