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Bright Horizons Family Solutions vs KinderCare Learning Companies: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

Bright Horizons Family Solutions brought in $2.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, KinderCare Learning Companies $2.7B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by +9.2% at Bright Horizons Family Solutions and +2.6% at KinderCare Learning Companies on the year before, so Bright Horizons Family Solutions grew faster. Bright Horizons Family Solutions kept 6.6% of its revenue as net profit, KinderCare Learning Companies -4.1%. Free cash flow was $258.5M at Bright Horizons Family Solutions and $110.3M at KinderCare Learning Companies.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

BFAMKLC
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (January 3, 2026)
Revenue$2.9B$2.7B
Revenue growth+9.2%+2.6%
Net income$193.1M-$112.9M
Net margin6.6%-4.1%
Free cash flow$258.5M$110.3M
Free cash flow margin8.8%4.0%
Earnings per share (diluted)$3.36-$0.95
Cash$140.1M$133.2M
Debt$747.6M$927.5M
Price to earnings19.6n/a
Market value$3.2B$251.3M
Dividend yieldn/an/a
Rank by revenue in sector#290 of 778 · Consumer discretionary#307 of 778 · Consumer discretionary

Over the years

Revenue
BFAM FY2018: $1.9BBFAM FY2019: $2.1BBFAM FY2020: $1.5BBFAM FY2021: $1.8BBFAM FY2022: $2BBFAM FY2023: $2.4BBFAM FY2024: $2.7BBFAM FY2025: $2.9BKLC FY2022: $2.2BKLC FY2024: $2.5BKLC FY2024: $2.7BKLC FY2025: $2.7BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
BFAM $2.9BKLC $2.7B
Net income
BFAM FY2018: $158MBFAM FY2019: $180.4MBFAM FY2020: $27MBFAM FY2021: $70.5MBFAM FY2022: $80.6MBFAM FY2023: $74.2MBFAM FY2024: $140.2MBFAM FY2025: $193.1MKLC FY2022: $219.2MKLC FY2024: $102.6MKLC FY2024: -$92.8MKLC FY2025: -$112.9MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
BFAM $193.1MKLC -$112.9M
Net margin
BFAM FY2018: 8.3%BFAM FY2019: 8.7%BFAM FY2020: 1.8%BFAM FY2021: 4.0%BFAM FY2022: 4.0%BFAM FY2023: 3.1%BFAM FY2024: 5.2%BFAM FY2025: 6.6%KLC FY2022: 10.1%KLC FY2024: 4.1%KLC FY2024: -3.5%KLC FY2025: -4.1%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
BFAM 6.6%KLC -4.1%
Revenue growth
BFAM FY2019: +8.3%BFAM FY2020: -26.5%BFAM FY2021: +15.9%BFAM FY2022: +15.1%BFAM FY2023: +19.7%BFAM FY2024: +11.1%BFAM FY2025: +9.2%KLC FY2024: +15.9%KLC FY2024: +6.1%KLC FY2025: +2.6%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
BFAM +9.2%KLC +2.6%
Free cash flow
BFAM FY2018: $202.3MBFAM FY2019: $218.5MBFAM FY2020: $124.8MBFAM FY2021: $163.8MBFAM FY2022: $117.9MBFAM FY2023: $165.1MBFAM FY2024: $240.2MBFAM FY2025: $258.5MKLC FY2022: $202.2MKLC FY2024: $174.5MKLC FY2024: -$16.4MKLC FY2025: $110.3MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
BFAM $258.5MKLC $110.3M

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about Bright Horizons Family Solutions and KinderCare Learning Companies

Which is bigger by revenue, Bright Horizons Family Solutions or KinderCare Learning Companies?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions is bigger by revenue: $2.9B in fiscal 2025, against $2.7B for KinderCare Learning Companies in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, Bright Horizons Family Solutions or KinderCare Learning Companies?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions had a net margin of 6.6% in fiscal 2025; KinderCare Learning Companies had -4.1% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, Bright Horizons Family Solutions or KinderCare Learning Companies?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by +9.2% at Bright Horizons Family Solutions and +2.6% at KinderCare Learning Companies.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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