Child care in Wisconsin

Every one on the record by city and county: open a place for its list, which you can filter by what each record says.

4,549 child care providers in 452 cities and towns and 73 counties. From the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Bureau of Early Care Regulation: Wisconsin Licensed Child Care Directory; and the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), for the family child care certified by Wisconsin’s counties, tribes and DCF: Wisconsin Certified Child Care Directory.

What Wisconsin’s list covers

Licensed group child care, family child care and day camps, and the family child care homes Wisconsin certifies, from its directory of them. Programs run by public schools, which are exempt from licensing, aren’t shown.

What we’ve asked for

We asked Wisconsin’s Department of Children and Families on Oct 19, 2026 whether we may show its child care inspection records; we’re waiting for an answer. Until then, they’re on Child Care Finder.

The biggest cities and towns

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The biggest counties

By how many child care providers each holds

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Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Bureau of Early Care Regulation, Wisconsin Licensed Child Care Directory. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), for the family child care certified by Wisconsin’s counties, tribes and DCF, Wisconsin Certified Child Care Directory. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.