Daycares in Florida

11,347 licensed child care providers in Florida, drawn from the state licensing agency's public records. Each profile carries the license number, status, and capacity on record. Where the state publishes nothing for a field, or the daycare is not licensed, the profile says so plainly.

Averaged across every licensed provider on record, excluding this state from the comparison.

Parent sentiment

-0.0 vs Other states average

Average parent review rating on Google or Yelp.

Florida3.4
Other states3.4

5,133 providers sampled

Daycare Index Rating

+4 vs Other states average

Composite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.

Florida55
Other states51

11,347 providers sampled

Florida over time

Every dated record we hold for Florida, bucketed by calendar year. A year appears only once it carries enough observations to be a point rather than an anecdote, so the lines start where the state's published record does.

Safety index trend

20232026

Share of recorded Florida inspections that found at least one violation. Built from the inspection records Florida publishes, so it moves with enforcement, not with our coverage.

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Share of recorded Florida daycare inspections that found at least one violation, by year, by year, with sample sizes
Year	Violation rate %	Sample
2023	27.8%	22,643
2024	27.1%	25,019
2025	27.8%	27,759
2026	28.8%	15,600

Parent sentiment trend

20132026

Average star rating across every dated parent review on record for Florida. Reviews are counted individually here, unlike the state averages above.

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Average parent review star rating for Florida daycares, by year, by year, with sample sizes
Year	Average rating	Sample
2013	4.41	96
2014	4.42	127
2015	4.35	209
2016	4.29	341
2017	4.28	627
2018	4.35	815
2019	4.40	954
2020	4.51	645
2021	4.34	778
2022	4.31	1,097
2023	4.54	2,107
2024	4.60	3,022
2025	4.64	5,804
2026	4.63	5,932

Where they are in Florida

Every Florida provider we hold a location for. Click a pin for the license record, and pan or zoom to load more.

Where this record comes from

Licensing in Florida is administered by the Department of Children and Families, Office of Child Care Regulation under Florida Administrative Code 65C-22. This directory republishes the public record and labels every absent field "Not listed" rather than filling it in. Verify current status with the agency before enrolling.

Primary source: https://caresapi.myflfamilies.com

Florida averages