Licensed Full-Day Daycare in Richmond, CA

Full-Day Daycare in Richmond

As of August 2026

Richmond's CCLD roster counts 102 child care providers, with family child care homes outnumbering centers 65 to 37, roughly 64% versus 36%. These providers report combined licensed capacity for about 2,782 children, averaging around 27 per site. Preschool coverage leads at 91% of providers, with infant and toddler care each available at about 70%. CloverMap consolidates all 102 of these verified Richmond listings for parents comparing options in one search.

What to know about childcare in Richmond

Family child care homes are the more common setting in Richmond, accounting for 65 of the city's 102 licensed providers, about 64%, against 37 centers, or 36%. A home-based provider like BRENDA'S KIDZ KARE, one of Richmond's 65 licensed homes, typically operates out of a residence with a single caregiver or small staff, while centers generally run larger, age-grouped classrooms. With homes outnumbering centers by nearly two to one, Richmond families researching child care are more likely to be weighing several home-based options side by side.

Richmond's 102 providers report combined licensed capacity of about 2,782 children, an average of roughly 27 per site. That figure sits a bit higher than some neighboring cities' averages because Richmond's center segment, though smaller in count, tends to add meaningful capacity per site.

Coverage by age group is solid across Richmond's roster. Infants and toddlers are each served by 71 of the 102 providers, about 70%, preschoolers by 93 providers, or 91%, and school-age children by 67 providers, roughly 66%. Preschool is the most widely available category, but infant and toddler care are still accessible at a majority of providers, which isn't the case in every California city.

California licenses both centers and family child care homes through the Department of Social Services' Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD), applying consistent staffing, ratio, and facility rules regardless of setting. For Richmond parents, that means every one of the 102 providers listed has cleared the same regulatory bar, even though the day-to-day feel of a home-based program and a center-based one can differ substantially.

Given that homes make up 64% of Richmond's roster, parents should expect their search to surface more home-based listings than center-based ones, and that's worth planning around rather than treating as unusual. Families who specifically want a center environment still have 37 options to compare, concentrated among providers serving preschool and school-age groups. Cross-referencing a provider's specific age coverage against a child's current age remains the most useful filter, since infant and toddler care, while common, is not offered by every listing. CloverMap's Richmond page organizes all 102 providers so parents can apply exactly that kind of filter.

Because Richmond's roster leans toward homes without eliminating centers, parents benefit from treating both settings as genuinely comparable rather than assuming one is the default. Reaching out to a mix of both, rather than settling on the first available listing, is a reasonable way to find the closest match for a child's age and a family's schedule.