Notable acquisitions since 2006 include College Coach, EdAssist Solutions, EdLink, the nursery operators Kidsunlimited and Asquith Court and the childcare group Teddies Nurseries, Sittercity, an online marketplace for family solutions, and GP Strategies.

Founders Roger Brown and Linda Mason were named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young in 1996.

That year, London-based Nurseryworks and Dublin-based Circle of Friends become part of the Bright Horizons family, making it a global company.

[11] College Coach founder and CEO Stephen Kramer joins the Bright Horizons executive team.

Today, the company’s internal training platform – Mary Ann Tocio University (MATU) – is named after her.

In 2019, the company acquired the tuition program management business at GP Strategies to further expand the EdAssist Solutions group[18] In 2020, the company acquired Sittercity, an online marketplace for family solutions out of Chicago, IL[19] Bright Horizons operates more than 1,000 child care centers worldwide, including more than 700 in the United States and Canada, more than 300 in the UK and Netherlands[20] and two in India.

[21] In January, 2021, the company was convicted of breaching Scottish health and safety legislation, and fined £800,000 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court; an unsupervised 10-month boy had died by choking two years earlier, a casualty that the court investigation blamed on inadequate staff training.

Through the Foundation, Bright Horizons supports nonprofit organizations with a focus on programs for children and families.

Bright Spaces, the Foundation's main program, creates play rooms for children in crisis located in nonprofit and community agencies.