Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 15, 2026Infant 2Toddler 5Preschool 3
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Daycare and child care in Merrimack, NH
- Licensed programs
- 18
- 17 centers · 1 home-based
- Take infants
- 14
- 6 programs reported an opening recently
Merrimack has 18 licensed child care programs: 17 centers and 1 home-based program in Hillsborough County.
Reported an infant opening in the last 60 days: Joyful Noise, KinderCare Learning Center, Kwiatkowski's Little Flowers, Little Stars Learning Center Merrimack Stellar and 2 mores
Room for young children nearby
About average for NH1.9children under 5 for every licensed spot within 10 miles
About 18,480 children under 5 live in NH within 10 miles of Merrimack (Census, 2020–2024). Programs there that take them are licensed for 9,795, counting any school-age spots, so it’s a bit tighter than this. NH overall: 1.8. See the 144 programs nearby
All 18 licensed programs in Merrimack
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 20, 2026Infant 12Toddler 9Preschool 10
Infant $1,907/moToddler $1,798/moPreschool $1,603/moSchool age $1,538/mo
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 15, 2026Infant 2Toddler 3Preschool 3School age 2
Infant $1,192/moToddler $1,148/moPreschool $1,083/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Sep 23, 2026Toddler 2Preschool 2
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 23, 2026Infant 3Toddler 3Preschool 5
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 16, 2026Infant 10Toddler 2Preschool 9
Infant $1,668/moToddler $1,517/moPreschool $1,257/mo
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Sep 3, 2026Infant 2Toddler 2Preschool 2
Infant $1,924/moToddler $1,612/moPreschool $1,456/moSchool age $823/mo
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Openings not reported
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Openings not reported
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Feb 19, 2025, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,599/moToddler $1,417/moPreschool $1,361/moSchool age $438/mo
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Aug 12, 2025, over 60 days ago
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School age
Last reported openings: school age (7) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
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School age
Last reported openings: school age (3) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
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School age
Last reported openings: school age (5) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
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School age
Last reported openings: school age (5) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Openings not reported
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Openings not reported
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Openings not reported
Child care near Merrimack
144 more programs within 10 miles, in Litchfield, Nashua, Amherst and 9 other towns. Closest first.
77 more programs within 10 miles take infants. 21 programs reported infant openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
89 more programs within 10 miles take toddlers. 28 programs reported toddler openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
112 more programs within 10 miles take preschoolers. 41 programs reported preschool openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
105 more programs within 10 miles take school-age children. 14 programs reported school-age openings in the last 60 days, shown first.
School age
Last reported openings: school age (7) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Openings not reported
Waitlist
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Oct 2, 2026
Not taking new childrenTakes NH scholarship
Preschool
Openings not reported
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 1, 2026Infant 2Preschool 4
Infant $1,430–$1,473/moToddler $1,343–$1,387/moPreschool $1,278–$1,322/moSchool age $1,192–$1,278/mo
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Sep 29, 2026Infant 3Toddler 15Preschool 16
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
No openings listed as of Aug 5, 2026, over 60 days ago
Infant $1,482/moToddler $1,439/moPreschool $1,330/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool
Last reported openings: infant (1) · May 1, 2026, over 60 days ago
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Preschool · School age
Openings not reported
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 9, 2026Infant 14Toddler 21Preschool 26School age 9
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 15, 2026Preschool 1School age 3
Infant $758/moToddler $758/moPreschool $758/moSchool age $758/mo
Not taking new children
Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 6, 2026School age 7
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Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 1, 2026Preschool 10School age 9
Preschool $1,135/mo
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 5, 2026Preschool 12
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 21, 2026Infant 2
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Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 21, 2026Infant 2Preschool 1
Infant $1,430/moToddler $1,430/moPreschool $1,430/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 7, 2026Infant 4Toddler 4Preschool 3
Infant $1,495/moToddler $1,365/moPreschool $1,148/mo
Takes NH scholarship
Infant · Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 7, 2026Infant 1Toddler 3Preschool 39School age 27
WaitlistTakes 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
Toddler · Preschool
Reported openings · Oct 30, 2026Toddler 3Preschool 8
Takes NH scholarship
Toddler · Preschool · School age
Reported openings · Oct 27, 2026Toddler 1Preschool 5School age 15
Toddler $1,123/moPreschool $1,066/mo
WaitlistTakes NH scholarship
Daycare in Merrimack by age
Infant care in Merrimack
14 programs take infants. 6 programs reported infant openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,668 a month (5 prices).
Toddler care in Merrimack
14 programs take toddlers. 7 programs reported toddler openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,517 a month (5 prices).
Preschool in Merrimack
14 programs take preschoolers. 7 programs reported preschool openings in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $1,361 a month (5 prices).
Before- and after-school care in Merrimack
16 programs take school-age children. 1 program reported a school-age opening in the last 60 days. Typical listed price about $823 a month (3 prices).
New and growing in Merrimack
- Little Stars Learning Center Merrimack StellarNewly licensed on Aug 21, 2026
Nearby towns
- Litchfield4 programs · about 2.6 mi
- Amherst7 programs · about 4.4 mi
- Bedford17 programs · about 5.8 mi
- Londonderry24 programs · about 6.7 mi
- Nashua39 programs · about 7.3 mi
- Hollis5 programs · about 7.8 mi
- Milford8 programs · about 8.1 mi
- Hudson14 programs · about 8.4 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.