Become a Maple Bear franchisee. Own and Operate a Maple Bear School/Kindergarden.

Maple Bear is an educational franchise operating in 39 countries, making it the world's largest school group offering programs from kindergarten through high school. We bring Canada's globally respected education model to Europe and Turkey, where demand for it is booming.

Canada's #1 Education System - Delivered Locally

Canada consistently ranks among the world's top education systems (OECD 2025). Maple Bear's curriculum is developed by Canadian and local educators and continuously refined by a faculty of 200 Canadian educators. You implement a methodology that took decades to build - you don't create it.

Canadian and Local, Fully Mapped: One Curriculum, Fully Compliant

This is the point most people miss. Maple Bear integrates Canadian methodology with each country's national curriculum and compliance requirements. Your school opens as a fully compliant local private school - not a niche international school dependent on expat enrollment. This is why local families choose it. This is why the revenue base is structurally different from traditional international schools.

Operations That Scale Without Breaking

Maple Bear operates schools across 39 countries through a standardized playbook - site selection, staffing, launch timelines, and ongoing school management follow the same process whether it's the first school in a new country or the fiftieth in an existing one. A new school typically reaches operational stability within its first academic year. We are not citing this to suggest operations are simple, we are citing it because franchisees and investors ask the same question before committing capital: can this actually be replicated, or does every new location start from zero. It does not. The playbook exists, it is been run dozens of times, and it works.

200 Canadian Faculty Training Your Team - In Your Classrooms

Your teachers are trained, coached, and supported by Maple Bear's global faculty - not through an online portal, but in your school. Annual on-site quality assurance visits mean your academic standards are maintained without you needing an education background. A 24/7 Maple Bear Academy is also available for your academic team.

Quality Is Not Left to Chance

Every Maple Bear school operates under the same pedagogical framework, teacher training standards, and curriculum oversight - regardless of country, franchisee, or local market conditions. Franchisees do not design their own curriculum. They implement ours. New teachers complete standardized training before ever entering a classroom, and schools are audited against the same benchmarks whether they're in Sofia, Istanbul, or São Paulo.

A Business That Holds Under Pressure

Education is one of the last categories families cut. Maple Bear Bulgaria opened during COVID-19 lockdowns and reached full capacity in 13 months. A Maple Bear school in Kyiv opened in 2020, and has continued operating and growing through the war. We are not citing these to be dramatic - we are citing them because institutional investors ask about downside scenarios, and these are the answers.

Bulgaria

The first Maple Bear school in Sofia opened in 2019 - just as the pandemic shut everything down. Despite the timing, it reached full enrollment within 13 months. A second Sofia school opened in 2022, and a third school opened in Plovdiv in 2024. Two more kindergartens are operating now in Sofia as well.

Poland

Maple Bear Polska franchise is managed by a private equity fund partnering with local education professionals. The model is now backed by a EUR 100M private fund commitment to develop 60 Maple Bear schools across Poland and the Czech Republic.

Turkey

In 2024, Maple Bear CEE signed a single agreement for 25 schools across Turkey - demonstrating the depth of institutional confidence in the model.

Singapore

Singapore validates the premium positioning: in a highly competitive, sophisticated market, Maple Bear has held its position for a decade and continued growing.

Premium Tuition positioning

Monthly or annual tuition fees from enrolled families. At CEE premium pricing, a school at capacity generates substantial recurring income. Premium education demand is resilient to economic cycles.

Recurring Revenue

Once a child enrolls at Maple Bear, they typically stay for the full 12-year journey. High enrollment combined with low attrition means predictable, compounding revenue per student over time - not a one-time transaction, but a long-term relationship.

Multiple Income Streams

Enrollment and registration fees, extended day programs, holiday camps, and co-curricular activities create additional revenue beyond core tuition - with high margin and low incremental cost.

Corporate Childcare Partnerships

Maple Bear has already built this track record: we operate and cooperate with corporations and embassies across multiple markets today. This is not a projected opportunity - it is a channel we have already proven we can execute.

From Investment to Return

Share Your Market. We'll Map Out the Opportunity.

The briefing is 30 minutes. Our CEE team will tell you which territories are still open in your target market, walk you through a financial model built for your building size and city, and give you a picture of what the first 12 months typically look like for an operator in your position.