CE Broker

What CE Broker does

CE Broker is a continuing education compliance tracking platform founded circa 2003-2004 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The company operates as a product within the Propelus portfolio (alongside EverCheck, Immuware, and Data Solutions), serving three constituencies: licensed professionals (primarily in healthcare) who must fulfill CE requirements for license renewal, state and national licensing boards that monitor licensee compliance, and education providers that deliver CE courses. The cloud-based platform connects these constituencies through automatic course completion reporting, a searchable Course Search database of 350K+ accepted courses across 500+ professions, dynamic CE compliance transcripts, credential tracking, and audit management tools. The system has tracked 90M+ course completions and manages 1 billion+ completions across 130+ partnering boards.

The business model is multi-stream: (1) tiered individual professional subscriptions ranging from a free Basic tier to Professional at $39.99/year, Pro+ at $89.99/year, and Concierge at $124.99/year; (2) freemium distribution to education providers via the Provider Suite (free for 20+ years, with potential premium placement); and (3) freemium distribution to licensing boards via the Board Suite, generating indirect network effects rather than direct board revenue. An employer-facing product, CE Broker Learning, extends the platform to hospitals and health systems for workforce compliance management. Go-to-market combines product-led self-serve sign-up for individual professionals, enterprise sales for licensing board partnerships, and marketplace dynamics through the Course Search engine. CE Broker received a private equity investment from Marlin Equity Partners in January 2022 and acquired Immuware in April 2023, indicating active platform expansion under PE ownership.

Name

CE Broker

Legal name

CE Broker

Website

https://cebroker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CE Broker is a cloud-based continuing education compliance tracking platform connecting licensed professionals, state licensing boards, and education providers. It serves millions of healthcare professionals across 500+ professions with automatic course reporting, compliance tracking, and credential management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Education Compliance Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE) (EDAAALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate, Appraisal & Mortgage (Agent/Broker CE, Appraiser CE) (EDAAALAI), Construction & Trades Licensure (Contractor, Electrician, Plumber, HVAC CE) (EDAAALAH), Education Professionals (Teacher/Administrator CE, CPD) (EDAAALAE)

Keywords

• Continuing education tracking
• License compliance software
• Professional licensing platform
• CE compliance management
• Regulatory tracking solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual Professional Subscriptions: Tiered subscription model for licensed professionals with Basic (free), Professional ($39.99/yr), Pro+ ($89.99/yr), and Concierge ($124.99/yr) plans. Revenue generated from individual professionals seeking CE compliance tracking and reporting services.
2. Board Partnership Services: Licensing boards receive the Board Suite at no cost, suggesting the platform benefits from regulatory mandate or government contracts rather than direct board revenue.
3. Education Provider Platform: Provider Suite is offered free to education providers for over 15 years. Revenue may come from premium placement in course search or volume-based services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CE Broker is a cloud-based continuing education compliance tracking platform that connects three constituencies: licensed professionals who need to fulfill CE requirements for license renewal, education providers who deliver and report CE courses, and licensing boards who monitor licensee compliance. The platform offers searchable access to 350K+ board-accepted courses, automatic course completion reporting to boards, dynamic compliance transcripts, and credential tracking through tiered individual subscriptions, with complementary Board Suite and Provider Suite offerings provided at no cost to boards and education providers.

Product overview

CE Broker is a unified continuing education compliance platform operated by Propelus. The core CE Broker platform connects three constituencies: licensed professionals who need to track and report CE for license renewal, education providers who deliver and report CE courses, and licensing boards who monitor compliance. The platform is offered across multiple subscription tiers (Basic, Professional, Pro+, and Concierge) targeting individual licensees, with tier-based features like Credential Tracker, mobile app access, and personal CE Reporting Assistants at higher tiers. Employer and organizational needs are served by CE Broker Learning, which extends CE tracking capabilities to healthcare organizations. Education providers access the platform via the Provider Suite (free for over 20 years) to manage board approvals, automate reporting, and list courses. Licensing boards use the Board Suite at no cost for audit management, compliance verification, and course approval workflows. The Course Search feature serves as a marketplace connecting providers with professionals across 350K+ accepted courses from 6,500+ education providers. Propelus family includes related products EverCheck (license verification) and Immuware (employee health compliance), which complement CE Broker for broader workforce compliance needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CE Broker Learning: Continuing education tracking and management solution for hospitals, health systems, and healthcare organizations to reduce non-compliance risk.
• Provider Suite
• Board Suite

Products and services

• Propelus CE Broker (Core Platform) The primary continuing education tracking platform connecting licensing boards, education providers, and licensed professionals. Allows professionals to find, take, track, and report CE courses, and enables board-approved education providers to report course completions directly. Offered via tiered individual subscriptions.
• CE Broker Learning

Quantifiable outcome

• 90M+ course completions reported on the platform
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CE Direct (Colibri Group): Colibri Group's CE Direct is a leading continuing education platform serving nursing and healthcare professionals with course delivery and compliance tracking — directly competitive with CE Broker's core healthcare CE offering.
• CEUFast: CEUFast is a nurse-focused online continuing education provider offering accredited courses and compliance reporting — competing for the same nursing licensee base CE Broker serves through state board partnerships.
• Nursing CE Central: Nursing CE Central provides online continuing education for nurses with board-accepted courses and instant certificate reporting — a direct competitor in the nursing CE compliance vertical CE Broker anchors.
• Elite Healthcare: Elite Healthcare (Elite CME) delivers continuing education for nurses, nurse practitioners, and allied health professionals with state board reporting — directly overlapping CE Broker's professional subscription offerings.
• CE City: CE City is a continuing education management platform for licensing boards, education providers, and professionals — a direct competitor to CE Broker's three-sided marketplace model.
• Colibri Healthcare: Colibri Healthcare (part of Colibri Group, alongside CE Direct) is a major nursing and healthcare CE provider with course completion reporting to boards — a direct competitor that is also listed as a CE Broker customer/provider partner.

Emerging players

• Wild Apricot (Personify): Wild Apricot is an association management platform with member compliance, event, and CE tracking capabilities used by professional associations — overlapping with CE Broker's licensing board and provider workflows on the back office side.
• Relias: Relias provides online training and continuing education for healthcare and human services organizations — competing for healthcare employer training budgets and overlapping with CE Broker Learning's employer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Coursera: Coursera is a broad online education platform increasingly offering professional certificates and accredited continuing education across healthcare and business — a potential upstream competitor as CE content and credentials consolidate online.
• LinkedIn Learning: LinkedIn Learning provides enterprise-scale professional development with compliance-eligible courses — a broad incumbent that could move deeper into regulated CE workflows used by the professionals CE Broker serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CEBrokerSocial
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ce-broker

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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