Child Care Centers in Iowa

Iowa is home to 1,085 licensed child care centers. No quality rating is published for these listings; confirm licensing, hours, ages served, and costs directly with the provider. Browse by city below to find local listings.

Cities with child care centers in Iowa

Des Moines, IA 397 providers Cedar Rapids, IA 141 providers Davenport, IA 147 providers Iowa City, IA 72 providers Waterloo, IA 109 providers Ankeny, IA 90 providers Council Bluffs, IA 77 providers Dubuque, IA 63 providers Sioux City, IA 87 providers Ames, IA 38 providers West Des Moines, IA 34 providers Bettendorf, IA 40 providers Waukee, IA 32 providers Marion, IA 41 providers Cedar Falls, IA 43 providers Johnston, IA 29 providers West Des Moines, IA 33 providers North Liberty, IA 34 providers Urbandale, IA 12 providers Coralville, IA 28 providers Fort Dodge, IA 34 providers Grimes, IA 21 providers Urbandale, IA 30 providers Hiawatha, IA 9 providers Pleasant Hill, IA 18 providers Altoona, IA 34 providers Clive, IA 15 providers Indianola, IA 20 providers Norwalk, IA 18 providers Fort Madison, IA 13 providers Ottumwa, IA 25 providers Boone, IA 12 providers Burlington, IA 44 providers Decorah, IA 12 providers Huxley, IA 10 providers Newton, IA 20 providers Pella, IA 8 providers Tiffin, IA 13 providers Washington, IA 8 providers Adel, IA 11 providers Carroll, IA 19 providers Clinton, IA 21 providers Eldridge, IA 9 providers Marshalltown, IA 31 providers Mason City, IA 26 providers Muscatine, IA 27 providers Perry, IA 12 providers Sioux City, IA 8 providers Solon, IA 8 providers Williamsburg, IA 9 providers Algona, IA 12 providers Anamosa, IA 5 providers Atlantic, IA 13 providers Bondurant, IA 12 providers Carlisle, IA 8 providers Center Point, IA 6 providers Clarinda, IA 6 providers Dewitt, IA 5 providers Emmetsburg, IA 10 providers Fairfield, IA 13 providers Gilbert, IA 3 providers Glenwood, IA 8 providers Grundy Center, IA 7 providers Keokuk, IA 10 providers Le Claire, IA 3 providers Le Mars, IA 12 providers Milford, IA 6 providers Monticello, IA 9 providers Polk City, IA 4 providers Sergeant Bluff, IA 8 providers Sioux Center, IA 7 providers Spencer, IA 15 providers Van Meter, IA 4 providers Waverly, IA 15 providers West Burlington, IA 6 providers West Liberty, IA 9 providers West Point, IA 5 providers Windsor Heights, IA 5 providers Winterset, IA 11 providers Afton, IA 3 providers Baxter, IA 2 providers Charles City, IA 22 providers Cherokee, IA 9 providers Clear Lake, IA 10 providers Cresco, IA 9 providers Dallas Center, IA 2 providers Danville, IA 3 providers Denison, IA 6 providers Dyersville, IA 5 providers Eldora, IA 4 providers Estherville, IA 6 providers Evansdale, IA 6 providers Fairbank, IA 2 providers Forest City, IA 6 providers Granger, IA 3 providers Grinnell, IA 8 providers Harlan, IA 7 providers Hawarden, IA 3 providers Independence, IA 9 providers Iowa Falls, IA 6 providers Jefferson, IA 6 providers Jesup, IA 5 providers Larchwood, IA 4 providers Lisbon, IA 3 providers Madrid, IA 3 providers Moravia, IA 2 providers Nevada, IA 11 providers New Hampton, IA 10 providers New London, IA 3 providers Ogden, IA 8 providers Oskaloosa, IA 18 providers Ossian, IA 6 providers Peosta, IA 4 providers Primghar, IA 2 providers Reinbeck, IA 2 providers Robins, IA 2 providers Sheffield, IA 2 providers Shenandoah, IA 5 providers Slater, IA 3 providers Storm Lake, IA 8 providers Stuart, IA 3 providers Swisher, IA 2 providers Tipton, IA 5 providers Vinton, IA 9 providers Webster City, IA 7 providers West Branch, IA 6 providers Wilton, IA 3 providers Woodbine, IA 5 providers Adair, IA 3 providers Ainsworth, IA 1 providers Akron, IA 1 providers Albert City, IA 1 providers Allison, IA 4 providers Andrew, IA 1 providers Anita, IA 3 providers Armstrong, IA 1 providers Asbury, IA 3 providers Atkins, IA 3 providers Aurelia, IA 2 providers Avoca, IA 1 providers Bancroft, IA 1 providers Bellevue, IA 1 providers Belmond, IA 4 providers Blairsburg, IA 1 providers Boyden, IA 1 providers Breda, IA 1 providers Britt, IA 3 providers Bronson, IA 1 providers Brooklyn, IA 3 providers Buffalo Center, IA 2 providers Bussey, IA 1 providers Calamus, IA 2 providers Callender, IA 1 providers Calmar, IA 2 providers Camanche, IA 3 providers Cascade, IA 2 providers Central City, IA 1 providers Chariton, IA 5 providers Churdan, IA 1 providers Clarion, IA 4 providers Clarksville, IA 5 providers Colfax, IA 1 providers Conrad, IA 1 providers Corning, IA 3 providers Corydon, IA 4 providers Creston, IA 17 providers Dakota City, IA 3 providers Dayton, IA 1 providers De Soto, IA 4 providers Delmar, IA 1 providers Denver, IA 2 providers Des Moines, IA 1 providers Diagonal, IA 1 providers Dike, IA 2 providers Dow City, IA 1 providers Dunkerton, IA 4 providers Dunlap, IA 2 providers Durant, IA 3 providers Dysart, IA 1 providers Earlham, IA 4 providers Earlville, IA 1 providers Eddyville, IA 1 providers Edgewood, IA 1 providers Eldon, IA 4 providers Elk Horn, IA 1 providers Elkader, IA 1 providers Elkhart, IA 2 providers Elma, IA 1 providers Essex, IA 1 providers Garnavillo, IA 1 providers Garner, IA 9 providers George, IA 2 providers Gilbertville, IA 4 providers Gilmore City, IA 1 providers Gladbrook, IA 1 providers Glidden, IA 3 providers Goose Lake, IA 1 providers Gowrie, IA 2 providers Graettinger, IA 2 providers Green Mountain, IA 1 providers Greenfield, IA 5 providers Griswold, IA 2 providers Guthrie Center, IA 1 providers Guttenberg, IA 2 providers Hampton, IA 7 providers Hartley, IA 5 providers Hinton, IA 3 providers Holstein, IA 3 providers Holy Cross, IA 1 providers Hudson, IA 5 providers Ida Grove, IA 2 providers Inwood, IA 1 providers Janesville, IA 3 providers Kalona, IA 4 providers Keosauqua, IA 1 providers Keota, IA 1 providers Knoxville, IA 9 providers La Porte City, IA 2 providers Lake City, IA 2 providers Lamoni, IA 3 providers Lansing, IA 1 providers Latimer, IA 2 providers Laurel, IA 2 providers Laurens, IA 2 providers Leon, IA 6 providers Lime Springs, IA 2 providers Logan, IA 1 providers Long Grove, IA 1 providers Lovilia, IA 1 providers Lowden, IA 1 providers Lynnville, IA 1 providers Malvern, IA 1 providers Manchester, IA 4 providers Manilla, IA 2 providers Manly, IA 6 providers Manning, IA 2 providers Maquoketa, IA 6 providers Marcus, IA 1 providers Marengo, IA 1 providers Martensdale, IA 2 providers Massena, IA 1 providers Maxwell, IA 2 providers Mc Gregor, IA 1 providers Mccallsburg, IA 1 providers Mcgregor, IA 1 providers Mechanicsville, IA 1 providers Middle Amana, IA 1 providers Miles, IA 1 providers Milo, IA 2 providers Missouri Valley, IA 3 providers Mitchellville, IA 4 providers Mondamin, IA 2 providers Monona, IA 4 providers Montezuma, IA 1 providers Morning Sun, IA 2 providers Mount Ayr, IA 3 providers Mount Pleasant, IA 7 providers Mount Vernon, IA 5 providers Moville, IA 4 providers Mt. Pleasant, IA 1 providers Neola, IA 3 providers Newell, IA 3 providers Norway, IA 1 providers Oakland, IA 3 providers Olin, IA 1 providers Onawa, IA 5 providers Orange City, IA 5 providers Orient, IA 2 providers Osage, IA 8 providers Osceola, IA 11 providers Oxford, IA 2 providers Oxford Junction, IA 2 providers Packwood, IA 1 providers Palo, IA 1 providers Panora, IA 3 providers Parkersburg, IA 2 providers Pocahontas, IA 1 providers Postville, IA 5 providers Prairie City, IA 2 providers Princeton, IA 1 providers Radcliffe, IA 1 providers Red Oak, IA 7 providers Riceville, IA 2 providers Richland, IA 1 providers Riverside, IA 5 providers Rock Rapids, IA 3 providers Rock Valley, IA 4 providers Rockwell City, IA 3 providers Sac City, IA 5 providers Saint Ansgar, IA 2 providers Sanborn, IA 2 providers Schaller, IA 1 providers Schleswig, IA 2 providers Seymour, IA 1 providers Shellsburg, IA 1 providers Sibley, IA 3 providers Sioux Rapids, IA 3 providers Spirit Lake, IA 6 providers Springville, IA 1 providers Stacyville, IA 1 providers Stanton, IA 2 providers State Center, IA 4 providers Story City, IA 6 providers Stratford, IA 1 providers Strawberry Point, IA 1 providers Sumner, IA 2 providers Sutherland, IA 1 providers Swea City, IA 1 providers Tabor, IA 2 providers Tama, IA 9 providers Toledo, IA 4 providers Treynor, IA 2 providers Tripoli, IA 4 providers Truro, IA 1 providers Underwood, IA 1 providers Urbana, IA 1 providers Van Horne, IA 1 providers Villisca, IA 2 providers Wayland, IA 2 providers Wellman, IA 1 providers West Bend, IA 1 providers West Union, IA 3 providers Winthrop, IA 2 providers Zearing, IA 2 providers

About child care centers in Iowa

Child care centers are licensed programs that care for groups of children in a dedicated facility, usually organized into classrooms by age. States set licensing rules for staff-to-child ratios, group sizes, safety training, and background checks, and many centers also earn voluntary quality ratings.

Frequently asked questions

How many child care centers does Iowa have?

This directory covers 1,085 licensed child care centers in Iowa, spread across 324 cities and counties, drawn from state child care licensing registries.

What is the best way to compare child care centers in Iowa?

To compare child care centers, check the licensing record and inspection history, ask about staff-to-child ratios and caregiver turnover, and look at how the day is structured. A visit tells you more than any single score. Open the city listings above to reach individual profiles.

Data sources

Sources: State child care licensing registries (9 states), US Child Care Providers (Ryan Koch). Data as of 2026-10-07.

Required disclosures

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