Child Care Centers in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is home to 2,596 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 Massachusetts

Boston, MA 260 providers Cambridge, MA 108 providers Springfield, MA 532 providers Worcester, MA 428 providers Brookline, MA 51 providers Quincy, MA 92 providers Dorchester, MA 270 providers Newton, MA 66 providers Lynn, MA 279 providers Brockton, MA 177 providers New Bedford, MA 77 providers Somerville, MA 64 providers Framingham, MA 134 providers Lawrence, MA 593 providers Roxbury, MA 79 providers Woburn, MA 66 providers Andover, MA 34 providers Fall River, MA 114 providers Malden, MA 106 providers Natick, MA 44 providers Chicopee, MA 108 providers Haverhill, MA 162 providers Plymouth, MA 45 providers Arlington, MA 47 providers Beverly, MA 41 providers Burlington, MA 32 providers Peabody, MA 91 providers Weymouth, MA 50 providers Braintree, MA 47 providers Danvers, MA 29 providers Lowell, MA 303 providers Sudbury, MA 27 providers Waltham, MA 45 providers Belmont, MA 36 providers Lexington, MA 35 providers Dracut, MA 48 providers Leominster, MA 86 providers Needham, MA 32 providers Westford, MA 30 providers Pittsfield, MA 60 providers Salem, MA 65 providers Attleboro, MA 45 providers Marlborough, MA 71 providers Wellesley, MA 25 providers Franklin, MA 31 providers Holyoke, MA 78 providers Methuen, MA 172 providers Norwood, MA 37 providers West Roxbury, MA 30 providers Winchester, MA 23 providers Canton, MA 30 providers East Boston, MA 54 providers Jamaica Plain, MA 50 providers Milton, MA 32 providers Watertown, MA 42 providers Billerica, MA 38 providers Gloucester, MA 24 providers Mansfield, MA 20 providers Marblehead, MA 20 providers Middleboro, MA 20 providers North Attleboro, MA 22 providers Randolph, MA 60 providers Revere, MA 120 providers Westfield, MA 49 providers Hingham, MA 20 providers West Springfield, MA 36 providers Brighton, MA 29 providers Dedham, MA 42 providers Hyde Park, MA 120 providers Medford, MA 56 providers Stoughton, MA 32 providers Tewksbury, MA 36 providers Amherst, MA 20 providers Chelmsford, MA 25 providers East Longmeadow, MA 20 providers Marshfield, MA 18 providers Medfield, MA 11 providers Wakefield, MA 22 providers Acton, MA 19 providers Concord, MA 13 providers Everett, MA 138 providers Foxboro, MA 16 providers Melrose, MA 22 providers Northborough, MA 15 providers Norwell, MA 15 providers Roslindale, MA 70 providers Sharon, MA 25 providers South Boston, MA 26 providers Wayland, MA 14 providers Westborough, MA 13 providers Abington, MA 18 providers Bedford, MA 11 providers Dorchester Center, MA 22 providers Fairhaven, MA 12 providers Holden, MA 17 providers Hopkinton, MA 18 providers Hudson, MA 28 providers Longmeadow, MA 12 providers Milford, MA 39 providers Newburyport, MA 13 providers North Reading, MA 17 providers Northampton, MA 18 providers Norton, MA 18 providers Pembroke, MA 12 providers Reading, MA 17 providers Shrewsbury, MA 36 providers Somerset, MA 15 providers Stoneham, MA 20 providers Taunton, MA 66 providers Weston, MA 12 providers Westwood, MA 15 providers Allston, MA 12 providers Amesbury, MA 15 providers Charlestown, MA 17 providers Chelsea, MA 61 providers Hyannis, MA 59 providers Kingston, MA 13 providers Mattapan, MA 88 providers North Andover, MA 24 providers Raynham, MA 15 providers Seekonk, MA 16 providers South Hadley, MA 17 providers Swampscott, MA 18 providers Wilbraham, MA 14 providers Agawam, MA 24 providers Ashland, MA 26 providers Auburn, MA 23 providers Belchertown, MA 18 providers Bellingham, MA 20 providers Chestnut Hill, MA 7 providers Easthampton, MA 15 providers Plainville, MA 10 providers Saugus, MA 32 providers South Easton, MA 13 providers Swansea, MA 17 providers Walpole, MA 24 providers Whitinsville, MA 13 providers Wilmington, MA 13 providers Acushnet, MA 9 providers Boxford, MA 7 providers Carver, MA 9 providers Charlton, MA 16 providers Dartmouth, MA 8 providers Falmouth, MA 10 providers Fitchburg, MA 126 providers Greenfield, MA 15 providers Holliston, MA 16 providers Ipswich, MA 12 providers Lincoln, MA 11 providers Lynnfield, MA 6 providers Marion, MA 5 providers Maynard, MA 9 providers Medway, MA 19 providers North Dartmouth, MA 7 providers Rockland, MA 12 providers Sandwich, MA 10 providers Scituate, MA 16 providers South Dartmouth, MA 7 providers Vineyard Haven, MA 9 providers West Bridgewater, MA 10 providers Athol, MA 17 providers Bradford, MA 9 providers Brewster, MA 6 providers Duxbury, MA 7 providers East Bridgewater, MA 15 providers East Walpole, MA 6 providers Grafton, MA 5 providers Halifax, MA 6 providers Hanover, MA 17 providers Holbrook, MA 17 providers Lakeville, MA 10 providers Ludlow, MA 18 providers Marstons Mills, MA 10 providers Mashpee, MA 12 providers Mendon, MA 6 providers Paxton, MA 8 providers Sturbridge, MA 10 providers Tyngsboro, MA 13 providers Ware, MA 11 providers Wareham, MA 8 providers West Newbury, MA 4 providers West Newton, MA 7 providers Westport, MA 8 providers Winthrop, MA 17 providers Wrentham, MA 6 providers Adams, MA 15 providers Barre, MA 6 providers Boxborough, MA 3 providers Cohasset, MA 7 providers Dudley, MA 20 providers Florence, MA 10 providers Forestdale, MA 10 providers Gardner, MA 38 providers Groton, MA 6 providers Manchester, MA 4 providers Mattapoisett, MA 5 providers Middleton, MA 4 providers Millbury, MA 9 providers Nantucket, MA 15 providers Newtonville, MA 4 providers North Adams, MA 16 providers North Chelmsford, MA 5 providers North Easton, MA 7 providers North Falmouth, MA 4 providers Rochester, MA 5 providers Rowley, MA 7 providers Rutland, MA 11 providers South Hamilton, MA 4 providers Southbridge, MA 28 providers Sterling, MA 8 providers Uxbridge, MA 17 providers Waban, MA 3 providers Webster, MA 21 providers West Barnstable, MA 6 providers West Yarmouth, MA 22 providers Whitman, MA 14 providers Williamstown, MA 4 providers Auburndale, MA 4 providers Avon, MA 8 providers Ayer, MA 7 providers Blackstone, MA 9 providers Boston, MA 2 providers Bourne, MA 6 providers Bridgewater, MA 8 providers Carlisle, MA 3 providers Centerville, MA 19 providers Chatham, MA 2 providers Cherry Valley, MA 4 providers Chesterfield, MA 2 providers Clinton, MA 26 providers Dalton, MA 15 providers Deerfield, MA 4 providers Dover, MA 4 providers East Brookfield, MA 4 providers East Falmouth, MA 13 providers East Freetown, MA 4 providers East Sandwich, MA 4 providers Essex, MA 2 providers Georgetown, MA 6 providers Gill, MA 3 providers Granby, MA 7 providers Great Barrington, MA 4 providers Hamilton, MA 2 providers Hampden, MA 6 providers Hanson, MA 9 providers Harvard, MA 5 providers Hinsdale, MA 4 providers Hubbardston, MA 5 providers Jefferson, MA 3 providers Lancaster, MA 5 providers Lee, MA 5 providers Leicester, MA 5 providers Leverett, MA 4 providers Lunenburg, MA 10 providers Millis, MA 9 providers Newton Center, MA 2 providers Norfolk, MA 4 providers Oak Bluffs, MA 3 providers Oakham, MA 3 providers Orange, MA 8 providers Orleans, MA 3 providers Petersham, MA 3 providers Rehoboth, MA 5 providers Sheffield, MA 3 providers South Attleboro, MA 4 providers South Deerfield, MA 4 providers South Grafton, MA 2 providers South Yarmouth, MA 5 providers Southborough, MA 5 providers Southwick, MA 7 providers Spencer, MA 10 providers Springfield, MA 3 providers Sutton, MA 6 providers Teaticket, MA 5 providers Templeton, MA 7 providers Topsfield, MA 5 providers Turners Falls, MA 9 providers West Brookfield, MA 4 providers West Dennis, MA 2 providers Westminster, MA 10 providers Woods Hole, MA 2 providers Assonet, MA 4 providers Baldwinville, MA 5 providers Becket, MA 2 providers Berkley, MA 4 providers Berlin, MA 2 providers Boylston, MA 2 providers Brookfield, MA 2 providers Cheshire, MA 9 providers Cotuit, MA 3 providers Dennis, MA 1 providers Dennis Port, MA 1 providers Devens, MA 2 providers Dighton, MA 5 providers Douglas, MA 4 providers East Wareham, MA 4 providers Easton, MA 2 providers Feeding Hills, MA 10 providers Gilbertville, MA 1 providers Groveland, MA 4 providers Hadley, MA 4 providers Harwich, MA 5 providers Harwich Port, MA 1 providers Hopedale, MA 3 providers Hull, MA 2 providers Huntington, MA 1 providers Indian Orchard, MA 17 providers Lanesboro, MA 5 providers Lenox, MA 1 providers Lenox Dale, MA 1 providers Littleton, MA 5 providers Malden, MA 2 providers Merrimac, MA 5 providers Nahant, MA 3 providers Newbury, MA 3 providers Newton, MA 1 providers North Billerica, MA 5 providers North Brookfield, MA 2 providers North Eastham, MA 1 providers North Grafton, MA 9 providers Northbridge, MA 4 providers Norwood, MA 1 providers Osterville, MA 3 providers Oxford, MA 18 providers Palmer, MA 7 providers Pelham, MA 1 providers Pepperell, MA 8 providers Plympton, MA 5 providers Rochdale, MA 1 providers Rockport, MA 1 providers Royalston, MA 1 providers Sagamore, MA 1 providers Shelburne, MA 1 providers Shelburne Falls, MA 2 providers Sherborn, MA 4 providers Shirley, MA 7 providers Somerville, MA 1 providers South Dennis, MA 6 providers South Plympton, MA 1 providers South Walpole, MA 2 providers South Weymouth, MA 5 providers Southampton, MA 7 providers Stockbridge, MA 2 providers Stow, MA 4 providers Three Rivers, MA 1 providers Townsend, MA 7 providers Upton, MA 9 providers Wellesley Hills, MA 2 providers West Boylston, MA 13 providers West Tisbury, MA 2 providers Winchendon, MA 11 providers Worcester, MA 1 providers Yarmouthport, MA 2 providers

About child care centers in Massachusetts

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 Massachusetts have?

This directory covers 2,596 licensed child care centers in Massachusetts, spread across 353 cities and counties, drawn from state child care licensing registries.

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

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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