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Child care in Sonoma County, California
Everything Childcare Alerts tracks for Sonoma County, synthesized from public records — 1.1% of California's licensed providers are here. Figures describe the public data; they aren't a rating.
Sonoma County has about 10,057 licensed seats for roughly 26,663 children under six — a licensed-capacity ratio of 38% (a rough access measure, not a wait-list figure).
Who runs child care here
4 of the county's providers are private-equity-owned chains. Biggest chains: KinderCare (7) · La Petite Academy (3, PE) · The Learning Experience (1, PE)
What violations get cited
Most-cited themes in Sonoma County's public inspection records.
By city
Santa Rosa (142) · Petaluma (51) · Rohnert Park (31) · Windsor (20) · Sonoma (17) · Sebastopol (15) · Cotati (12) · Healdsburg (8) · Cloverdale (6) · Penngrove (6) · Graton (2) · Kenwood (1)
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Childcare Alerts is an independent service that synthesizes public California child care records for education and research. It is not a rating or a safety verdict; the official state record always controls.