The Department for Education has published the list of names, including more than ten local authorities, nanny agencies, and a primary school, which are trialing the scheme.
More than 100 different organisations applied to be part of the pilot, the Department said.
The Government sees childminder agencies as a means of cutting costs and bureaucracy for individual childminders by matching them up with parents and as the key to expanding childminder numbers.
Agencies will offer training and business advice to childminders.
They are also intended to increase choice for parents by making it easier for them to find high-quality childcare and holiday or sickness cover.
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