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Top 25 Daycare and childcare centers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 8,490 daycare and childcare centers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 119,549 professional contacts across them, including 14,443 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers daycare and childcare centers headquartered in the 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 daycare and childcare centers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Transform lives-including yours-with the nation’s leading provider of early childhood education and child care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 5,746 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Primrose Schools® is a national franchise company that provides high-quality early education and care to children and families across America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 2,465 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Childcare Network was founded in 1988 in Columbus, Georgia with the initial acquisition of just two schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Child Care Services Association (CCSA) is now Early Years!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,878 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With more than 50 years of experience, we pride ourselves on being a trusted, supportive, reliable provider of early education and care.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,440 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For more than five decades, Childtime has been a guiding light in the child care and early education field.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 968 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tutor Time has been supporting working families in Florida since the 1980s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 906 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From the first hello of the day, to the last good-bye, we want every child to feel safe, nurtured, and excited to learn and grow with us, and for you to consider Lightbridge…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 860 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cadence Education is one of the nation’s premier early childhood educators, providing high-quality childcare and early learning programs including play-based, Montessori, and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 803 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Child Care Resource Center (CCRC) assists close to parents, children, and child care providers each month in Northern Los Angeles County and the entirety of San Bernardino County…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 648 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Children of America (COA): It’s A Special Recipe of People, Principles And Pride.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 641 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gymboree Play & Music has been fostering creativity and confidence in children ages 0-5 for over 45 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 606 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Brightside Academy proudly offers quality education and child care to children from all families and socio-economic backgrounds.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 578 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Children’s Courtyard was founded in Arlington, Texas, in 1986.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 565 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1966, ECS4Kids (Episcopal Children's Services) is a Non-Profit organization with strong entrepreneurial spirit that uses research and the best practices to help…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 536 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Rainbow Child Care Center is a leading provider of high-quality early education and child care services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 519 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Southwest Human Development is Arizona’s largest nonprofit dedicated to early childhood development.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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. | |||||
| 19 | 479 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Crème de la Crème provides childcare of the highest quality, stressing a safe, secure environment; a nurturing, professional staff; and the finest educational experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 471 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Cadence Academy provides exceptional childcare and early education programs for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 460 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An academically focused preschool for ages 6 weeks to 5 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 457 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “One of the oldest and most respected early childhood education agencies in the nation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 412 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 410 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yeled V’Yalda is a dynamic not-for-profit social service agency whose mission is to serve the whole child and the family.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 390 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kidango’s commitment is to ensure all children have access to the best opportunities for growth, focused on education and health.” 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: daycare and childcare 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 daycare and childcare centers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of daycare and childcare centers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name daycare and childcare 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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Daycare and childcare centers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 8,490 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 daycare and childcare 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 States whose own description of what they do matches “daycare and childcare 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 daycare and childcare 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 daycare and childcare centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States 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, 14,443 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.
Daycare and childcare centers by metro
- Daycare and childcare centers in New York140
- Daycare and childcare centers in Chicago99
- Daycare and childcare centers in Houston70
- Daycare and childcare centers in Philadelphia65
- Daycare and childcare centers in Portland57
- Daycare and childcare centers in Columbus49
- Daycare and childcare centers in San Francisco48
- Daycare and childcare centers in Austin45
- Daycare and childcare centers in Dallas45
- Daycare and childcare centers in Seattle41
- Daycare and childcare centers in San Antonio40
- Daycare and childcare centers in Omaha39
- Daycare and childcare centers in San Diego38
- Daycare and childcare centers in Atlanta37
- Daycare and childcare centers in Indianapolis34
- Daycare and childcare centers in Washington34
- Daycare and childcare centers in Miami33
- Daycare and childcare centers in Albuquerque32
- Daycare and childcare centers in Charlotte31
- Daycare and childcare centers in Los Angeles31
- Daycare and childcare centers in Springfield30
- Daycare and childcare centers in Bronx29
- Daycare and childcare centers in San Jose29
- Daycare and childcare centers in Wilmington29
- Daycare and childcare centers in Phoenix28
- Daycare and childcare centers in Madison27
- Daycare and childcare centers in Orlando27
- Daycare and childcare centers in Pittsburgh27
- Daycare and childcare centers in Jacksonville25
- Daycare and childcare centers in Louisville25
- Daycare and childcare centers in Richmond25
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 daycare and childcare 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 daycare and childcare centers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 8,490 daycare and childcare centers headquartered in the 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?
Kindercare Learning Companies, headquartered in Lake Oswego, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most daycare and childcare centers?
New York leads with 140 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (99) and Houston (70).
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 14,443 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 8,490 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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