# Daycare Email List: Every Child Care Center, Verified

URL: https://leadraft.co/leads/daycares
Summary: Build a daycare email list for any city, county or state from Google Maps: child care centers, preschools and Montessori schools, with emails checked live.

Lead lists by industry · Last updated October 31, 2026

# Daycare email list: every child care center and preschool in your market

A daycare email list built from Google Maps covers the child care centers, preschools, Montessori schools and after-school programs in the area you choose. Each row has the center's phone, website, address, hours, rating and reviews, plus emails from the center's own website checked against the live mail server. You pay once per center, and you can preview the list free before you spend anything.

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-   82,000+child day care establishments with paid employees in the US (NAICS 624410, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 624410)
-   1.04 millionpeople employed by US child day care establishments (NAICS 624410, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 624410)
-   533,000+child day care businesses with no paid employees, such as home-based providers (NAICS 62441, 2023)Source: US Census Bureau, 2023 Nonemployer Statistics (US file, NAICS 62441)
-   1,010,300childcare worker jobs in the US (BLS, 2025)Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Childcare Workers

## How big is the daycare market?

US child care has two very different halves. The Census Bureau counts about 82,000 child day care establishments with paid employees, from single-site centers to national chains such as KinderCare, The Learning Experience and Primrose (a franchise). It also counts more than 533,000 day care businesses with no paid employees, many of them family child care run from the provider's own home. Every provider is licensed or registered by its state, with rules on ratios, staff training and facilities. Centers are run by a director, often with an owner above them; decisions on tuition software, food, curriculum and supplies sit with the director or owner. Budgets are tight, because tuition is capped by what local families can pay and by state subsidy rates. Many centers are run by churches, schools and nonprofits rather than private owners.

## How many daycares are there in each state?

California, New York and Texas have the most. The Census Bureau counted 82,162 establishments in **Child day care services (NAICS 624410)** across the 50 states and DC in 2023. These are locations with paid employees, so one-person businesses aren't included and the real number of businesses is higher. Use it to size a market before you build the list.

| Rank | State | Establishments (2023) | Share of US |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | California | 9,670 | 11.8% |
| 2 | New York | 6,702 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Texas | 6,242 | 7.6% |
| 4 | Florida | 4,651 | 5.7% |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 3,823 | 4.7% |
| 6 | Illinois | 3,138 | 3.8% |
| 7 | Ohio | 2,813 | 3.4% |
| 8 | North Carolina | 2,612 | 3.2% |
| 9 | New Jersey | 2,466 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Georgia | 2,449 | 3.0% |
| 11 | Washington | 2,386 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 2,309 | 2.8% |
| 13 | Michigan | 2,090 | 2.5% |
| 14 | Virginia | 1,977 | 2.4% |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 1,588 | 1.9% |
| 16 | Oregon | 1,517 | 1.8% |
| 17 | Maryland | 1,505 | 1.8% |
| 18 | Minnesota | 1,473 | 1.8% |
| 19 | Missouri | 1,463 | 1.8% |
| 20 | Indiana | 1,435 | 1.7% |
| 21 | Tennessee | 1,242 | 1.5% |
| 22 | Colorado | 1,239 | 1.5% |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 1,055 | 1.3% |
| 24 | South Carolina | 1,042 | 1.3% |
| 25 | Louisiana | 1,040 | 1.3% |
| 26 | Alabama | 988 | 1.2% |
| 27 | Arizona | 965 | 1.2% |
| 28 | Connecticut | 948 | 1.2% |
| 29 | Kentucky | 925 | 1.1% |
| 30 | Iowa | 895 | 1.1% |
| 31 | Mississippi | 808 | 1.0% |
| 32 | Utah | 745 | 0.9% |
| 33 | Nebraska | 739 | 0.9% |
| 34 | Arkansas | 728 | 0.9% |
| 35 | Maine | 674 | 0.8% |
| 36 | Kansas | 583 | 0.7% |
| 37 | Idaho | 504 | 0.6% |
| 38 | Montana | 488 | 0.6% |
| 39 | New Mexico | 449 | 0.5% |
| 40 | New Hampshire | 447 | 0.5% |
| 41 | West Virginia | 407 | 0.5% |
| 42 | Nevada | 400 | 0.5% |
| 43 | North Dakota | 374 | 0.5% |
| 44 | Delaware | 349 | 0.4% |
| 45 | District of Columbia | 303 | 0.4% |
| 46 | South Dakota | 280 | 0.3% |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 279 | 0.3% |
| 48 | Vermont | 272 | 0.3% |
| 49 | Hawaii | 267 | 0.3% |
| 50 | Wyoming | 245 | 0.3% |
| 51 | Alaska | 173 | 0.2% |

Source: [US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (state file)](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data/datasets.html), all legal forms.

## What's in a daycare lead list

Every row is one daycare business found on Google Maps inside the area you chose, with its email found on its own website and checked against the live mail server. These are the columns that matter most for daycares:

| Field | Why it matters for daycares |
| --- | --- |
| **business and category** | The name tells you whether a row is a chain or franchise location, a church-run program ("First Baptist Preschool") or an independent center. The category separates daycares from preschools and after-school programs. |
| **email, grade, role and source** | Centers usually publish a director or enrollment inbox on their site. Up to 5 emails per center, each with role and source, let you choose the director's address over a generic tours inbox. Invalid emails are never exported. |
| **hours** | Opening at 6:30 am and closing at 6 pm marks a full-day center for working parents; a 9 to 1 schedule marks a part-day preschool. Hours are the quickest way to sort the two. |
| **website and contact\_form** | Many centers route every inquiry through a tour request form. A center with no website, or a form and no email, is a prospect for web design and enrollment-marketing services. |
| **rating and reviews** | Parents read reviews closely before touring. Review count hints at size and time in business; low ratings point to communication or staffing problems a vendor can address. |
| **address, in\_area and distance** | Food service, cleaning, playground inspection and licensing consultants work by territory, and state licensing rules differ. The area fence keeps the list inside the state and counties you serve. |
| **facebook and instagram** | Centers post daily updates for parents on Facebook more than on their websites. The links help you judge how active a center is before you write. |

About 45 columns in all, including up to five emails per business with their role and source, and eight social networks. See a [sample export](https://leadraft.co/sample/leadraft-sample.csv).

## Search terms that find every daycare

No single keyword finds them all. Businesses file themselves under different Google Maps categories and describe themselves in different words, so a complete list searches every variant across the whole area, then removes duplicates.

**Search terms:** daycare, day care center, child care center, childcare, preschool, pre k, pre-kindergarten, montessori school, infant care, toddler daycare, early learning center, early childhood education center, nursery school, after school program, before and after school care, summer camp for kids, head start program, christian preschool, bilingual daycare, drop in child care, learning academy.

**Google Maps categories:** Day care center, Child care agency, Preschool, Nursery school, Kindergarten, Montessori school, After school program, Children's camp.

## Who sells to daycares, and what works

-   **Child care management software (billing, check-in, parent apps).** Directors want less paperwork and fewer late tuition payments. Lead with time saved on billing and state-required records, and say whether you handle subsidy billing in their state.
-   **Curriculum, toys, furniture and classroom suppliers.** Buying happens before the school year and when new rooms open. Show prices and lead times, and mention whether products meet licensing or accreditation requirements.
-   **Food service and meal programs.** Many centers take part in the USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program and have to meet its meal patterns. A meal service that handles the menus and paperwork removes a real burden.
-   **Staffing agencies and training providers.** Staff turnover is constant and ratios are set by law, so a center short one teacher may have to turn families away. Substitute staffing and required training hours are the pitch.
-   **Enrollment marketing and web design agencies.** Centers fill by word of mouth and Google Maps. A center with empty infant spots, a dated site or few reviews is the opening.
-   **Commercial cleaning, insurance and facility services.** Child care facilities have strict sanitation and safety rules. Cleaning, pest control and liability insurance sold with that in mind get read.

## How to segment and qualify a daycare list

### Centers vs home-based providers

Commercial addresses with a center-style name are centers. Rows with a residential address and a personal name are usually family child care homes. Many vendors only want centers; keep the two in separate lists.

### Full-day vs part-day

Use the hours column. Full-day centers buy meals, extended staffing and billing software; part-day preschools buy curriculum and enrollment marketing.

### Chains and franchises vs independents

Filter by business name to pull out chain and franchise locations. Their software and curriculum are usually chosen at head office; independents decide locally.

### Faith-based and nonprofit programs

Search "christian preschool" and look for church names in the business column. These programs often share a building, budget and board with the church, which changes who signs.

### Montessori and specialty programs

Montessori, bilingual and STEM-focused programs charge more and buy specialist materials. Search them as their own lines and keep the category.

### New centers

A new center needs furniture, software, insurance and families all at once. A [monitor](https://leadraft.co/product/monitors) on your area sends you only the centers that appear after your first search.

## How to reach daycares

### Treat home-based providers with care

Family child care homes are licensed small businesses, but the address on the listing is someone's home and the email may be personal. Only email about things relevant to running their program, keep messages short, honor opt-outs immediately, and never publish or resell their addresses. Outside the US, personal-data laws such as GDPR may treat these rows as personal data.

### Write when the children are napping

Directors spend mornings on drop-off, staffing and ratios, and late afternoons on pick-up. Early afternoon, during nap time, is when many directors catch up on email. Avoid late August, when the new school year starts, unless you sell for it.

### Know who decides

At an independent center, the owner decides and the director recommends. At a church or nonprofit program, a board or committee may approve spending. At a chain or franchise, head office chooses most systems. Ask early who else needs to see your offer.

### Be concrete about licensing and safety

Anything that touches children, records or food is checked against state licensing rules. Say plainly what your product does for compliance, and don't overclaim. Never ask for information about the children in a cold email.

### CAN-SPAM still applies

Even when the center is a nonprofit, your commercial emails need a truthful subject line, a real postal address and a working opt-out. See [cold email laws](https://leadraft.co/blog/cold-email-laws) and get legal advice for your own program.

## How to find daycare leads: build the list in four steps

1.  **Choose the place.** A city, county or ZIP code, a radius around an address, or a shape you draw on the map (or a KML file).
2.  **Search every variant.** Start from the terms above. Leadraft splits large areas into tiles so you get the businesses past Google's first few hundred results, and keeps only the ones inside your area and in the trade.
3.  **Preview before you pay.** The free preview shows real businesses already found there, with emails masked.
4.  **Export or push.** Download CSV or XLSX, or send the Verified emails straight to Instantly, Smartlead, lemlist or HubSpot with your suppression list applied. Each business is charged once, ever.

## Daycares lead lists: questions

How many daycares are there in the US?

The US Census Bureau's 2023 County Business Patterns counts about 82,000 child day care establishments with paid employees (NAICS 624410), employing about 1.04 million people. The Census also counts more than 533,000 child day care businesses with no paid employees in 2023, many of them home-based providers. Google Maps lists centers and many home providers, so a Maps list for an area will mix both unless you separate them.

Can I get a daycare email list for a specific city or state?

Yes. Pick a city, county, ZIP code or state, or draw the area on a map, and choose whether to include centers just outside it. Because licensing is set by each state, most buyers search one state at a time.

Are the emails verified?

Each email comes from the center's own website and is checked against its live mail server. It's graded Verified (the mailbox answered), Accept-all (the server accepts everything, so it's a maybe, never a yes) or Invalid. Invalid emails are never exported. Home-based providers often have no website, so they may come with a phone number but no email.

How much does a daycare email list cost?

Leadraft charges one business credit per center, once, and one checked-email credit per verified email you take out. Free gives you 500 businesses and 50 checked emails a month; Starter is $19 for 25,000 businesses and 1,000 checked emails; Growth is $49 for 100,000 and 5,000; Pro is $99 for 300,000 and 15,000; Scale is $149 for 600,000 and 30,000. Example: if a search of three Ohio counties finds 1,200 daycares and preschools and you export 400 verified emails, that's 1,200 business credits and 400 checked-email credits, which fits in Starter at $19.

Can I exclude home daycares and keep only centers?

Yes, mostly. Filter on category and look at the business name and address: centers tend to have commercial addresses and a center-style name, while home providers often list a personal name. Save the filtered list as a view so you can reuse it.

Is it OK to email daycares?

In the US, B2B cold email is allowed under CAN-SPAM if you follow its rules. Be careful with home-based providers, whose listing details may also be personal information. Google's Maps terms restrict scraping and reuse of Maps content, which is a contract question rather than a privacy one. Get legal advice for your own program.

## Sources

1.  1.[US Census Bureau, 2023 County Business Patterns (US file, NAICS 624410)](https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/cbp23us.zip) · Establishments with paid employees.
2.  2.[US Census Bureau, 2023 Nonemployer Statistics (US file, NAICS 62441)](https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/nonemployer-statistics/datasets/2023/historical-datasets/nonemp23us.zip) · Businesses with no paid employees.
3.  3.[US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook: Childcare Workers](https://www.bls.gov/ooh/personal-care-and-service/childcare-workers.htm)
4.  4.[USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Child and Adult Care Food Program](https://www.fns.usda.gov/cacfp)
5.  5.[FTC, CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business)

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