Top Education Companies by Revenue 2026

World's most-used open-source LMS with 300M users across 250,000+ sites in 241 countries; free customizable platform competing with Canvas and Blackboard for educational and corporate e-learning.

Legacy higher education LMS under Anthology ownership; Blackboard Ultra redesign and expanded institutional SIS and CRM portfolio retaining customers amid Canvas competition.

Canadian LMS serving 15M learners at 900+ institutions; Brightspace platform with D2L Lumi AI suite for personalized learning, at-risk student detection, and AI tutoring.

World's largest online learning platform with 148M learners; university-partnered courses and professional certificates from Stanford, Google, and IBM competing with edX and LinkedIn Learning.

Microsoft's education collaboration platform serving 270M+ users; Teams with Assignments, Reading Coach AI, and Copilot integration competing with Google Classroom for K-12 and university.

Dominant plagiarism detection platform used by 16,000+ institutions; 1.5M daily paper submissions with growing AI-generated text detection competing with Copyleaks amid ChatGPT academic integrity crisis.

Higher education ERP serving 2,800+ institutions; Banner SIS at 1,400+ colleges with cloud migration path from on-prem competing with Workday for student information and administration.

$150M revenue Oct 2025; 4B participants in 200 countries; acquired by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Kirkbi $1.7B 2024; delisted March 2024; TIME Top 5 EdTech 2025; 600 employees; gamified learning leader

Part of Zoom $4.67B revenue FY25; 86% top 200 universities; 192K business customers; 55.91% videoconferencing market; 504,900 global customers; education video leader

Turnitin-acquired AI-powered grading platform for universities with rubric-based assessment and answer grouping; used by 1,500+ institutions competing for higher education assessment workflows.

Dominant K-12 student information system serving 16,000+ districts; Bain Capital-owned after $5.6B take-private, managing 2024 data breach aftermath with AI early warning student analytics.

$185M valuation; $130M Series E 2021; $68M revenue 2024; 3M students; 900+ institutions; $33-96 pricing; interactive learning platform leader

$39.5M funding ($25M Series B Owl Ventures); 300+ institutions; 1M+ students; Alabama CC/UC Davis/Georgia Tech customers; proctoring market $2.35B by 2031 (15.5% CAGR); online proctoring leader

Higher education student success platform with predictive analytics and coordinated advising to improve retention; EAB-backed competing with Civitas and Starfish for university enrollment cliff response.

Seattle video learning platform with AI in-video search for 1,000+ universities and enterprises; lecture capture competing with Kaltura and Echo360 for institutional video knowledge management.

Workday (NASDAQ: WDAY) cloud SIS for higher education managing student lifecycle from admissions to alumni; Q4 FY2025 $2.211B Workday revenue with 17% admin error reduction competing with Ellucian Banner for university system replacement.

Technolutions owned; 1,500+ universities; 55% higher ed market share; 48 of top 50 US universities; $30-50K/year licensing; AI Reader/dashboard 2025; admissions CRM leader

SF AI reading coach for K-3 children at $15M Goodwater Capital Series A Sep 2023; #5 Fortune Change the World List 2024, TIME Best Invention 2023; largest child speech AI dataset with decodable book subscription competing with HOMER for early literacy.

Baltimore NASDAQ-listed Latin American university operator (LAUR) with 470,000+ students in Mexico/Peru; 2024 revenue $1.54B with 2025 guidance $1.68-1.69B (+7-8%); $150M additional buyback authorized competing for private higher education enrollment.

India YC accredited virtual school with project-based curriculum and Parent NPS 85; $2.12M LearnStart/Draper/YC seed transitioning from after-school to full-time school in 2023-2024, winning Times Now Most Innovative School 2024 with 27 employees.

Zurich ETH spinout AI language tutor for 30+ languages with real-time conversation practice and error correction; YC W23 €1.4M Khosla Ventures-backed WIRED Hottest 100 Europe 2024 competing with Speak and Duolingo for AI conversational fluency.

Jakarta Indonesia UTBK university entrance exam preparation platform for 800K+ annual test-takers with live classes and MURI record-setting online tryouts; competing with Ruangguru and Zenius for Indonesia edtech exam prep market leadership.

Australian AI teacher assistant grading essays and handwritten work in each teacher's specific grading style saving 80% of grading time; Australian-hosted data privacy competing with Turnitin and Gradescope for K-12 automated assessment.

Bengaluru YC W23 AI UPSC exam coaching for 60K+ students in India's most competitive civil services exam; $2.53M YC/FundersClub/GoodWater seed May 2024 with personalized AI mentor competing with Unacademy and PW for UPSC preparation.

Burbank CA YC W20 interactive science education app for ages 4-10 with 200+ lessons and 30M+ lessons completed; $1.45M seed profitable at YC application with $9/month subscription competing with Khan Academy Kids for children STEM.

SF YC W24 Google Ventures-backed competitive math platform with 350 DAU and 400K+ questions solved; Forbes 30 Under 30 Education 2025 by MIT founders competing with Brilliant and AoPS for gamified competitive mathematics training.

Shenzhen children's coding education platform for 31M+ students in 11,500 China schools; $360M/$7.3B valuation (2024) with UNESCO Africa-Asia Coding Initiative and TIME #1 global EdTech 2025 competing with Scratch for K-12 coding.

NY gamified K-5 reading platform with science of reading instruction serving 14K+ students including NYC DOE; $1M monthly revenue Dec 2024 after 14x growth with 4x improved ELA exam pass rates — YC-backed with Winklevoss Capital.

Pittsburgh gamified language learning (NASDAQ: DUOL, $17.7B market cap); Q3 2025 $400.2M revenue with 47.7M DAU +40% YoY and 2025 guidance raised to $1.68B; Chess course 1M+ DAU competing with Babbel for consumer language EdTech.

Mexico YC W22 vocational apprenticeship platform reaching 264K students at $1M revenue 2024 with 5 employees; WISE Prize for Education finalist 2024-2025 (6 of 484 global projects) competing for Latin American skills training.

NYC diverse early-career recruiting platform for financial services; $9M total ($3.4M Tisch Family Series A Feb 2024) serving Goldman Sachs/Morgan Stanley/HSBC with patented resume standardization and 1,500+ school network.

Bengaluru India YC AI English speaking practice app bootstrapped at $1.2M revenue with 5M+ downloads and 4.38 stars; 440K downloads/month competing with ELSA Speak and Duolingo for Indian English learner speaking fluency.

Hotmart-acquired course creation platform with 100K+ creators and 38M+ students; $10B combined creator earnings with Hotmart while AI tools generated 3.8M+ content pieces competing with Kajabi and Thinkific.

Creative learning platform with 12M+ users and $78M revenue (+15% 2024); 38K+ video courses on design, illustration, and photography competing with LinkedIn Learning and MasterClass via subscription access.

K-12 school enrichment marketplace connecting vetted sports, arts, and STEM instructors to after-school programs; $5.6M from YC, Goodwater, and Brass Ring at $3.7M revenue in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

India YC W20 exam prep platform at $6.9M revenue 2024 (up from $3.6M) with 14M+ students at 10 users/minute; $261K funded with 100K+ videos competing with Unacademy for K-12/UPSC/IIT-JEE digital learning.

Malaysian gamified edtech app with 850K users achieving $18M revenue at 2-3x growth; curriculum-aligned quiz platform backed by YC and 500 Global competing for Southeast Asian exam preparation market.

Clever is an edtech platform providing single sign-on and digital learning infrastructure for 75,000+ K-12 schools, connecting students and teachers to educational apps seamlessly. HQ: San Francisco.

AEC professional upskilling platform teaching BIM, Revit, and computational design to architects and engineers; ₹46 Crore ($6M) revenue in 2024 backed by YC serving 5,000+ learners in 35+ countries.

Turing College is an online computer science education platform offering project-based learning in data science, ML engineering, and software development with peer reviews. HQ: Vilnius, Lithuania.

AI English speaking fluency app targeting East Asian learners with real-time pronunciation and grammar feedback; $900K revenue in 2024 with 4.8-star rating competing with ELSA Speak and Duolingo.

Bengaluru tech education platform with project-based data science and ML courses; $2.45M YC-backed at $4M revenue competing with Coursera and UpGrad for Indian software professional upskilling.

Latin American cohort-based professional training with 90% completion rate and 100% retention; $2.43M YC-backed with Walmart Mexico and Bancolombia taught by Amazon and Stripe practitioners.

Opennote is an AI-powered clinical documentation platform that automatically generates structured medical notes from patient-provider conversations, reducing physician administrative burden.

Enterprise tech skills platform with 20K+ courses and Skill IQ assessments; restructured under lender ownership in 2024 after Vista write-off competing with Coursera for developer training.

BloomTech (formerly Lambda School) is a coding bootcamp that trains software developers through income share agreements, offering online programs in software engineering and data science.

Podium Education is an online education company providing affordable bootcamp and certification programs in data science, software development, and AI for career-changers. HQ: New York.