Operating licence for day care centres

If you would like to open a daycare centre, you must apply for an operating licence.

Required documents

Please submit the following documents in writing:

Letter of application:

  • Personal details
  • Type of organisation and profile
  • Type of planned facility: crèche, kindergarten, after-school care centre or house for children
  • Number of available childcare places
  • Age range of the children cared for
  • Address of the planned centre
  • Date of planned start of operation

Proof of organisation:

  • Proof of organisation depending on the type of organisation in accordance with Article 3 BayKiBiG
  • For natural persons: Tax number from the tax office and extended police clearance certificate from the provider
  • For legal entities (e.g. association or limited company): extract from the register and extended police clearance certificate from the provider
  • For parent-child initiatives: Articles of association, extract from the register of associations

Proof of location:

  • Proof of ownership or copy of the rental contract or lease agreement
  • Copy of the authorisation from the local building commission and approved set of plans
  • Room plan with functional descriptions and square metre figures (scale 1:100)
  • Open space plan indicating the square metres of the playable area (scale 1:100)
  • Site plan (scale 1:1000)

Personnel documents:

  • Staff list
  • Employment contracts and certificates as proof of sufficient pedagogical staff
  • Extended police clearance certificate of the daycare centre management (to be submitted upon request)

Concept:

  • Pedagogical concept
  • Organisational concept

Child protection:

  • Centre-related child protection concept
  • Munich agreement on child protection in accordance with § 8a SGB VIII, signed by the provider and the pedagogical management
  • Extended police clearance certificate of the staff is available to the provider

Financial plan:

  • estimated income and expenditure in the first year of operation (checked by your bank, your tax consultant or an auditor)
  • Funding through BayKiBiG and Munich Funding Formula (MFF)
  • Financing through BayKiBiG and EKI funding model
  • Financing through BayKiBiG

Duration and costs

Fees and charges

The operating licence is issued free of charge.

Related services

Report personnel changes (§47 SGB VIII)

As an independent provider of a child day care centre in Munich, you must notify the City of Munich immediately of any changes in personnel.

Investment cost support for day-care centres

If you would like to receive an investment cost subsidy for non-urban day care centres, you can submit an application.

Reimbursement of fee reduction according to EKI-Plus

If your parent-child initiative receives benefits from the EKI funding model, you can apply for compensation for lost parental fees via EKI Plus.

Operating cost support for parent-child initiatives (EKI)

If you run a daycare centre as a parent-child initiative, you can receive financial support for your childcare places.

Staff approval for day care centres

If you would like to employ a specialist or supplementary pedagogical employee without a recognised qualification, you must apply for personnel approval.

Carrier selection process for daycare centre buildings

If you want to run a day-care centre as an operator, you can apply for a municipal building.