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How Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) makes money

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) made $841M of revenue in the third quarter 2026 (Q3 2026), +5% from a year earlier. Full service center-based child care brought in $522M (62%); Back-up care brought in $286M (34%); Educational advisory services brought in $33.1M (4%).

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Bright Horizons Family Solutions revenue by segment, Q3 2026Bright Horizons Family Solutions revenue by segment, Q3 2026Full service center-based child c…$522MBack-up care$286MEducational advisory services$33.1M
Bright Horizons Family Solutions: revenue by line, Q1 2026 to Q3 2026Bright Horizons Family Solutions: revenue by line, Q1 2026 to Q3 2026Full service center-b…Back-up careEducational advisory …Full service center-based child care: $522M latest$522MBack-up care: $286M latest$286MEducational advisory services: $33.1M latestQ1 2026Q2 2026Q3 2026
Full service center-based child care went from 76% of revenue in Q1 2026 to 62% in Q3 2026, the largest shift in the mix.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions revenue by quarterBright Horizons Family Solutions revenue by quarter$666MQ1 2025$732MQ2 2025$803MQ3 2025$734MQ4 2025$712MQ1 2026$779MQ2 2026$841MQ3 2026
Bright Horizons Family Solutions: where each dollar of revenue goesBright Horizons Family Solutions: where each dollar of revenue goesIncome tax3¢Operating cash flow1¢

Revenue by segment, Q3 2026

SegmentRevenueShareQ/QY/Y
Full service center-based child care$522M62.0%-6%+1%
Back-up care$286M34.0%+48%+13%
Educational advisory services$33.1M3.9%+17%-2%

Where each dollar of revenue goes

LineQ3 2026% of revenue
Revenue$841M100.0%
Income tax$26.4M3.1%
Operating cash flow$5.3M0.6%

Revenue, quarter by quarter

QuarterRevenueY/Y
Q3 2026$841M+5%
Q2 2026$779M+6%
Q1 2026$712M+7%
Q4 2025$734M+9%
Q3 2025$803M+12%
Q2 2025$732M+9%
Q1 2025$666M+7%

From Bright Horizons Family Solutions' 10-Q filed Oct 30, 2026 (on EDGAR).

Questions

How does Bright Horizons Family Solutions make money?

Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM) made $841M of revenue in the third quarter 2026 (Q3 2026), +5% from a year earlier. Full service center-based child care brought in $522M (62%); Back-up care brought in $286M (34%); Educational advisory services brought in $33.1M (4%).

What is Bright Horizons Family Solutions' biggest business?

Full service center-based child care: $522M in the third quarter 2026, 62% of revenue, +1% from a year earlier.

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Updated Nov 8, 2026. Read automatically from SEC filings and public data; errors are possible. Not investment advice.