Kirkland · Licensed center

Bright Horizons at Totem Lake

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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.

Of the 81 Seattle-area centers with 2 licensing inspections, 30% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 33% had rules cited at both.

Licensing inspections

Mar 5, 2026No rules cited
Sep 22, 2025No rules cited
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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 the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.

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

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Hours
10.5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Details

(425) 540-4990

Address
11211 Slater Ave NE
License
PL-85810, active
Chain
Bright Horizons
Owner
Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

Nearby

The eight closest of the 14 other licensed centers in ZIP 98033

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State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

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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 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.

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

Nearby

The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 10, 2026.