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Bright Horizons at Totem Lake

brighthorizons.com

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 170 children.
  • Hours 10.5 hours a day, 5 days a week.

What to know

License: birth to 6 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 2 licensing inspections since September 2025. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Mar 5, 2026Nothing cited
  • Sep 22, 2025Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 2 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected twice had at least one: 69% of 78.

How all 78 Seattle-area centers inspected twice compare

Of the 78 Seattle-area centers the state inspected twice, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None31%This center
  • 1 of 237%
  • Both32%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
March 5, 2026
On file
2 visits since September 2025 — both cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Sep 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

What it costs

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Hours
10.5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Details

Phone
(425) 540-4990
Address
11211 Slater Ave NE, Kirkland, 98033
License
PL-85810
Chain
Bright Horizons
Owner
Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

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State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

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Details

Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov

Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 116 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 115.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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