Leap Announces Strategic Expansion of Offline Centers Across India with 15 New Locations in 2026
Leap, recognized as South Asia's largest AI-powered study-abroad ecosystem, has unveiled a significant strategic expansion of its offline center network across India. The company plans to open 15 new centers in 2026, accelerating its presence in Tier I markets as well as high-intent Tier II and Tier III cities. This rollout is fueled by Leap's Series E funding momentum and robust business performance, with substantial investments directed toward new center buildouts, standardized training programs, and secure, paper-light operational processes.
Data-Driven Expansion and Geographic Reach
By the end of 2026, Leap aims to add 20 additional operational touchpoints, selected through advanced data-led demand mapping and heat-mapped intent clusters where quality supply remains limited. Early locations for the new centers include markets such as Hubli, Indore, Bhubaneswar, Patna, and Kolkata, alongside further expansion in existing hubs. This dual approach combines wider geographic reach with deeper, integrated service delivery within each location, ensuring comprehensive support for students nationwide.
Integrated Services and Technological Innovation
These offline spaces are designed to complement digital touchpoints, utilizing a unified system that profiles students' end-to-end journeys with Leap. This ensures transparency and smooth knowledge transfer between teams, enhancing the overall student experience. Arnav Kumar, Co-founder of Leap, emphasized the strategic nature of this expansion, stating, "This expansion is strategic: we're scaling quality, not just footprint. In a high-stakes category, speed without governance is noise. Our model connects online convenience with offline trust through one dashboard, so every counselling note, shortlist decision, document checklist, test-prep progress update, and visa milestone is visible, auditable, and continuous. That's how you deliver consistent outcomes at scale, city after city."
Proprietary Demand Heat-Mapping and Secure Operations
City selection for the new centers is driven by Leap's proprietary demand heat-mapping, which identifies high-intent zones where quality supply is scarce. Every new center operates on Leap's unified student platform, ensuring that counsellors in locations like Patna or Mysore have access to the same intelligence, guardrails, and outcome data as those in major hubs like Bangalore or Mumbai. All in-center data is captured through secure, encrypted Leap portals, eliminating the paper-heavy processes typical of traditional agencies and protecting student data with enterprise-grade security standards, similar to those used by Leap's fintech arm.
Comprehensive Student Support Services
Students and families visiting Leap's centers can access an integrated suite of services, including free one-on-one admissions counselling across over 1,500 global universities, expert-led IELTS preparation with self-paced modules and live classes, end-to-end visa documentation and filing backed by a 97% visa success rate, and real-time eligibility checks for collateral-free education loans. Counselling precision is enhanced by insights from more than 3 million community members, while quality is governed through platform-led controls, counsellor certification, outcome KPIs such as Admit Efficiency and Visa Success Rates, and real-time Net Promoter Score feedback loops, supporting Leap's impressive 70+ NPS.
About Leap
Founded in 2019, Leap is South Asia's largest AI-powered study-abroad ecosystem, helping over 3 million students turn global education dreams into careers without borders. Through its portfolio brands LeapScholar, LeapFinance, GeeBee, and Yocket, the company delivers a fully connected journey: AI-driven counselling that pinpoints best-fit universities, smart visa and compliance workflows, and cross-border financing and banking products tailored to international students. Headquartered in Bengaluru and operating across 11 countries, including the recently added Singapore, Leap's proprietary guidance engine analyses millions of data points to reduce application time, boost visa success rates, and unlock affordable funding. From test preparation to post-landing support, Leap combines deep human expertise with real-time intelligence, empowering every learner to study, live, and thrive abroad with confidence.
