Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 29, 2026Infant 5Toddler 35Preschool 54School age 52
Infant $1,387/moToddler $1,300/moPreschool $1,170/moSchool age $1,127/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Daycare and child care in Manchester, NH
- Licensed programs
- 42
- 40 centers · 2 home-based
- Take infants
- 22
- 7 programs reported an opening recently
Manchester has 42 licensed child care programs: 40 centers and 2 home-based programs in Hillsborough County.
Reported an infant opening in the last 60 days: Alpha-Bits Learning Center I, Alpha-Bits Learning Center II, CAPHR Child Development Program at MCC, DD's Daycare and 3 mores
Room for young children nearby
About average for NH1.5children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles
About 12,140 children under 5 live in NH within 10 miles of Manchester (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 8,094, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. NH overall: 1.8. See the 92 programs nearby
All 42 licensed programs in Manchester
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 29, 2026Infant 10Toddler 40Preschool 10School age 18
Infant $1,387/moToddler $1,300/moPreschool $1,170/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Reported openings · Oct 8, 2026School age 10
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 16, 2026Infant 1Toddler 1Preschool 6
Infant $1,491/moToddler $1,374/moPreschool $1,213/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 20, 2026Preschool 8
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 2, 2026Infant 2Toddler 2Preschool 2
Infant $1,430/moToddler $1,343/moPreschool $1,213/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 6, 2026Infant 1Toddler 9Preschool 8
Infant $1,690/moToddler $1,582/moPreschool $1,430/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 6, 2026Infant 2Toddler 5Preschool 2
Infant $1,647–$1,690/moToddler $1,538–$1,582/moPreschool $1,387–$1,430/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 22, 2026Infant 10Toddler 6Preschool 7
Infant $1,625/moToddler $1,517/moPreschool $1,365/mo
Newly licensedTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 12, 2026Toddler 8Preschool 3School age 3
Infant $1,517/moToddler $1,300/moPreschool $1,300/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Reported openings · Oct 13, 2026School age 86
Newly licensedTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 9, 2026Preschool 2
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 15, 2026Toddler 4Preschool 5
Infant $1,473/moToddler $1,387/moPreschool $1,300/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 14, 2026Toddler 22Preschool 10
Newly licensedTakes NH scholarship
Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 1, 2026Toddler 12Preschool 5School age 2
Toddler $1,309/moPreschool $1,309/moSchool age $1,049/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Reported openings · Oct 6, 2026School age 10
School age $464/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Reported openings · Oct 6, 2026School age 20
School age $464/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Reported openings · Oct 7, 2026School age 15
School age $464/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
No openings listed as of Oct 1, 2026
Not taking new childrenTakes NH scholarship
Preschool
Last reported openings: preschool (1) · Mar 31, 2026, over 60 days ago
Waitlist
Preschool
Openings not reported
Waitlist
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Last reported openings: infant (1), toddler (1), preschool (1) · Mar 31, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,491/moToddler $1,374/moPreschool $1,213/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Oct 20, 2026
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Oct 1, 2026
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
No openings listed as of Jul 2, 2026, over 60 days ago
Waitlist
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
No openings listed as of Oct 6, 2026
Not taking new childrenTakes NH scholarship
School age
Last reported openings: school age (75) · Jun 3, 2026, over 60 days ago
School age $368–$975/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Preschool
Openings not reported
Preschool $1,278/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: toddler (2), preschool (2) · Apr 9, 2026, over 60 days ago
Toddler $1,408/moPreschool $1,300/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
No openings listed as of Oct 13, 2026
Not taking new childrenTakes NH scholarship
Toddler · Preschool
Openings not reported
Toddler $1,517/moPreschool $1,408/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: preschool (4) · Aug 5, 2026, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Last reported openings: school age (12) · Apr 20, 2026, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Openings not reported
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Openings not reported
Takes NH scholarship
School age
Openings not reported
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Openings not reported
Infant $1,673/moToddler $1,543/moPreschool $1,426/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: preschool (6) · Aug 17, 2025, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: preschool (8) · Feb 20, 2025, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,322/moToddler $1,278/moPreschool $1,192/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: infant (4), toddler (3), preschool (8) · May 26, 2026, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: infant (8), toddler (11), preschool (19) · Oct 9, 2025, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,387/moToddler $1,387/moPreschool $1,213/moSchool age $464/mo
Takes NH scholarship
School age
No openings listed as of Oct 7, 2026
School age $312/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Child care near Manchester
92 more programs within 10 miles, in Bedford, Hooksett, Goffstown and 10 other towns. Closest first.
47 more programs within 10 miles take infants. 17 programs reported infant openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
53 more programs within 10 miles take toddlers. 18 programs reported toddler openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
71 more programs within 10 miles take preschoolers. 29 programs reported preschool openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
72 more programs within 10 miles take school-age children. 13 programs reported school-age openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Last reported openings: infant (20), toddler (15), preschool (9) · Apr 30, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,820/moToddler $1,712/moPreschool $1,473/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 15, 2026Infant 8Toddler 5Preschool 14
Infant $1,538/moToddler $1,452/moPreschool $1,300/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Preschool
No openings listed as of Apr 30, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 13, 2026Infant 6Toddler 1Preschool 17
Infant $1,625/moToddler $1,538/moPreschool $1,343/moSchool age $1,300/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 1, 2026Infant 2Toddler 1Preschool 16
Infant $1,560/moToddler $1,452/moPreschool $1,300/moSchool age $1,062/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Oct 1, 2026
Infant $2,615/moToddler $2,370/moPreschool $2,035/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
School age
No openings listed as of Apr 20, 2026, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 23, 2026Infant 1Preschool 1
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Sep 3, 2026Toddler 2Preschool 10
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 2, 2026Infant 2Toddler 3Preschool 5School age 6
Infant $1,495/moToddler $1,495/moPreschool $1,213/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 9, 2026Preschool 1School age 5
Preschool $1,213/moSchool age $507/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 22, 2026Infant 4Toddler 5Preschool 4School age 12
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 27, 2026Infant 2Toddler 2Preschool 12School age 12
Infant $1,538/moToddler $1,473/moPreschool $1,343/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 1, 2026Preschool 10School age 9
Preschool $1,135/mo
School age
Reported openings · Oct 7, 2026School age 4
School age $420/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Daycare in Manchester by age
Infant care in Manchester
22 programs take infants. 7 programs reported infant openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,491 a month (13 prices).
Toddler care in Manchester
24 programs take toddlers. 11 programs reported toddler openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,381 a month (16 prices).
Preschool in Manchester
30 programs take preschoolers. 13 programs reported preschool openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,300 a month (17 prices).
Before- and after-school care in Manchester
28 programs take school-age children. 9 programs reported school-age openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $464 a month (8 prices).
New and growing in Manchester
- Little Stars Learning Center Manchester StellarNewly licensed on Aug 28, 2026
- Jordan Singer Youth Enrichment CenterNewly licensed on Jul 30, 2026
- Elemenope Principles Child Learning CenterNewly licensed (the state’s visit for a new program was on Apr 20, 2026)
Nearby towns
- Auburn5 programs · about 4.0 mi
- Bedford17 programs · about 5.8 mi
- Goffstown10 programs · about 6.1 mi
- Hooksett14 programs · about 6.7 mi
- Candia2 programs · about 7.2 mi
- Londonderry24 programs · about 7.7 mi
- Chester3 programs · about 9.6 mi
- Litchfield4 programs · about 9.7 mi
From NH Child Care Search (New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services), retrieved Nov 1, 2026. Programs supply and maintain some of this information themselves, and the state does not verify it. Always confirm details with the program. This page’s details last changed Nov 1, 2026.