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Top 25 Acting schools worldwide
RevenueBase identified 3,665 acting schools worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 28,961 professional contacts across them, including 4,695 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers acting schools worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for acting schools follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest acting schools worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 601 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Guildhall School of Music & Drama is a vibrant, international community of musicians, actors and production artists in the heart of the City of London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 502 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is a place like nowhere else, powered by performance, its people and their passion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 430 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is Australia’s leading institution for education and training in theatre, film and television.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Pauline Quirke Academy is a weekend performing arts academy providing tuition for children and young people from 4-18 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Formation de l'acteur et de l'actrice à Paris, Bruxelles, Montpellier et Bordeaux.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 367 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LAMDA - Training Exceptional Artists LAMDA is the oldest drama school in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 229 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts opened in 1996 to forge a new approach to performing arts training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 215 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mountview is a world-class leader in UK drama training dedicated to developing actors, actor musicians, musical theatre performers, production technicians, stage managers and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 204 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg – as one of the most-renowned film schools in Europe – offers practical education in film, television and new media to over 500 students.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 199 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For more than 80 years, Barbizon Modeling has been a driving force in the modeling and acting industry; all while operating with a mission of helping young people gain confidence…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1880, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance is one of the finest performing arts schools in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Growth as an actor and growth as a human being are synonymous." The Stella Adler Studio of Acting is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the perpetuation of this…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Discover more about the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, the school of one of the most important Opera House in the World!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 35 years Drama Kids International and its affiliated company, The Helen O'Grady Children’s Drama Academy, has been the most popular, internationally recognized children’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “John Robert Powers is a well established intellectual property with a network of schools and centers engaged in the business of teaching personal development, personality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our goal at AFYP is to provide actors of all ages with professional-level training in a supportive and fun environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 139 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “October 3, 1884: The Academy first opened its doors at The Lyceum Theatre in Manhattan.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute (LSTFI) represents the culmination of Lee Strasberg's development as a director, teacher, and pioneer in actor training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 123 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Arts Educational Schools London (ArtsEd) based in Chiswick, West London is recognised across the globe as a centre of excellence for training in the performing arts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For English, click on "see more".” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Au cours de ses cinquante années d’existence, l’Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS) s’est forgée une réputation dans les…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Atlantic Theater Company is dedicated to producing great plays simply and truthfully while using an artistic ensemble.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Helen O'Grady International is into English speech and drama programme.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LSA exists to enable 16-19 year olds to access the screen industries or progress to higher education through high quality learning within a diverse, accepting and supportive…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Academy of Theatre and Dance (formerly de Theaterschool) is the Netherlands’ premier training school for all theatre and dance disciplines at bachelor and master’s degree…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: acting schools. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names acting schools.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of acting schools, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name acting schools. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Acting schools worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among acting schools, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for acting schools are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “acting schools”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names acting schools), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among acting schools, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,695 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Acting schools by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Acting schools list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Acting schools based in the United States964
- Acting schools based in the United Kingdom505
- Acting schools based in France213
- Acting schools based in Australia166
- Acting schools based in Spain130
- Acting schools based in India126
- Acting schools based in Germany123
- Acting schools based in the Netherlands123
- Acting schools based in Canada119
- Acting schools based in Italy111
- Acting schools based in Switzerland33
- Acting schools based in Belgium32
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names acting schools, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many acting schools are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 3,665 acting schools worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Guildhall School Of Music & Drama, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most acting schools?
The United States leads with 964 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (505) and France (213). Every acting schools list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most acting schools?
London leads with 122 headquartered companies, followed by New York (94) and Los Angeles (82).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,695 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,665 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.