Competition Enforcement In The Egyptian Education Sector

On 8 November 2025, the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) determined that 13 schools violated Egyptian competition law by abusing their dominant position in the school uniform market and restricting the sale of their uniforms to exclusive outlets. This was not the first time the ECA detected violations in the school uniform sector; the present case marks the second investigation of this kind following the investigation initiated in 2023 (for an overview on this investigation see our client updated of 23 September 2023).

Reports of changes to school uniforms, withholding of uniform specifications, and requirements to buy uniforms only from designated outlets and only as full sets prompted the ECAC to investigate. Their investigation uncovered that several schools had leveraged their position in the school uniform market in a manner amounting to an abuse of dominance. The practices included restricting distribution by obliging parents to