List of the Largest Education Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Benesse Holdings PE Backed EQT Private Capital Asia 2023-11-10 Okayama, Japan website	Education	3,575	3	2	1
Afya NASDAQ : AFYA Nova Lima, Brazil website	Education	3,304	9	9	-
Bright Horizons NYSE : BFAM Newton, Massachusetts, United States website	Education	2,686	8	7	1
KinderCare Education NYSE : KLC Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States website	Education	2,663	1	1	-
University of Phoenix PE Backed Vistria Group Apollo Global Management 2016-02-08 Phoenix, Arizona, United States website	Education	2,566	9	6	3
Education Management Corp. Acquired Dream Center Foundation 2017-03-03 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States website	Education	2,272	1	1	-
TAL Education Group NYSE : TAL Beijing, China website	Education	2,250	2	2	-
McGraw Hill Education NYSE : MH New York City, New York, United States website	Education	2,101	21	17	4
Stride NYSE : LRN Reston, Virginia, United States website	Education	2,040	3	3	-
AcadeMedia Stockholm Stock Exchange : ACAD Stockholm, Sweden website	Education	2,018	5	5	-
Cengage Private Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Education	2,000	14	13	1
Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Private Santa Ana, California, United States website	Education	1,600	2	2	-
Adtalem Global Education NYSE : ATGE Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Education	1,585	10	7	3
Laureate NASDAQ : LAUR Miami, Florida, United States website	Education	1,567	13	2	11
Gakken Holdings Tokyo (TSE) : 9470 Shinagawa, Japan website	Education	1,536	1	1	-
Yduqs Public Rio de Janeiro, Brazil website	Education	1,479	-	-	-

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