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As of 4 November 2026, 9,210 schools & childcare companies are based in France; 154 are hiring right now and Paris has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 9,210
- Hiring now
- 154 · 37 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Primary schools · 2,652
- Top city
- Paris · 359
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 231,094
Schools & childcare in France, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary schools | 2,652 | 29% |
| Secondary schools | 1,925 | 21% |
| Childcare early learning centres | 1,905 | 21% |
| Comprehensive all through schools | 1,597 | 17% |
| Vocational technical schools | 1,291 | 14% |
| Private k12 schools | 961 | 10% |
| Further education colleges | 874 | 9% |
| Home childminding | 805 | 9% |
| Universities | 608 | 7% |
| Kindergartens preschools | 470 | 5% |
| Montessori & alternative schools | 420 | 5% |
| Vocational training centres | 324 | 4% |
| Montessori preschools | 280 | 3% |
| Special educational needs schools | 128 | 1% |
| Foreign language schools | 72 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 825 · 3 |
| 2-10 employees | 4,704 · 27 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,645 · 34 |
| 51-200 employees | 1,681 · 36 |
| 201-500 employees | 233 · 33 |
| 501-1000 employees | 59 · 12 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 54 · 8 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 5 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Paris | 359 | 4% |
| Roubaix | 303 | 3% |
| Lyon | 92 | 1% |
| Bordeaux | 82 | 1% |
| Strasbourg | 72 | 1% |
| Clermont-Ferrand | 71 | 1% |
| Toulouse | 65 | 1% |
| Paris 15 | 55 | 1% |
| Nantes | 53 | 1% |
| Nice | 51 | 1% |
| Lille | 45 | 0% |
| Montpellier | 45 | 0% |
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9,210 schools & childcare companies are based in France; 154 are hiring right now and Paris has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/france/schools_and_childcare)
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- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Schools & childcare in France: questions
How many schools & childcare companies are there in France?
9,210 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Schools & childcare → leaf niches such as primary schools, secondary schools, childcare early learning centres. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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