What Solution Cours does

Solution Cours is a France-based private tutoring company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Saulx-les-Chartreux (Ile-de-France). The company operates as a state-approved educational service (organisme agréé par l'État), delivering personalized one-on-one tutoring to primary, middle, and high school students as well as adult learners across all academic subjects and levels. Its core service model consists of in-home tutoring sessions delivered by a nationwide network of more than 8,500 teachers, supplemented by webcam-based video conference tutoring for remote delivery, week-long intensive vacation courses, agency-based small-group sessions, and CPF-funded adult professional training in languages, IT, and exam preparation. Pedagogical advisors conduct free in-home evaluations and match students to teachers drawn from Education Nationale professors, retirees, and qualified vacataires, with all teachers required to hold at least a Bac+3 qualification.

The company monetizes primarily through usage-based hourly pricing, with rates starting at approximately €17/hour before a 50% tax credit (yielding an effective €8.50/hour for consumers via the 'Avance immédiate' instant credit mechanism). Customers purchase coupon books valid for 1-2 years and transferable across subjects and family members, with no registration fees and a 100% satisfaction guarantee including free teacher replacement. Distribution is overwhelmingly direct-to-consumer, driven by local SEO across 50+ city-specific landing pages, phone-based inquiry handling, agency presence in major French metros (Paris, Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Brest, Nancy), and complementary channels including Comités d'Entreprise partnerships, a €20 referral voucher program, and social media presence.

Operationally, Solution Cours runs an extremely lean core organization of 1-10 employees, relying on its aggregated teacher network rather than employed instructional staff. The company has served over 10,000 families cumulatively since inception and reports a 95% customer satisfaction rate. ABC Cours à domicile appears as a related brand with shared subdomains, particularly active in the Nice/Côte d'Azur market, though the precise ownership relationship is not formally disclosed. No venture capital, private equity, or institutional funding rounds are documented, indicating a bootstrapped growth profile over its 20-year history.

Name

Solution Cours

Legal name

Solution Cours

Website

https://solution-cours.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Solution Cours is a French state-approved tutoring company, founded in 2006, delivering one-on-one in-home and video conference tutoring across all subjects and levels to school-age students and adult learners nationwide through a network of 8,500+ teachers in 50+ cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private Tutoring Services

NAICS

Exam Preparation and Tutoring (611691), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

On-Demand 1:1 Live Tutoring Marketplaces (EDANAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Homework Tutoring & Academic Support (Subject Tutoring) (HSAAAHAC), General Homework Help (Multi-Subject) (EDANADAA), Asynchronous Tutoring (Q&A, Essay Review, Homework Help) Platforms (EDANAGAC), Test Prep Tutoring Platforms (SAT/ACT/GRE/GMAT, etc.) (EDANAGAH)

Keywords

• Private tutoring services
• In-home tutoring
• Academic support
• Online tutoring
• Professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Saulx-les-chartreux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Hourly tutoring sessions: Core revenue from hourly at-home and video conference tutoring sessions across all subjects and levels. Customers purchase coupon books (1 coupon = 1 hour) valid for up to 2 years. Flexible hourly packages with no minimum commitment required.
2. Intensive vacation courses: Week-long intensive tutoring programs during school vacation periods (winter, Easter, summer, Toussaint, Christmas). Available as group sessions in agencies or individual sessions at home.
3. Professional training: Professional training courses for adults including language courses (English, Spanish, Italian, German), IT skills, and exam preparation. Funded through CPF, CIF, and company training plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Solution Cours provides personalized one-on-one academic tutoring delivered at students' homes or via live video conference, covering all subjects and levels from primary school through high school and adults. Its services are sold through a flexible hourly coupon-book system (no registration fees, no minimum commitment), supplemented by intensive vacation courses, group sessions at regional agencies, and CPF-eligible professional training for adults. The company operates as a state-approved organization (organisme agréé par l'État), enabling customers to claim a 50% tax credit on tutoring expenses.

Product overview

Solution Cours operates as a tutoring service provider offering a multi-format portfolio centered on private tutoring and academic support. The core offering consists of individual at-home tutoring sessions (Cours particuliers à domicile) and live video conference lessons (Cours en visio), supplemented by intensive vacation courses (Stages intensifs de vacances), adult education programs (Cours particuliers adulte and Formation professionnelle), and agency-based group sessions. Services span all academic levels from primary through high school (Primaire, Collège, Lycée) and adults, covering subjects including French, mathematics, sciences, and multiple foreign languages (English, Spanish, German, Italian). Specialized offerings include exam preparation for Brevet, Baccalauréat, TOEIC/TOEFL, and civil service competitions, plus professional training eligible for French government funding (CPF).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cours particuliers à domicile One-on-one private tutoring sessions delivered at the student's home by qualified teachers, covering all subjects and academic levels from primary school through high school and adult learners. Sold via flexible hourly coupon books with no registration fees.
• Cours en visio

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% customer satisfaction rate
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Company Employee Committees (Comités d'Entreprise)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnerships with company employee committees across France providing employees with discounted tutoring services. Benefits include 2€/hour reduction, free registration, CESU acceptance, and tiered pricing.
• InFine ConseilminorOthersWebsite development and digital agency partner responsible for company website creation and maintenance.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Preply: Preply is a global online language and academic tutoring marketplace with strong presence in France, offering 1:1 live sessions — an emerging digital-native alternative to Solution Cours's at-home tutoring model.
• Superprof: Superprof is a France-headquartered global online tutoring marketplace connecting students with private tutors across all subjects — overlapping with Solution Cours's 1:1 tutoring model but operating as a digital marketplace rather than an in-home delivery service.
• Prof Express: Prof Express is a French online tutoring platform providing on-demand academic support and homework help from certified teachers — addressing the same K-12 student segments as Solution Cours but via a digital-first delivery model.

Direct peers

• Acadomia: Acadomia is France's largest home-tutoring and academic support company, offering in-person private tutoring, group courses, and online sessions across all academic levels — directly comparable to Solution Cours's core offerings and regulatory positioning.
• Complétude: Complétude is a long-standing French private tutoring company delivering at-home academic support across all levels and subjects, operating with the same state-approved, tax-credit-eligible framework as Solution Cours.
• Anacours: Anacours is a French home-tutoring provider offering personalized in-home academic support from primary through high school, with similar state-approved status and tax-credit eligible service model as Solution Cours.
• KeepSchool: KeepSchool is a French home-tutoring network offering personalized academic support across primary, middle, and high school levels, with the same state-approved structure and 50% tax-credit mechanism that underpins Solution Cours's pricing.
• Cours Legendre: Cours Legendre is a French tutoring company providing in-home private lessons and academic support nationwide, with comparable subject breadth, target student segments, and tax-credit positioning to Solution Cours.
• ABC Cours à domicile: ABC Cours à domicile is referenced in Solution Cours's own data as a related/overlapping brand in the Nice/Côte d'Azur area, operating an essentially identical home-tutoring and tax-credit service model.

Regional players

• Kelprof: Kelprof is a French online platform for connecting students with private tutors for in-home and online sessions, offering a comparable tutor-matching and tax-credit-eligible service across multiple French regions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Solution_Cours
• Facebookfacebook.com/solutioncours
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/solutioncours

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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