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Top 25 Childcare and early education centers based in Chicago, United States
RevenueBase identified 132 childcare and early education centers headquartered in Chicago, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 3,743 professional contacts across them, including 1,073 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers childcare and early education centers headquartered in Chicago, United States, 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 Chicago, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 600 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “One Hope United (OHU) is a nonprofit providing early childhood education, child and family services, clinical services, and residential programs for 130 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Illinois Action for Children is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to quality, accessible early learning and care opportunities for children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 350 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Start Early (formerly known as the Ounce of Prevention) is a nonprofit public-private partnership advancing quality early learning and care for families with children, before…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 247 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are one of the largest Easterseals aliates, transforming the lives of early learners and individuals of all abilities through educational, family, and community services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SGA Youth & Family Services, founded in 1911, provides free, comprehensive services to the most challenged and underserved neighborhoods in Illinois’ Cook, Lake, and Will Counties.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Carole Robertson Center for Learning is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating, enriching, and empowering children and families through comprehensive child and family…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Premier Early Childhood Education Partners is focused on improving the lives of children, families, and early childhood professionals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Christopher House's family of schools provides low-income children and their parents with high-quality education programs that prepare them for success in school, the workplace…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our Mission Since 1898, Gads Hill Center creates opportunities for children and their families to build a better life through education, access to resources and community…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The mission of Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) is to provide high-quality early learning and out-of-school time enrichment in under-resourced neighborhoods to holistically support…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “El Hogar works with families to provide support and build relationships to create a strong community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Apollo After School is comprehensive extended school day childcare program for students in grades Pre-K through 8th.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Little Green Tree House is four Chicagoland Preschools/early childhood centers that provide care & education for children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Mary Crane Center promotes the comprehensive early development children aged six weeks to five years, through school-readiness programs, personal enrichment activities, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Black Bear Academy uses a multidisciplinary approach that allows parents to choose educational and/or clinical therapeutic services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Because investments in young children’s early brain development yield the greatest returns for our communities, VOCEL operates innovative child-focused programs that are…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 22 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 2003, Bubbles Academy has brought engaging learning experiences to children 0 to 5 years and their parents.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Little Inspirations is a child care center in Hyde Park, Chicago, providing care and early education for children 6 weeks to 6 years old.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Mission HPNC is a not-for-profit organization providing high quality childcare, academic support, and enriching activities for infants to teens so they can learn, grow, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We prepare children ages 6 weeks to 6 years old to be critical thinkers, lifelong learners and compassionate citizens.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Nook Daycare is an individualized learning experience where children, parents, and teachers grow together to instill children with a love of learning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tiny Giants Early Learning Centers Chicago operate 3 locations in Uptown and North Center.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The purpose of Little Einstein’s Daycare, Inc.” 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 Chicago, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Chicago, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Chicago, over 132 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 Chicago, United States 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 Chicago 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, 1,073 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 in the United States
- Childcare and early education centers in New York217
- Childcare and early education centers in Chicago132
- Childcare and early education centers in San Francisco89
- Childcare and early education centers in Houston85
- Childcare and early education centers in Philadelphia81
- Childcare and early education centers in Portland73
- Childcare and early education centers in Seattle64
- Childcare and early education centers in Columbus63
- Childcare and early education centers in Austin62
- Childcare and early education centers in Dallas55
- Childcare and early education centers in Los Angeles54
- Childcare and early education centers in Washington53
- Childcare and early education centers in Atlanta52
- Childcare and early education centers in Miami52
- Childcare and early education centers in Charlotte51
- Childcare and early education centers in San Diego50
- Childcare and early education centers in San Antonio49
- Childcare and early education centers in Omaha46
- Childcare and early education centers in Madison44
- Childcare and early education centers in Pittsburgh42
- Childcare and early education centers in Indianapolis41
- Childcare and early education centers in San Jose40
- Childcare and early education centers in Albuquerque39
- Childcare and early education centers in Orlando38
- Childcare and early education centers in Bronx37
- Childcare and early education centers in Phoenix37
- Childcare and early education centers in Springfield37
- Childcare and early education centers in Denver36
- Childcare and early education centers in Louisville35
- Childcare and early education centers in Kansas City33
- Childcare and early education centers in Tampa33
- Childcare and early education centers in Brooklyn32
- Childcare and early education centers in Minneapolis32
- Childcare and early education centers in Richmond32
- Childcare and early education centers in Nashville31
- Childcare and early education centers in Raleigh31
- Childcare and early education centers in Wilmington31
- Childcare and early education centers in Boston30
- Childcare and early education centers in Columbia30
- Childcare and early education centers in Jacksonville30
- Childcare and early education centers in Lincoln30
- Childcare and early education centers in Milwaukee30
- Childcare and early education centers in Sacramento30
- Childcare and early education centers in Cincinnati29
- Childcare and early education centers in Rochester29
- Childcare and early education centers in Arlington27
- Childcare and early education centers in Oakland27
- Childcare and early education centers in Cleveland25
- Childcare and early education centers in Fort Worth25
- Childcare and early education centers in Gainesville25
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 Chicago, United States?
RevenueBase identified 132 childcare and early education centers headquartered in Chicago, United States 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?
ONE Hope United, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most childcare and early education centers?
New York leads with 217 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (132) and San Francisco (89).
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 1,073 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 132 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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