The Europe Online Language Learning Market is projected to reach $8 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 17.3% during the forecast period of 2023–2030. The growth of this market is driven by the increasing adoption of artificial intelligence in e-learning, the availability of cost-effective online language learning apps, and the growing need for communication across borders due to globalization. Additionally, the increasing preference for multilingual employees among multinational companies and the growing popularity of transnational education (TNE) are expected to create significant market growth opportunities.
However, data security & privacy concerns restrain the growth of this market. Furthermore, the lack of trained professionals to teach languages is a major challenge for the players in this market. Flexible pricing structures, wearable technologies, and e-learning are prominent trends in the Europe online language learning market.
Here are the top 10 companies operating in the Europe Online Language Learning Market
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Babbel is a German subscription-based language learning software and an e-learning platform available in various languages. It offers online platforms centered around learning a language through real-life conversations. The company has created 13,000 hours of content and more than 50,000 lessons across 14 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, and Turkish. Furthermore, the company provides bite-sized lessons, relevant vocabulary, interactive platforms with native speakers, and speech recognition technology for correct pronunciation.
Babbel’s language learning ecosystem consists of a self-study program, Babbel Live virtual classes, multiple audio formats, and the award-winning Babbel Podcasts, all grounded in an expert-led learning methodology. Babbel for Business offers corporate clients a language learning platform with the same expert-led foundation. The company offers its Babbel language learning app for web, iOS, and Android and has eight display languages to learn 14 languages. With offices in New York and Berlin, the company has 750 employees (including contracted didactics experts) and representatives from more than 68 nationalities.
BERLITZ CORPORATION (A PART OF BENESSE HOLDINGS INC.
Founded in 1878 and headquartered in New Jersey, U.S., Berlitz provides language training and intercultural communication services for adults, kids, corporations, institutional students, governments, and schools. It operates as a subsidiary of Benesse Holdings, Inc. (Japan), which operates through five business segments: Education Business in Japan, Global Kodomo Challenge Business, Nursing Care and Childcare Business, Berlitz Business, and Others.
Berlitz offers corporate solutions, such as language assessment, testing, multicultural environment, and leadership training services. It also provides individual programs, including individual language instruction, business communication skill training, and language programs for kids and teens through its summer programs, private tutoring, group programs, after-school programs, and language solutions for governments and institutions. The company offers language classes across the U.S. and online language classes globally.
ROSETTA STONE INC. (A PART OF IXL LEARNING, INC.)
Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Virginia, U.S., Rosetta Stone, a subsidiary of IXL Learning, Inc. (U.S.), provides technology-based learning products. It operates through three categories: Individuals, Enterprise, and Schools. The company offers 25 language learnings, including Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, German, English (American), English (British), Arabic, and Chinese (Mandarin). Additionally, Rosetta provides mobile apps with various speaking-focused lessons, features, and instantaneous pronunciation feedback.
Through its sales offices, R&D activities, operations, product distribution, and data centers, the company has a geographical presence across the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, China, Brazil, and the U.K. The company’s international distribution network is primarily managed through independent resellers across the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand.
MEMRISE INC.
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, U.K., Memrise is a British language platform that uses the repetition of flashcards at intervals to increase the learning rate. It operates as an online learning platform that enables users to browse and learn languages, arts and literature, math and science, the natural world, history and geography, memory training, professional and careers, standardized tests, trivia, and entertainment.
Additionally, the platform helps teachers in creating courses and manage their classes. It offers 200 language combinations across 24 languages through the website, iOS, and Android apps. The company provides different language learning lessons, including Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, and Slovenian. Additionally, it serves more than 40 million people in 189 countries to better themselves and connect with others.
Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Pennsylvania, U.S., Duolingo provides language education platforms through mobile apps and websites for schools, universities, and individual learners. The company offers personalized game-like lessons, bite-sized lessons, flashcards, podcasts, and English tests for language proficiency assessment. In addition, the company’s incubator platform allows bi-linguists to share their knowledge about language to build new courses. Duolingo provides a wide range of products, including Duolingo for Schools, Duolingo English Test, Duolingo ABC, Duolingo Events, Duolingo Math, Podcasts, Stories, and Duolingo for Business. Additionally, the company also offers a wide range of language courses, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Irish, Greek, Hebrew, Polish, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Danish, Romanian, High Valyrian, Esperanto, Swahili, Hungarian, Welsh, Ukrainian, Klingon, Czech, Hindi, Hawaiian, Indonesian, and Arabic. The company has a geographical presence across more than 20 countries.
Meticulous Research in its latest publication on Europe Online Language Learning Market has predicted the growth of 17.3% during the forecast year 2023-2030.
TRANSPARENT LANGUAGE, INC.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in New Hampshire, U.S., Transparent Language is a language learning software company offering products to individual consumers and services for educational institutions and government agencies. The company uses technology in language learning and teaching research and practice to build solutions for U.S. Government agencies, organizations, public libraries, schools, and individuals. In April 2013, Transparent Language launched the 7000 Languages Project, an expanded effort to make its technology for language learning and teaching. It is freely available to the proponents and practitioners of under-resourced languages. The company offers Transparent Language Online, a software that employs a declarative first approach to language learning in the English language learning market. Additionally, the company offers its products to more than 12,000 libraries, corporate organizations, and educational institutions worldwide.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Coconut Grove, U.S., Open Education (Open English) provides online English teaching services in the Latin American and Hispanic markets. The company provides live online classes every hour of the day, practice sessions, pronunciation tools, and interactive lessons to students with teachers whose native language is English. The company offers various English courses for children and companies and French, Italian, and Portuguese language courses. With offices in Miami, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Caracas, and Buenos Aires, the company offers services to more than 500,000 students in over 40 countries across the globe.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Founded in 1534 and headquartered in Cambridge, U.K., Cambridge University Press, a part of the University of Cambridge, is a publishing organization that supports innovation in learning and teaching and offers learning & research solutions. The company’s peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise over 53,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, over 350 research journals, school-level education, English language teaching, and bible publishing. The company operates in the English language learning market by offering English courses and supplementary materials for learners, teachers, educational institutions, and employers of all age groups via online, offline, and blended learning platforms.
The company has a direct presence through the company’s publishers across Singapore, Taiwan, India, Qatar, and Israel; through sales in Latin American countries, including Brazil, Mexico, Spain, the U.K., and Italy in Europe; and North America.
NEW ORIENTAL EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC.
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Beijing, China, New Oriental Education & Technology Group provides private educational programs, services, and products. The company’s primary products include English and other foreign language training, overseas and domestic test preparation courses, all-subjects after-school tutoring, pre-school, primary and secondary school education, educational content and software, and online education. The company also offers content development & distribution, overseas study consulting services, and study tours. New Oriental operates in the English language learning market through its Educational Programs and Services and Books and Other Services segments and offers language training courses, mostly through the offline methodology. The company has a network of 104 schools, 1,465 learning centers, 12 bookstores, and access to a nationwide network of online and offline bookstores through 160 third-party distributors and over 41,400 teachers in 91 cities.
MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION, INC.
Founded in 1888 and headquartered in New York, U.S., McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. provides outcome-focused learning solutions focusing on curated content and digital learning tools and platforms. The company operates through four reportable segments: Higher Education, K-12, International, and Professional. The Higher Education segment offers adaptive digital learning tools, digital platforms, custom publishing solutions, and traditional printed textbook products. The K-12 segment offers blended print and digital solutions. The International segment offers products and services to educational, professional, and English language teaching markets. The company operates through the Higher Education, K-12, and International segments in the English language learning market and offers digital learning and blended solutions such as ‘ELLevate English’ and ‘New Interactions.’ The company has a direct presence through its regional hubs across the U.S., China, the U.K., Mexico, India, Canada, and Singapore.
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