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Daycare and childcare centers in Illinois
2,826 childcare centers in our directory. Data updated Nov 8, 2026. Home-based family child care is not listed.
State rules at a glance
Childcare licensing: Illinois Department of Early Childhood (IDEC), Child Care Licensing (took over from DCFS on July 1, 2026) Official agency page
Youth camps: Day and overnight camps. IDPH licenses youth camps under the Youth Camp Act (210 ILCS 100): any day or resident camp serving 5 or more children under 18 away from their parents for 3 or more consecutive days, or 5 or more days a year. Apply at least 45 days before opening; licenses expire December 31 and are renewed yearly after inspection of water, sewage, sanitation, food service,…
School-age ratio: 1:20. School-age (6 and up)
Read the full Illinois rules page · Checked October 2026
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All cities A–Z
518 cities with listings
A
- Abbott Park 1
- Abingdon 2
- Addison 7
- Albers 1
- Albion 1
- Aledo 1
- Algonquin 10
- Alhambra 1
- Alsip 2
- Altamont 3
- Alton 6
- Anna 2
- Antioch 1
- Arlington Heights 2
- Arlington Hts 15
- Aroma Park 1
- Ashton 1
- Assumption 1
- Athens 1
- Auburn 1
- Aurora 35
- Aviston 2
B
- Bannockburn 1
- Barrington 7
- Barrington Hills 1
- Bartlett 6
- Bartonville 1
- Batavia 8
- Beach Park 1
- Beardstown 2
- Beecher 2
- Belleville 12
- Bellwood 4
- Belvidere 5
- Benld 1
- Bensenville 4
- Benton 3
- Berwyn 13
- Bethalto 1
- Bloomingdale 6
- Bloomington 15
- Blue Island 4
- Bolingbrook 8
- Bourbonnais 5
- Bradley 1
- Braidwood 2
- Breese 4
- Bridgeport 1
- Bridgeview 1
- Brighton 3
- Broadview 1
- Brookfield 3
- Buffalo Grove 8
- Bunker Hill 1
- Burbank 3
- Burnham 4
- Burr Ridge 3
C
- Cahokia 3
- Calumet City 16
- Calumet Park 2
- Camargo 1
- Camp Point 1
- Canton 5
- Carbondale 7
- Carlinville 2
- Carmi 2
- Carol Stream 10
- Carpentersville 1
- Carpentersvle 2
- Carrier Mills 1
- Carterville 5
- Carthage 2
- Cary 6
- Casey 2
- Caseyville 1
- Centralia 6
- Cerro Gordo 1
- Champaign 15
- Channahon 2
- Charleston 5
- Chatham 2
- Chebanse 1
- Chicago 780
- Chicago Heights 1
- Chicago Hts 10
- Chicago Ridge 1
- Chicgo Ridge 1
- Chrisman 1
- Christopher 2
- Cicero 20
- Clarendon Hills 1
- Clarendon Hls 2
- Clinton 2
- Cntry Clb Hls 5
- Coal City 2
- Coal Valley 1
- Cobden 1
- Collinsville 2
- Colllinsville 1
- Columbia 6
- Coulterville 1
- Countryside 1
- Crest Hill 5
- Crete 2
- Creve Coeur 1
- Crystal Lake 15
D
- Dakota 1
- Dallas City 1
- Damiansville 1
- Danville 6
- Darien 5
- Davis Jct 1
- De Soto 1
- Decatur 13
- Deer Park 1
- Deerfield 11
- Dekalb 7
- Delavan 1
- Des Plaines 14
- Desplaines 1
- Diamond 1
- Dieterich 1
- Dixon 3
- Dolton 7
- Downers Grove 11
- Du Quoin 1
- Dupo 2
- Duquoin 1
E
- E Hazel Crest 1
- E Saint Louis 9
- Earlville 1
- East Alton 2
- East Dubuque 1
- East Dundee 1
- East Moline 3
- East Peoria 6
- East Saint Louis 2
- Edwards 2
- Edwardsville 7
- Effingham 6
- Elburn 3
- Eldorado 2
- Elgin 15
- Elizabethtown 1
- Elk Grove Vlg 2
- Elmhurst 13
- Elmwood Park 4
- Energy 1
- Eureka 1
- Evanston 35
- Evergreen Pk 1
F
- Fairbury 1
- Fairfield 2
- Fairview Hts 4
- Farmington 1
- Fisher 3
- Flora 1
- Flossmoor 3
- Ford Heights 1
- Forest Park 3
- Forsyth 1
- Fox Lake 1
- Fox River Grv 1
- Frankfort 6
- Franklin Park 4
- Freeburg 2
- Freeport 4
- Fulton 1
G
- Gages Lake 1
- Galena 1
- Galesburg 4
- Galva 1
- Geneseo 4
- Geneva 4
- Genoa 1
- Germantown 1
- Germantown Hills 1
- Gilman 1
- Glen Carbon 7
- Glen Ellyn 10
- Glencoe 6
- Glendale Hts 5
- Glenview 21
- Glenwood 3
- Godfrey 3
- Godley 1
- Golconda 1
- Granite City 5
- Grayslake 10
- Grayville 1
- Green Rock 1
- Greenfield 1
- Greenup 1
- Greenville 1
- Gurnee 6
H
- Hamel 1
- Hampshire 3
- Hanna City 1
- Hanover Park 6
- Harrisburg 4
- Harvard 2
- Harvey 11
- Havana 2
- Hawthorn Wds 4
- Hazel Crest 5
- Hickory Hills 1
- Highland 6
- Highland Park 8
- Hillsboro 1
- Hillside 1
- Hinckley 2
- Hinsdale 9
- Hoffman Est 7
- Homer Glen 3
- Homewood 6
- Hoopeston 1
- Hopedale 1
- Hopkins Park 1
- Hudson 1
- Huntley 5
I
- Ina 1
- Ingleside 3
- Island Lake 3
- Itasca 3
J
K
- Kaneville 1
- Kankakee 10
- Kenilworth 2
- Kewanee 3
- Kildeer 1
L
- La Grange 6
- La Grange Pk 2
- La Salle 2
- Lacon 1
- Lagrange 1
- Lake Bluff 2
- Lake Forest 10
- Lake Zurich 8
- Lanark 1
- Lansing 8
- Lawrenceville 2
- Lebanon 2
- Lemont 6
- Lewistown 2
- Libertyville 9
- Lincoln 6
- Lincolnshire 7
- Lincolnwood 2
- Lindenhurst 4
- Lisle 8
- Litchfield 3
- Lk Barrington 1
- Lk In The Hls 3
- Lockport 6
- Lombard 12
- Long Grove 3
- Louisville 1
- Loves Park 2
- Lyndon 1
- Lynwood 7
- Lyons 2
M
- Machesney Pk 1
- Mackinaw 1
- Macomb 6
- Mahomet 2
- Malta 1
- Manhattan 3
- Manito 2
- Manteno 2
- Marengo 1
- Marion 6
- Markham 1
- Marshall 1
- Maryville 2
- Mascoutah 3
- Matteson 8
- Mattoon 6
- Maywood 7
- Mc Henry 1
- Mc Lean 1
- Mc Leansboro 3
- Mchenry 8
- Melrose Park 9
- Mendota 2
- Metamora 1
- Metropolis 2
- Midlothian 5
- Milan 3
- Millstadt 1
- Minonk 1
- Minooka 2
- Mokena 4
- Moline 12
- Monee 1
- Monmouth 4
- Montgomery 3
- Monticello 1
- Morris 2
- Morrison 2
- Morton 7
- Morton Grove 4
- Mossville 1
- Mounds 1
- Mount Carmel 1
- Mount Carroll 1
- Mount Vernon 4
- Mt Prospect 12
- Mt Sterling 1
- Mulberry Grv 1
- Mulkeytown 1
- Mundelein 9
- Murphysboro 4
N
- N Riverside 3
- Naperville 52
- Nashville 1
- Neoga 3
- New Athens 1
- New Baden 2
- New Berlin 1
- New Lenox 5
- Newton 2
- Niles 6
- Nokomis 1
- Normal 7
- Norridge 3
- North Aurora 5
- North Barrington 1
- North Chicago 3
- Northbrook 16
- Northfield 3
- Northlake 1
O
- O Fallon 5
- Oak Brook 3
- Oak Forest 7
- Oak Lawn 7
- Oak Park 21
- Oakbrook Ter 2
- Oakwood 1
- Oblong 1
- Ofallon 1
- Okawville 1
- Olney 4
- Oregon 2
- Orion 1
- Orland Park 8
- Oswego 13
- Ottawa 6
P
- Palatine 17
- Palos Heights 2
- Palos Hills 4
- Palos Park 2
- Pana 2
- Paris 2
- Park Forest 4
- Park Ridge 8
- Paw Paw 1
- Pawnee 2
- Paxton 2
- Pecatonica 3
- Pekin 5
- Peoria 32
- Peoria Hts 1
- Peotone 1
- Percy 1
- Peru 1
- Petersburg 3
- Philo 1
- Phoenix 1
- Pinckneyville 1
- Pittsfield 1
- Plainfield 14
- Plano 2
- Polo 1
- Pontiac 1
- Port Byron 2
- Princeton 1
- Princeville 1
- Prophetstown 1
- Prospect Heights 1
- Prospect Hts 2
Q
- Quincy 6
R
- Rantoul 4
- Rapids City 1
- Red Bud 2
- Richmond 1
- Richton Park 4
- Ringwood 1
- River Forest 4
- River Grove 3
- Riverdale 8
- Riverside 1
- Riverton 1
- Riverwoods 1
- Robbins 1
- Robinson 3
- Rochelle 2
- Rochester 3
- Rock Falls 1
- Rock Island 7
- Rockford 22
- Rockton 1
- Rolling Mdws 2
- Romeoville 2
- Roscoe 4
- Roselle 4
- Rosemont 1
- Roseville 1
- Rossville 1
- Round Lake 2
- Round Lake Beach 2
- Round Lk Bch 2
- Roxana 1
- Rushville 1
S
- S Barrington 3
- S Chicago Hts 1
- S Jacksonville 1
- Salem 3
- Sandoval 1
- Sandwich 1
- Sauk Village 3
- Savoy 2
- Scales Mound 1
- Schaumburg 27
- Schiller Park 3
- Seneca 1
- Seward 1
- Shelbyville 2
- Sheridan 1
- Sherman 1
- Sherrard 1
- Shiloh 2
- Shorewood 3
- Silvis 4
- Skokie 22
- Sleepy Hollow 2
- Smithton 1
- South Beloit 1
- South Chicago Hts 1
- South Elgin 6
- South Holland 12
- Sparta 1
- Spring Grove 2
- Spring Valley 1
- Springfield 31
- St Charles 15
- St Joseph 3
- St. Jacob 1
- St. Libory 1
- Steeleville 1
- Steger 3
- Sterling 5
- Stickney 2
- Stillman Vly 2
- Stone Park 1
- Streamwood 4
- Streator 2
- Sugar Grove 2
- Sullivan 3
- Summit 2
- Swansea 1
- Sycamore 6
T
- Tamaroa 3747 Hill Rd 1
- Tamms 1
- Taylorville 2
- Third Lake 1
- Thompsonville 1
- Tinley Park 9
- Tolono 1
- Tremont 1
- Trenton 1
- Troy 6
- Tuetopolis 1
- Tuscola 1
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V
W
- W Frankfort 2
- Walnut 1
- Warrenville 7
- Washington 7
- Waterloo 5
- Waterman 1
- Watseka 3
- Wauconda 2
- Waukegan 18
- West Chicago 6
- West Peoria 1
- Westchester 5
- Western Sprgs 3
- Western Springs 1
- Westmont 6
- Wheaton 12
- Wheeling 12
- White Hall 3
- Willowbrook 3
- Wilmette 7
- Winfield 2
- Winnetka 4
- Winthrop Hbr 1
- Wood Dale 2
- Woodridge 5
- Woodstock 3
Y
Z
- Zion 4
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Sources and licenses
- Illinois licensed day care centers (DCFS provider lookup export) — Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. No license stated. Export of the DCFS provider lookup, checked November 8, 2026. Source data.
Listings are excerpts or adaptations of the source data. State data changes. Confirm the license and program details with the agency before you enroll a child.
We list childcare centers, school-age programs and camps. Some are licensed, registered or license-exempt. We do not list home-based family child care. A listing is not an endorsement; confirm licensing and program details with the state.