Licensed childcare center data, per state
Every licensed childcare center. Every month: who opened, who closed, what changed.
A maintained feed of state licensing records for the companies that sell to childcare centers. Built only from official state sources, with the agency record linked on every row.
Early access. No signup needed for the sample.
A center that appeared on the state roster since the last refresh, labelled first seen, with the license issue date where the state publishes one.
A center the state no longer lists, or whose license status changed to closed or revoked.
A center whose record moved: capacity, license status, or a new inspection on file.
Built for teams that sell to childcare centers
Childcare software
Reach new centers in their first month, and keep territory lists current as centers close.
Insurers and agents
See license status and inspection counts from the agency's own record, with a link to check it.
Food program sponsors
Find licensed centers in your service area as they open, county by county.
Curriculum and supply vendors
One clean roster per state instead of one portal per state, with capacity and ages served.
What's in a row
Each row is one licensed center, as the state agency publishes it, traced to the dataset it came from.
| Identity | Name, operation type, street, city, ZIP, county |
|---|---|
| License | Number, status, issued and expiry dates where published |
| Program | Licensed capacity, ages served |
| Inspections | Inspection and violation counts, last inspection date |
| Source | Agency record URL, CheckedCare page URL, dataset ID, date the record was read |
Never in the feed
- Names of directors, owners, licensees or staff
- Email addresses or phone numbers
- Family and home-based child care, which is a person's home
- Grades, scores or rankings
Files you get
full/[state]/[date].csv.gz
delta/[state]/[date].csv
manifest.json
CSV or NDJSON, by download or API key, plus a monthly email digest of what changed in your states.
Free sample: Harris County, Texas
15 licensed centers first seen in the most recent state refresh, in the same columns as the paid feed. No signup.
Coverage
A state is on sale only after its source's terms allow it. Each refreshes when the state's records do, about monthly.
- Texas 9,731 centers. HHSC open data, CC0 public domain.
- California 19,086 centers, incl. closed. CDSS licensing data, public domain.
- New York 4,817 centers outside New York City. OCFS open data.
- Pennsylvania 5,000 centers. DHS open data, public domain.
- Washington 2,517 centers and school-age programs. DCYF open data.
- Georgia 3,142 centers. DECAL public provider export.
- Florida 9,774 centers, incl. exempt. DCF provider list.
Need a state that is not listed? Tell us on the waitlist form.
Where the data comes from
ChildcareWire is built from the same public records as CheckedCare, the free site where parents read each center's official inspection record. Same team, same pipeline. The feed never runs ahead of what CheckedCare publishes.
Early-access pricing
Monthly, cancel anytime. Annual billing is ten times the monthly price.
Sample
Free
One county from the latest refresh. No signup.
State
$79/mo
One state: full roster, monthly delta, email digest.
Region
$199/mo
Up to five states, same files and digest.
National
$499/mo
Every state on sale, as more are added, plus API access.
Join the waitlist
Tell us which states you need and what you would use the feed for. We will email you when your states open, and nothing else.