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Top 25 Childcare and early education centers based in Australia
RevenueBase identified 1,809 childcare and early education centers headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 27,272 professional contacts across them, including 6,798 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.
This list covers childcare and early education centers headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest childcare and early education centers based in Australia
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,294 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About us Goodstart is Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,650 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “G8 Education Limited (ASX:GEM) is a leading provider of quality early education and care, with 21 trusted brands and more than 350 centres across Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,367 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Camp Australia, children are at the heart of everything we do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,205 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We spend so much of our lives at work, why not choose a place you’ll love?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 721 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Only About Children, we’re proud to be one of Australia’s leading childcare and preschool/kindergarten providers for children aged from six weeks to five years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 703 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Affinity Education Group!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 561 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Nido!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 524 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At KU, children have a voice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SDN Children’s Services is a for-purpose, not for profit organisation that has been delivering quality early childhood education and child care, children's therapies and family…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 492 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1907, C&K is proud to be the largest and longest established provider of community based early childhood education and care services in Queensland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 486 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Montessori Academy!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 462 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a family owned business, care and partnership is at the heart of how we deliver exceptional outcomes for children, families and schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 419 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 2019 all of Centacare Child Care Services centres across South-East Queensland were re-branded as Catholic Early EdCare.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Busy Bees Australia provides high-quality early learning, with children’s safety as our highest priority.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 270 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Explorers Early Learning!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 255 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We have a quest to be Australia’s best in early childhood education by empowering our educators and providing them with the environment, resources, and support to create the best…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 243 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About ECMS ECMS has been providing high-quality and inclusive early learning and care for Melbourne children, families and communities for 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 234 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Story House, every child’s story matters to us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 228 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Are you ready to inspire young minds and be part of a supportive community that values your role in their growth?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Aspire Early Education and Kindergarten, we understand that your goal as a parent is to enhance your child’s full potential by providing them with the best possible start in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Sparow Early Learning!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 197 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Little Zak's Academy our aim is to provide excellence in early childhood care and education in a safe, welcoming, adopting and nurturing environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re here to spark the imagination, set foundations for compassionate friendships, and create environments that inspire the very best, from the inside out.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're Big Fat Smile.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For 85 years, Gowrie Victoria has been at the forefront of high-quality early learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: childcare and early education centers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names childcare and early education centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of childcare and early education centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name childcare and early education centers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Childcare and early education centers based in Australia at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 1,809 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among childcare and early education centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “childcare and early education centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names childcare and early education centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among childcare and early education centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,798 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Childcare and early education centers by metro
- Childcare and early education centers in Sydney34
- Childcare and early education centers in Melbourne33
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names childcare and early education centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many childcare and early education centers are there based in Australia?
RevenueBase identified 1,809 childcare and early education centers headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Goodstart Early Learning, headquartered in Brisbane, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most childcare and early education centers?
Sydney leads with 34 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (33) and Brisbane (19).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,798 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,809 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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