Turnover: 47 million EUR (2019)

Country: France

CLC is a French company, part of the Go&Live group, founded in 1972 by an English teacher and specialized in the organization of school and language trips.

CLC also offers leisure centers (ages 6-14) and summer camps (ages 8-14). Language stays represent the company's most important activity. These cover English, German and Spanish.

In 2019, the Go & Live group generated consolidated sales of €100 million.

News

Language schools: organizers hope for last-minute catch-up 11/06/2022

  • Go & Live Group, one of France's major market players, with its Nacel, American Village and Club Langues et Civilisations (CLC) brands,
  • Consolidated sales of 100 million euros in 2019 and 10 million in 2020
  • 50% of sales in the UK

  • The industry, essentially made up of SMEs, has not seen any labelled companies liquidate
  • Registration figures are still a long way off those for 2019.
  • Union nationale des organisations de séjours éducatifs, linguistiques et de formation en langues (Unosel): some 40 members, sales of 97 million euros
  • In 2019, 505,000 young people traveled with the help of Unosel-labeled companies, including 55,000 on pure language stays.
  • Three years on, registrations with member organizations show an overall drop of 38%, while group stays, with supervised departure from France, are down 48%.

  • Effective Linguistique (sales of 1.6 million euros), a reputed upmarket agency

Studies mentioning this company

The language travel market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • CLC (Go & Live Groupe)
  • Verdié Voyage
  • Nacel
  • EF International
  • Unosel
  • ESL (Kaplan International)
  • StudyGlobal
  • Langues Vivantes
  • Action Séjours
  • Cap Monde
  • EF Education First
  • SILC
  • LEC Loisirs Culturels à l'étranger
  • Voyage Langue
  • Activa Langues