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Daycare and childcare centers in Missouri
1,658 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: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood, Child Care Compliance and Regulation Official agency page
Youth camps: No statewide camp license. We found no Missouri state license for youth camps. Summer and day camps run in good faith mainly for recreation are exempt from child care licensing (RSMo 210.211.1(4)). A 'day camp' runs between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. when local schools are not in session, and a 'summer camp' runs May to September (RSMo 210.201). Both serve children 5 and older in kindergarten …
School-age ratio: 1:16. School-age (6 and up)
Read the full Missouri rules page · Checked October 2026
Top cities
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All cities A–Z
308 cities with listings
A
- Adrian 1
- Advance 1
- Agency 1
- Albany 2
- Alton 2
- Anderson 2
- Appleton City 1
- Archie 1
- Arnold 11
- Ashland 6
- Aurora 1
- Ava 2
B
- Bakersfield 1
- Ballwin 8
- Barnhart 1
- Battlefield 2
- Beaufort 1
- Belle 1
- Belton 7
- Berkeley 3
- Bethany 1
- Bland 1
- Bloomfield 1
- Bloomsdale 1
- Blue Springs 11
- Bolivar 6
- Bonne Terre 3
- Boonville 3
- Bourbon 1
- Bowling Green 3
- Branson 6
- Branson West 1
- Brentwood 4
- Bridgeton 9
- Brookfield 2
- Broseley 1
- Brunswick 2
- Buckner 1
- Buffalo 2
- Butler 1
C
- Cabool 1
- California 4
- Camdenton 3
- Cameron 2
- Cape Girardeau 10
- Carl Junction 2
- Carrollton 5
- Carthage 4
- Caruthersville 1
- Cassville 1
- Cedar Hill 1
- Centralia 2
- Chadwick 1
- Chaffee 3
- Charleston 2
- Chesterfield 11
- Chillicothe 3
- Clarksville 1
- Clayton 1
- Clever 3
- Clinton 5
- Cole Camp 1
- Columbia 68
- Cool Valley 1
- Cottleville 4
- Country Club 1
- Creve Coeur 4
- Crocker 1
- Crystal City 2
- Cuba 3
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E
- East Prairie 2
- Edina 1
- El Dorado Springs 3
- Eldon 2
- Elkland 1
- Ellington 3
- Ellisville 2
- Ellsinore 1
- Elsberry 1
- Eminence 1
- Eureka 5
- Everton 1
- Excelsior Springs 2
F
- Fair Grove 1
- Farmington 14
- Fayette 2
- Fenton 6
- Ferguson 6
- Festus 3
- Florissant 22
- Frankford 1
- Fredericktown 2
- Fulton 5
G
- Gainesville 2
- Gerald 1
- Gladstone 4
- Glasgow 1
- Glenwood 1
- Grain Valley 6
- Granby 1
- Grandview 8
- Gravois Mills 1
- Gray Summit 1
- Green City 1
- Green Ridge 1
- Greenwood 3
- Grovespring 1
H
- Hallsville 3
- Hamilton 1
- Hannibal 9
- Harrisburg 1
- Harrisonville 4
- Hayti 4
- Hazelwood 9
- Hematite 1
- Herculaneum 1
- Hermann 2
- Hermitage 2
- Higginsville 2
- High Ridge 3
- Hillsboro 7
- Holden 2
- Hollister 1
- Holts Summit 4
- House Springs 1
- Houston 1
- Hume 1
- Huntsville 1
I
- Iberia 2
- Imperial 3
- Independence 22
- Ironton 1
J
K
- Kahoka 1
- Kansas City 139
- Kearney 3
- Kennett 9
- King City 1
- Kirksville 8
- Kirkwood 4
- Kissee Mills 1
- Knob Noster 4
L
- La Monte 1
- La Plata 1
- Laddonia 1
- Lake Ozark 3
- Lake St Louis 8
- Lamar 2
- Lathrop 1
- Laurie 1
- Lebanon 5
- Lees Summit 34
- Leeton 2
- Lewistown 1
- Lexington 3
- Liberty 9
- Licking 1
- Linn 1
- Linn Creek 1
- Lockwood 1
- Loose Creek 2
- Louisiana 3
M
- Macon 4
- Maitland 1
- Malden 2
- Manchester 3
- Mansfield 2
- Maplewood 1
- Marble Hill 2
- Marquand 1
- Marshall 1
- Marshfield 5
- Maryland Heights 5
- Maryville 3
- Memphis 2
- Mexico 3
- Milan 2
- Mineral Point 1
- Moberly 8
- Monett 4
- Monroe City 1
- Montgomery City 1
- Mound City 1
- Mount Vernon 1
- Mountain Grove 5
- Mountain View 2
N
- Neelyville 1
- Neosho 9
- Nevada 3
- New Bloomfield 2
- New Haven 3
- New London 1
- New Madrid 2
- Nixa 7
- Noel 1
- North Kansas City 2
- Novinger 1
O
- O Fallon 30
- Oak Grove 3
- Oakville 1
- Odessa 3
- Olivette 1
- Oran 1
- Osage Beach 4
- Overland 3
- Owensville 3
- Ozark 6
P
- Pacific 1
- Palmyra 1
- Paris 2
- Park Hills 6
- Parkville 2
- Peculiar 1
- Perryville 7
- Pevely 2
- Piedmont 3
- Platte City 7
- Plattsburg 2
- Pleasant Hill 2
- Poplar Bluff 11
- Portageville 2
- Potosi 2
- Princeton 1
- Puxico 1
R
- Raymore 4
- Raytown 4
- Reeds Spring 1
- Republic 5
- Richland 1
- Richmond 3
- Richmond Heights 1
- Rock Port 1
- Rocky Comfort 1
- Rolla 3
S
- Salem 2
- Salisbury 1
- Sarcoxie 1
- Savannah 4
- Scott City 2
- Sedalia 14
- Senath 1
- Seymour 3
- Shelbina 2
- Sikeston 8
- Smithton 1
- Smithville 5
- Sparta 1
- Springfield 72
- St Ann 7
- St Charles 32
- St Clair 4
- St James 1
- St Joseph 23
- St Louis 300
- St Peters 26
- St Robert 1
- Stanberry 1
- Ste Genevieve 2
- Steele 2
- Steelville 1
- Stockton 1
- Strafford 2
- Sturgeon 1
- Sullivan 4
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Sources and licenses
- Missouri licensed child care centers — Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood. No license stated. Active licensed and license-exempt facility listing dated November 2, 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.