The State of Bijles 2026
What does tutoring really cost in Belgium and the Netherlands? We compared 847 live tutor listings with the public price lists of the region's biggest tutoring agencies, and brought together the best available research on who takes bijles and what families spend.
Key findings
- €25 per hour is the going rate online. Across 847 active listings from 769 tutors, the median all-in price is €25 per hour. Half of all listings sit between €20 and €32, service fees included.
- Agencies charge roughly 50% more. BijlesHuis lists an average of €37 to €40 per hour depending on level[2], and Lyceo sits around €40 per hour with a first package of about €200 for five lessons[3]. For that premium you typically get matching, replacement tutors and progress reports.
- Budget options are the norm online, not the exception. About 74% of online listings cost €30 per hour or less, and just over half stay at or under €25. 75% of listings include a free first half hour, so families can try a tutor before paying anything.
- Bijles is mainstream, not a niche. A 2023 KU Leuven survey found that 4 in 10 Flemish secondary students have taken paid bijles, and 16% were taking it at the time of the survey[6]. In the Netherlands, about 1 in 3 secondary pupils uses some form of extra support, and households spend an estimated €142 to €207 million per year on it in secondary education alone[7].
- Belgian tutors price above the European average. Tutors based in Belgium list a median of €30 per hour all-in, against €25 across the wider European pool on the same platform. Online lessons let families hire across borders and skip that local premium.
The bijles price landscape in 2026
Hourly prices per provider type, in euros. Bars show the typical price range; the dot marks the median where we have full listing data. Agency figures come from their own public price pages in July 2026; numbered sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
The full market is wider than this chart: specialised coaches for university-level subjects reach €80 per hour and more, and BijlesHuis puts the overall Flemish range at €25 to €85[2]. The bars above cover the mainstream offer a family is most likely to meet.
What bijles costs by subject
Median and typical range (25th to 75th percentile) of the total hourly price students pay per subject, in euros, across all active listings. Snapshot taken July 2026.
| Subject | Median /hr | Typical range | Listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | €25 | €20–€33 | 380 |
| English | €25 | €18–€30 | 323 |
| Physics | €25 | €20–€30 | 179 |
| Chemistry | €30 | €20–€34 | 159 |
| Biology | €25 | €20–€33 | 141 |
| Statistics | €30 | €25–€35 | 45 |
| French | €30 | €20–€32 | 44 |
| Economics | €25 | €20–€30 | 38 |
| German | €26 | €20–€30 | 16 |
Sciences with fewer available tutors (chemistry, statistics) and French carry a €5 premium over the €25 baseline. Mathematics and English, the two biggest subjects, have the deepest supply and the widest budget end.
Belgium and the Netherlands, side by side
Tutors based in Belgium list a median all-in price of €30 per hour, with the upper quarter reaching €49. The small group of Netherlands-based tutors on the platform sits at a €28 median. Both are above the €25 median of the full European pool.
That gap is the quiet argument for online bijles: a family in Ghent or Utrecht is not limited to tutors within cycling distance. The same maths help from a qualified tutor elsewhere in Europe costs €5 to €10 per hour less, and the lesson happens at the kitchen table either way.
Honest footnote: these two figures rest on 30 Belgian and 8 Dutch listings, so read them as an indication rather than a precise market rate. The €25 platform-wide median (847 listings) and the agency price lists are the sturdier numbers on this page.
Median all-in price per hour
Who actually takes bijles?
Pricing only matters if people are buying. The best available research says they are, on both sides of the border.
of surveyed secondary students (second and third year, general and technical tracks) have taken paid bijles at some point, and 16% were taking it at the time of the survey. KU Leuven, around 1,000 students across ten schools, 2023[6]. The researchers note the sample is not fully representative, but the figures match international findings.
secondary school pupils uses some form of extra support outside school, with roughly 1 in 8 in a paid variant. Dutch households spend an estimated €142 to €207 million per year on it in secondary education. Oberon research, most recent full measurement[7].
What ten hours of maths help costs
A typical exam-prep block is about ten lesson hours. Based on the listed prices above, here is what that block costs per provider type. Illustrative, using each provider's published rates in July 2026.
| Provider type | Hourly price | Ten hours |
|---|---|---|
| Independent online tutor (median) | €25 | €250 |
| StudentsPlus package | €27–33 | €270–330 |
| BijlesHuis | €37–40 | €370–400 |
| Lyceo | ±€40 | ±€400 |
Over a school year of weekly lessons the gap compounds: at 30 lessons, the difference between a €25 independent tutor and a €40 agency is €450.
Methodology & sources
Platform figures are derived from all 847 active, publicly listed tutor advertisements on iTutorOnline as of July 2026 (769 tutors). Listings below €1 or above €200 per hour were excluded as outliers. We report medians and interquartile ranges rather than means, so a handful of premium listings does not distort the typical figure. All platform prices are the total a student pays: the tutor's advertised rate plus iTutorOnline's flat €5 per hour service fee. A listing tagged with several subjects counts towards each of them. Agency and marketplace prices were taken from the providers' own public price pages in July 2026 and are quoted as listed; package discounts and subscription conditions vary per provider.
- iTutorOnline active tutor listings, snapshot July 2026 (primary data, this report).
- BijlesHuis, De tarieven van bijles: wat is de gemiddelde prijs per uur?
- Lyceo rates via Scholiersupport, Lyceo tarieven
- StudentsPlus, Tarieven
- Superprof, Bijles in Vlaanderen (advertised average for Flanders as shown on their listing page).
- KU Leuven survey (Kristof De Witte et al., 2023), reported by VRT NWS
- Oberon, Licht op schaduwonderwijs and follow-up measurements, via Vereniging Openbaar Onderwijs
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