First Student competitors and alternatives
As of Nov 12, 2026, Alion lists 10 companies most like First Student: Beacon Mobility, MV Transportation, Student Transportation of America, EverDriven, Greyhound, Academy Bus, Stagecoach, Transdev, TransWest and Northeast Transportation Company.
- First Student itself has 1,024 open roles on Alion.
- Of them, Beacon Mobility is hiring the most, with 357 open roles.
First Student and its competitors compared
Open roles are the postings Alion lists today; their change is shown only for career sites that state posting dates. Funding is the venture money on record. A dash means Alion holds no figure.
| Company | Open roles | Employees | Headquarters | Main technologies | Hiring in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Student
This company
|
1,024 | 5000+ | Cincinnati, United States | RAG, AWS, Model Context Protocol | United States, Canada, Germany +6 more |
Beacon Mobility
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · Python, SQL, Model Context Protocol · headquarters in United States |
357 | 1001-5000 | Chicago, United States | ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot | United States |
MV Transportation
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · SQL, Power BI · headquarters in United States |
1 | 5000+ | Dallas, United States | Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Windows | – |
Student Transportation of America
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · headquarters in United States |
240 | 5000+ | Wall, United States | Microsoft Excel, Apollo, Harbor | United States, United Kingdom |
EverDriven
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · Python, SQL, Power BI · headquarters in United States |
3 | – | Greenwood Village, United States | Power BI, Python, Azure SQL Database | – |
Greyhound
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · headquarters in United States |
70 | 1001-5000 | Dallas, United States | Windows | United States |
Academy Bus
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · headquarters in United States |
42 | 1001-5000 | Hoboken, United States | Microsoft Excel | United States, United Kingdom, Australia |
Stagecoach
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · Python, SQL, AWS |
276 | 5000+ | Perth, United Kingdom | Instructor, SQL, Microsoft Excel | United Kingdom, United States |
Transdev
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · Python, SQL, PowerShell |
68 | 5000+ | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France | Power BI, Wi-Fi, Python | France |
| TransWest In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · headquarters in United States | 18 | 11-50 | Seattle, United States | Wi-Fi | United States |
Northeast Transportation Company
In common: Public Transport, Road Transport · headquarters in United States |
2 | 11-50 | Watertown, United States | – | United States |
How the list is made
The list comes from Alion's similar-companies engine, the same one AI agents query through the Alion MCP server. A company ranks higher when it shares more of First Student's industry segments and is less spread over others, when its job postings name the same technologies, when it is headquartered in the same country and when its size is close. The list is rebuilt every week.
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Alion, "First Student competitors and alternatives: 10 similar companies compared on hiring and funding", as of Nov 12, 2026. https://alion.io/company/firststudentinc-com/competitors