Daycares in Maryland
8,006 licensed child care providers in Maryland, 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.
Maryland averages
Averaged across every licensed provider on record, excluding this state from the comparison.
Parent sentiment
-1.4 vs Other states averageAverage parent review rating on Google or Yelp.
- Maryland2.1
- Other states3.5
1,456 providers sampled
Daycare Index Rating
-2 vs Other states averageComposite of licensing, inspections, reviews, accreditation, transparency. See scoring guide.
- Maryland50
- Other states53
504 providers sampled
Maryland over time
Every dated record we hold for Maryland, bucketed by calendar year. Each panel names its own coverage: a line appears once a year carries enough observations to be a point rather than an anecdote, and says why it is empty when it is.
Safety index trend
Maryland publishes inspection outcomes, but not in a form this pipeline can read, so there is no violation-rate line to draw here. Read that as a gap in what we can see, not as a finding. An empty inspection history is not a clean record.
Parent sentiment trend
Show the figures
| Year | Average rating | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4.63 | 59 |
| 2017 | 4.55 | 86 |
| 2018 | 4.19 | 126 |
| 2019 | 4.47 | 160 |
| 2020 | 4.48 | 87 |
| 2021 | 4.44 | 160 |
| 2022 | 4.69 | 267 |
| 2023 | 4.56 | 379 |
| 2024 | 4.50 | 466 |
| 2025 | 4.67 | 1,020 |
| 2026 | 4.70 | 889 |
Where they are in Maryland
Every Maryland 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 Maryland is administered by the State Department of Education, Office of Child Care under COMAR 13A.16. 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://www.checkccmd.org