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Child care in Ventura County, California
Everything Childcare Alerts tracks for Ventura County, synthesized from public records — 1.9% of California's licensed providers are here. Figures describe the public data; they aren't a rating.
Ventura County has about 20,875 licensed seats for roughly 52,057 children under six — a licensed-capacity ratio of 40% (a rough access measure, not a wait-list figure).
Who runs child care here
16 of the county's providers are private-equity-owned chains. Biggest chains: KinderCare (13) · Tutor Time (6, PE) · La Petite Academy (4, PE) · Bright Horizons (3) · Childtime (3, PE)
What violations get cited
Most-cited themes in Ventura County's public inspection records.
By city
Oxnard (181) · Ventura (99) · Simi Valley (67) · Thousand Oaks (38) · Camarillo (34) · Fillmore (20) · Santa Paula (19) · Port Hueneme (17) · Ojai (14) · Newbury Park (14) · Moorpark (13) · Westlake Village (11)
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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.