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Top 25 Childcare and early education centers based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 3,185 childcare and early education centers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 20,794 professional contacts across them, including 1,775 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers childcare and early education centers headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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 the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 591 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kids Planet not only provides the highest standard of nursery care and education but also a unique environment in which children are actively encouraged to explore, learn and to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 398 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Junior Adventures Group UK is proud to be the leading provider of before, after-school activity clubs, PE lessons and holiday programmes in the UK, with passionate teams who live…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 347 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are redefining early childhood education in more ways than one.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Partou, childcare isn’t just a job; it’s a journey – one where every child leads us in a unique direction.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 227 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fennies Nurseries first opened our doors in 1992, with the vision to create a vibrant and innovative, home-from-home learning experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We opened our first nursery in 1991 and now operate 39 nurseries throughout the South and Wales!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Asquith Day Nurseries is the UK’s leading provider of premium childcare and education for the under 5s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We grow good humans, little and big, and the communities they help shape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Voted the Top Nursery Group in the UK, twice Our mission is to create inspiring worlds full of awe and wonder for little ones to grow and thrive in.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Parenta provides software management solutions that reduce admin time significantly and offer a free recruitment service to help settings invest in tomorrow’s generation of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Banana Moon Day nursery Franchise, setting the standards in childcare, all Nurseries are family run concerns with the emphasis of seeing everything from a parent's point of view.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Here at Tops Day Nurseries, we are proud to be industry leaders in providing exceptional childcare across the South and South-West, with nurseries and holiday clubs in Dorset…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Little Elms is an established nursery that aims to provide the highest standards of care for children aged between 3 months and 5 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 114 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For over 130 years, Norland has delivered world-class early childhood education and training, enabling students to become exceptional nannies and early years practitioners.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Care and Education for children and young people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 35 magical years, Seymour House has provided a beyond brilliant nursery experience for families.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're on a mission to unlock the potential of every child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kipinä is an international early childhood program that ignites “the spark” in children, aged 4 months to 6 years, to create a lifelong love of learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 85 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KOOSA Kids Ltd is a leading provider of Ofsted Outstanding Breakfast, After School and Holiday Club childcare for children aged 4-13 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Ashbourne Day Nurseries, where we passionately craft nurturing environments that inspire lifelong learning and confidence in every child.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Bright Little Stars Nursery™ is an award-winning childcare and education provider with a unique learning programme and pre-school We believe in providing every child with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Childcare and education provider for babies and young children aged from 3 months to 5 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Snapdragons Nurseries have been leading the way in early years education since opening our first nursery and pre-school in 1998.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Holistic childcare for the modern world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to MRN Nurseries, the childcare to have!” 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 the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 3,185 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 the United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom 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, 1,775 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 London354
- Childcare and early education centers in Birmingham48
- Childcare and early education centers in Manchester38
- Childcare and early education centers in Nottingham34
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 the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 3,185 childcare and early education centers headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?
Kids Planet DAY Nurseries, headquartered in Lymm, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most childcare and early education centers?
London leads with 354 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (48) and Manchester (38).
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 1,775 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,185 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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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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