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Child care centers in Massachusetts
3,010 childcare centers in our directory. Data updated Oct 21, 2026. Home-based family child care is not listed.
State rules at a glance
Childcare licensing: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) Official agency page
Youth camps: Day and overnight camps. Recreational camps for children (day, residential, sports, travel or trip camps serving 5 or more children, operating any time from June 1 to September 30 or fewer than 15 business days at other times) must be licensed each year by the local board of health under DPH rules; any program that advertises itself as a camp must be licensed (105 CMR 430.020, 430.0…
School-age ratio: 1:13. School-age
Read the full Massachusetts rules page · Checked October 2026
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All cities A–Z
368 cities with listings
A
- Abington 9
- Acton 12
- Acushnet 4
- Adams 2
- Agawam 10
- Allston 7
- Amesbury 9
- Amherst 11
- Andover 28
- Aquinnah 1
- Arlington 29
- Ashburnham 1
- Ashby 1
- Ashfield 1
- Ashland 9
- Assonet 2
- Athol 6
- Attleboro 14
- Auburn 7
- Auburndale 3
- Avon 3
- Ayer 2
B
- Baldwinville 1
- Barnstable 1
- Barre 3
- Becket 1
- Bedford 10
- Belchertown 7
- Bellingham 6
- Belmont 26
- Berkley 1
- Berlin 1
- Beverly 28
- Billerica 14
- Blackstone 2
- Boston 78
- Bourne 3
- Boxborough 3
- Boxford 5
- Boylston 1
- Bradford 5
- Braintree 26
- Brewster 4
- Bridgewater 3
- Brighton 13
- Brockton 21
- Brookfield 1
- Brookline 44
- Burlington 16
- Buzzards Bay 1
C
- Cambridge 89
- Canton 17
- Carlisle 3
- Carver 5
- Centerville 2
- Charlestown 11
- Charlton 5
- Chatham 2
- Chelmsford 12
- Chelsea 9
- Cherry Valley 2
- Cheshire 1
- Chesterfield 2
- Chestnut Hill 7
- Chicopee 24
- Clinton 2
- Cohasset 5
- Concord 12
- Cotuit 2
D
- Dalton 3
- Danvers 22
- Dartmouth 7
- Dedham 11
- Deerfield 2
- Dennis 1
- Dennis Port 1
- Devens 2
- Dighton 2
- Dorchester 40
- Dorchester Center 6
- Douglas 1
- Dover 4
- Dracut 20
- Dudley 4
- Dunstable 1
- Duxbury 7
E
- East Boston 15
- East Bridgewater 6
- East Brookfield 3
- East Falmouth 3
- East Freetown 2
- East Longmeadow 11
- East Sandwich 2
- East Walpole 3
- East Wareham 1
- Easthampton 6
- Easton 1
- Edgartown 1
- Essex 2
- Everett 11
F
- Fairhaven 8
- Fall River 33
- Falmouth 5
- Feeding Hills 1
- Fitchburg 9
- Florence 5
- Forestdale 2
- Foxboro 11
- Framingham 26
- Franklin 16
G
- Gardner 8
- Georgetown 3
- Gilbertville 1
- Gill 2
- Gloucester 15
- Grafton 4
- Granby 3
- Great Barrington 3
- Greenfield 7
- Groton 3
- Groveland 2
H
- Hadley 1
- Halifax 4
- Hamilton 2
- Hampden 3
- Hanover 8
- Hanson 3
- Harvard 3
- Harwich 1
- Harwich Port 1
- Haverhill 23
- Hingham 12
- Hinsdale 2
- Holbrook 4
- Holden 10
- Holliston 6
- Holyoke 17
- Hopedale 1
- Hopkinton 11
- Hubbardston 2
- Hudson 8
- Hull 1
- Huntington 1
- Hyannis 6
- Hyde Park 11
I
J
K
- Kingston 8
L
- Lakeville 3
- Lancaster 2
- Lanesboro 1
- Lawrence 33
- Lee 2
- Leicester 3
- Lenox 1
- Lenox Dale 1
- Leominster 14
- Leverett 2
- Lexington 25
- Lincoln 8
- Littleton 1
- Longmeadow 8
- Lowell 20
- Ludlow 4
- Lunenburg 2
- Lynn 39
- Lynnfield 5
M
- Malden 29
- Manchester 4
- Mansfield 14
- Marblehead 15
- Marion 5
- Marlborough 20
- Marshfield 11
- Marstons Mills 2
- Mashpee 4
- Mattapan 9
- Mattapoisett 4
- Maynard 5
- Medfield 10
- Medford 15
- Medway 12
- Melrose 11
- Mendon 4
- Merrimac 2
- Methuen 17
- Middleboro 14
- Middleton 3
- Milford 12
- Millbury 3
- Millis 3
- Milton 13
- Monson 1
N
- Nahant 1
- Nantucket 4
- Natick 25
- Needham 25
- New Bedford 34
- Newbury 2
- Newburyport 9
- Newton 48
- Newton Center 2
- Newton Lower Falls 1
- Newtonville 4
- Nonantum 1
- Norfolk 3
- North Adams 4
- North Andover 9
- North Attleboro 15
- North Billerica 4
- North Brookfield 1
- North Chelmsford 4
- North Dartmouth 6
- North Dighton 1
- North Eastham 1
- North Easton 5
- North Falmouth 3
- North Grafton 2
- North Oxford 1
- North Quincy 2
- North Reading 9
- Northampton 9
- Northborough 6
- Northbridge 1
- Norton 10
- Norwell 12
- Norwood 20
O
- Oak Bluffs 2
- Oakham 2
- Orange 2
- Orleans 3
- Osterville 2
- Oxford 2
P
- Palmer 2
- Paxton 4
- Peabody 28
- Pelham 1
- Pembroke 9
- Pepperell 2
- Petersham 2
- Phillipston 1
- Pittsfield 21
- Plainville 7
- Plymouth 26
- Plympton 1
- Princeton 1
Q
- Quincy 40
R
- Randolph 14
- Raynham 9
- Reading 9
- Rehoboth 2
- Revere 14
- Rochdale 1
- Rochester 4
- Rockland 4
- Rockport 1
- Roslindale 10
- Rowley 4
- Roxbury 25
- Royalston 1
- Rutland 3
S
- Sagamore 1
- Sagamore Beach 1
- Salem 21
- Salisbury 1
- Sandwich 6
- Saugus 7
- Scituate 7
- Seekonk 11
- Sharon 11
- Sheffield 2
- Shelburne 1
- Shelburne Falls 1
- Sherborn 2
- Shirley 1
- Shrewsbury 8
- Somerset 9
- Somerville 33
- South Boston 10
- South Dartmouth 6
- South Deerfield 3
- South Dennis 2
- South Easton 6
- South Grafton 2
- South Hadley 8
- South Hamilton 3
- South Plympton 1
- South Walpole 1
- South Weymouth 4
- South Yarmouth 2
- Southampton 2
- Southborough 4
- Southbridge 4
- Southwick 2
- Spencer 4
- Springfield 70
- Sterling 5
- Stockbridge 2
- Stoneham 9
- Stoughton 13
- Stow 2
- Sturbridge 5
- Sudbury 22
- Sutton 4
- Swampscott 9
- Swansea 9
T
- Taunton 12
- Teaticket 2
- Templeton 1
- Tewksbury 12
- Three Rivers 1
- Topsfield 4
- Townsend 2
- Turners Falls 3
- Tyngsboro 5
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W
- Waban 3
- Wakefield 11
- Walpole 7
- Waltham 20
- Ware 4
- Wareham 5
- Watertown 21
- Wayland 12
- Webster 2
- Wellesley 19
- Wellesley Hills 2
- Wellfleet 1
- Wenham 1
- West Barnstable 3
- West Boylston 4
- West Bridgewater 6
- West Brookfield 2
- West Chatham 1
- West Dennis 2
- West Falmouth 1
- West Harwich 1
- West Newbury 4
- West Newton 5
- West Roxbury 19
- West Springfield 13
- West Tisbury 1
- West Yarmouth 4
- Westborough 10
- Westfield 15
- Westford 19
- Westminster 2
- Weston 12
- Westport 3
- Westwood 10
- Weymouth 21
- Whitinsville 7
- Whitman 4
- Wilbraham 8
- Williamstown 4
- Wilmington 6
- Winchendon 1
- Winchester 19
- Winthrop 7
- Woburn 27
- Woods Hole 2
- Worcester 54
- Wrentham 4
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Sources and licenses
- Massachusetts licensed and funded early education and care programs — Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care. No license stated. Monthly; data pulled September 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.