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title: "Birmingham Business Journal: Sylvan Learning Targets Birmingham for Expansion"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/57229a8a-f958-473c-b7ab-495b6f393793
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/birmingham-business-journal-sylvan-learning-targets-birmingham-for-expansion-2714312
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2020-11-20T15:10:53.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:18:44.270Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/e5cfc91e1256f27dfa2709401ef74cd89760.jpg
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# Birmingham Business Journal: Sylvan Learning Targets Birmingham for Expansion

**TL;DR:** Sylvan Learning is targeting Alabama for 15 new locations, with a focus on Central Birmingham and surrounding areas. The company plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in Birmingham to provide supplemental education offerings.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-11-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/birmingham-business-journal-sylvan-learning-targets-birmingham-for-expansion-2714312).*

## Story

Courtney Wells, franchise development manager with Sylvan Learning , spoke to the Birmingham Business Journal regarding the 750+ point of presence supplemental and enrichment education company’s targeting of Alabama for 15 new locations across the state. Sylvan Learning is specifically eyeing Central Birmingham, Bessemer and Gardendale as areas within the metro to develop. Outside of the metro, the company is targeting Auburn, Huntsville, Decatur, Florence and Albertville as key areas for growth.

"Birmingham is an area with a great need for additional supplemental education offerings, as there aren’t many well-known tutoring services easily accessible to K-12 students," Wells said. "In addition, STEM and college prep courses can be delivered to Sylvan students and with such a wide range of product offerings, we can truly offer the level of support Birmingham is needing to keep young learners engaged and increase testing scores across the state."

Wells also described that while more of the tutoring is being done virtually at this time, the brand is planning brick-and-mortar locations in Birmingham.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise development (topic)
- location expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- Alabama (location)
- education services (topic)
- Birmingham (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/birmingham-business-journal-sylvan-learning-targets-birmingham-for-expansion-2714312). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/57229a8a-f958-473c-b7ab-495b6f393793).