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Florida Child Care: Licensed Providers

Childcare Alerts indexes every licensed child care provider in Florida's public open data — the roster its licensing agency publishes. This report summarizes the landscape and points you to each provider's official state record. It is a factual overview, not a safety rating of any provider.

Florida has 11,826 licensed child care providers on public record across 67 counties. Florida's open data is a directory — the licensing and inspection history for a provider lives on the official state record, which we link to on every provider page.

Provider types

Where the providers are

Florida cities/towns with the most licensed providers:

1. Miami — 916 providers
2. Tampa — 707 providers
3. Jacksonville — 699 providers
4. Orlando — 502 providers
5. Hialeah — 215 providers
6. Tallahassee — 176 providers
7. West Palm Beach — 160 providers
8. Pensacola — 152 providers
9. Lakeland — 150 providers
10. Kissimmee — 147 providers

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Florida child care in the news

Recent third-party coverage of Florida child care. Headlines link to the original source — these are news reports, not our licensing records.

• Florida property tax vote threatens Treasure Coast child care
  Yahoo · Aug 25, 2026
• Live in Florida? Six Assistance Programs That Can Ease Employment, Healthcare and Childcare Costs
  MundoNOW · Aug 24, 2026
• New 20-year study proves pre-K impacts a child’s academic future
  Florida International University · Aug 11, 2026
• Former South Florida daycare teacher bonds out of jail after video shows her shaking 2-year-old boy by the neck
  CBS News · Aug 4, 2026
• Lincoln Marti daycare teacher accused of grabbing 2-year-old by neck, shaking him
  WPLG Local 10 · Aug 4, 2026
• Homestead daycare teacher accused of grabbing and shaking 2-year-old arrested
  NBC 6 South Florida · Aug 4, 2026

Coverage is gathered automatically from public news sources and isn't an endorsement; we link out and don't host the articles.

How to check a specific provider

Search any Florida provider by name or city to see its details and a link to the official state record.

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Methodology & source

Providers: the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)'s licensed child care roster, published as public open data. Childcare Alerts surfaces and summarizes these public records; the official government record always controls, and the absence of a record is not a guarantee of safety. Childcare Alerts is an independent service, not affiliated with any state agency.