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The state of licensed child care in Washington

Updated July 2026 · computed from official Washington licensing data · methodology · download the dataset (CC0)

Headline numbers

Washington has 2,509 licensed childcare facilities in our data. Washington 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; 61.3% accept child care subsidy.

Violations per facility, by city

Cities with at least 10 licensed facilities, ranked by recorded violations per facility.

CityFacilitiesViolationsPer facility
Spokane Valley 2600
Federal Way 4000
Bellevue 9400
Pasco 2800
Seattle 34000
Snoqualmie 1700
Des Moines 1400
Mount Vernon 1500
Moses Lake 1300
Kent 4200

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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.