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Utah Child Care: Licensed Providers
Childcare Alerts indexes every licensed child care provider in Utah'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.
Utah has 1,988 licensed child care providers on public record across 26 counties. Utah'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
| Type | Providers |
|---|---|
| Child Care Licensed Family | 806 |
| Child Care Center | 428 |
| DWS Approved, Exempt Center | 176 |
| DWS Approved, Exempt School Age Program | 139 |
| Child Care Exempt Program | 133 |
| DWS Approved, FFN in Provider's Home | 129 |
| Child Care Commercial Preschool | 57 |
| Child Care Residential Certificate | 54 |
| DWS Approved, FFN in Child's Home | 47 |
| Child Care Hourly Center | 10 |
| Child Care Out of School Time Program | 9 |
Where the providers are
Utah cities/towns with the most licensed providers:
- Salt Lake City — 191 providers
- West Valley — 110 providers
- West Jordan — 102 providers
- Taylorsville — 78 providers
- Ogden — 68 providers
- South Jordan — 66 providers
- Saint George — 60 providers
- Sandy — 54 providers
- West Valley City — 53 providers
- Orem — 51 providers
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Utah child care in the news
Recent third-party coverage of Utah child care. Headlines link to the original source — these are news reports, not our licensing records.
- Parents Left Without Answers After SLCo Childcare Programs End Deportation (WMsnp0v3uG)Mshale · Aug 25, 2026
- Stop pretending Utah families can afford childcareUtah News Dispatch · Aug 20, 2026
- Man used a screwdriver to kill his wife and daughter at a Minnesota daycare, police sayABC4 Utah · Aug 13, 2026
- Minnesota man kills his wife and daughter at a daycare after killing another relativeABC4 Utah · Aug 12, 2026
- Hopkins daycare killings: 2 adults, child deadYahoo · Aug 12, 2026
- Voices: The Salt Lake County Council worked together to build a better childcare modelThe Salt Lake Tribune · Aug 5, 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 Utah provider by name or city to see its details and a link to the official state record.
Methodology & source
Providers: the Utah Office of Child Care Licensing (DHHS)'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.