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Licensed daycares in 29223 — Columbia, SC
There are 42 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 29223 — 22 licensed centers and 20 family day homes. Together they have been cited for 64 violations across 215 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.30 violations per inspection, which is below the Columbia average of 1.13.
30 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.
The most-cited issue here is physical safety (13 citations), followed by supervision (8). Worth knowing before you tour.
Every record below comes from South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education and links back to the state's own document.
Compare all 42 providers
Clean record — no violations in 3 years
30 providers.
1–3 violations in 3 years
5 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
4 or more violations in 3 years
7 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.
Questions to ask when you tour in 29223
Physical safety is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by supervision. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.
When was your last playground and facility safety check, and what did it find?
Walk me through how children are supervised during outdoor time and transitions between rooms.
How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?
A note on South Carolina records
South Carolina does not publish complaint outcomes. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.
Data synced from South Carolina Department of Social Services, Division of Early Care and Education on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error