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The state of licensed child care in Massachusetts
Headline numbers
Massachusetts has 3,016 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Massachusetts does not yet publish machine-readable violation records — this page covers the licensing landscape, and violation analysis will be added when the data becomes available (coverage details). 0% are family home providers; 72.8% accept child care subsidy.
Violations per facility, by city
| City | Facilities | Violations | Per facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attleboro | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Brockton | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Plymouth | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| New Bedford | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| North Attleboro | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Norton | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Fall River | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Mansfield | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshfield | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Middleboro | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Largest operators
| Operator | Facilities | Violations across portfolio |
|---|---|---|
| KinderCare Education, LLC | 120 | 0 |
| YMCA of Greater Boston | 61 | 0 |
| Bright Horizons Children’s Centers, LLC | 60 | 0 |
| YMCA of The North Shore | 40 | 0 |
| Old Colony YMCA | 35 | 0 |
| Cadence Education, LLC | 27 | 0 |
| Little Sprouts, LLC | 24 | 0 |
| Action For Boston Community Development, Inc./ABCD | 20 | 0 |
| Four Rohwers, Inc. | 19 | 0 |
| MB Imagine ECE, LLC | 19 | 0 |
Reuse this analysis
All numbers on this page are computed from official state licensing records and are free to cite with attribution to DaycareLens. Journalists: the underlying dataset is openly licensed (CC0), and we can provide custom cuts — press@daycarelens.com.