Association for Behavior Analysis International

What Association for Behavior Analysis International does

The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) is a US-headquartered nonprofit membership organization, founded in 1974 as the Association for Behavior Analysis and internationally rebranded in the 1990s, with its principal office at 550 W. Centre Avenue, Portage, Michigan. Its mission is to develop the science of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice for the well-being of society. ABAI serves a global community of behavior analysis professionals — Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs), Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs), educators, scientists, students, chapters, and Special Interest Groups across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and beyond.

ABAI's core offerings form an integrated professional ecosystem: four flagship conferences per year (Annual Convention, Annual Autism Conference, Behavior Technician Conference, International Conference), six peer-reviewed journals, an online Learning Center hosting webinars and continuing-education videos, the Career Central job board, an ABAI Store for publications and professional liability insurance enrollment, the member-facing ABAI Portal, and the Inside Behavior Analysis quarterly magazine. Its technological footprint is a conventional digital membership platform rather than a software product line — a portal, video library, events platform, and e-commerce store — with no public API or app. An affiliated 501(c)(3), the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA), operates as a financial-support arm through grants, awards, and a capital campaign.

The organization's revenue mechanics combine annual membership dues (recurring), event registrations across four conferences (the largest single stream), publication and merchandise sales, paid continuing education (some webinars priced individually at $20.00 and series at $29.00–$44.00), Career Central job listing fees, professional liability insurance commissions, and tax-deductible donations through SABA. ABAI is governed by an Executive Council and member leadership, holds two registered trademarks, and operates without parent-company or PE/VC ownership.

Name

Association for Behavior Analysis International

Legal name

Association for Behavior Analysis International

Website

https://abainternational.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ABAI is a US-headquartered nonprofit professional membership organization, founded in 1974, that serves the global community of behavior analysis practitioners, educators, scientists, and students through annual conferences, six peer-reviewed journals, continuing education, and accreditation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services (Behavior Analysis)

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

ABA Program Management, Compliance & Outcomes Measurement (Documentation, Audits) (EDAKAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

ABA Supervision, Clinical Oversight & BCBA Consulting (EDAKAHAH), ABA Staff Training & RBT/Paraprofessional Support Services (EDAKAHAI)

Keywords

• Professional association services
• Behavior analysis membership
• Continuing education courses
• Academic journal publishing
• Conference and event services

Headquarters

HQ city

Portage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: ABAI generates revenue through annual membership dues from individual professionals in behavior analysis, with different membership tiers implied by the portal account system.
2. Event Registration: Major revenue stream from convention and conference registrations including the Annual Convention, Autism Conference, Behavior Technician Conference, and International Conference.
3. Publications and Store: Sale of behavior analysis publications, books, and merchandise through the ABAI store, including journals and educational materials.
4. Continuing Education: Revenue from CE courses, webinars, and video content in the Learning Center, with some webinars priced at $20.00 and series at $29.00-$44.00.
5. Advertising and Job Listings: The Career Central job board connects job seekers with employers, likely generating revenue through job posting fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ABAI is a nonprofit membership organization that sells individual and institutional memberships in the behavior analysis profession and bundles them with access to four annual conferences, six peer-reviewed journals, an online Learning Center of continuing education videos and webinars, a Career Central job board, and member benefits including professional liability insurance. It also operates the affiliated Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA), which distributes grants, awards, and student presenter funds.

Product overview

The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) is a nonprofit membership organization that operates as a platform of interconnected professional services rather than a single software product. Its core offerings include four major annual conference events (the Annual Convention, Autism Conference, Behavior Technician Conference, and International Conference), the ABAI Learning Center (a digital CE and video library), Inside Behavior Analysis (a quarterly magazine), the ABAI Career Center (a job board), the ABAI Store (publications and insurance), and the ABAI Portal (member account management). ABAI also publishes six peer-reviewed journals and administers the Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA), a 501(c)(3) affiliate that distributes grants and awards to support the field. Together these services serve scientists, educators, practitioners, students, chapters, and special interest groups within behavior analysis.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Inside Behavior Analysis: Official magazine/publication of ABAI covering behavior analysis news, events, SIG updates, and convention coverage
• SABA
• ABAI Learning Center

Products and services

• ABAI Annual Convention Flagship annual in-person conference bringing together behavior analysis professionals for education, networking, and professional development. The 53rd Annual Convention is scheduled for May 28–31, 2027 in New Orleans, LA.
• ABAI Autism Conference Annual conference dedicated to autism-related behavior analysis research and practice. The 21st Annual Autism Conference is scheduled for March 23–25, 2027 in Austin, TX at the Hyatt Regency Austin.
• ABAI Behavior Technician Conference Annual virtual conference for frontline behavior analysis professionals (RBTs, ABATs, BCATs). The 2nd annual conference is scheduled for February 19, 2027, with live and on-demand access and multiple CE/PDU options including BACB, QABA, BICC, IBAO, and IACABAI.
• ABAI International Conference Biennial international conference convening behavior analysis professionals globally. The 13th International Conference is scheduled for October 30 – November 1, 2026 in Prague, Czechia.
• Inside Behavior Analysis (IBA) ABAI's member-facing digital magazine covering society news, SIG updates, convention coverage, and field developments. Published quarterly; PDF archives dating back to 2009 are available online.
• ABAI Learning Center A member-accessible digital library of webinars, videos, podcasts, and continuing education (CE) courses on behavior analysis topics, with a video catalog browsable by track (e.g., Autism, Clinical/Family/Behavioral Medicine, Organizational Behavior Management) and event recordings from conventions and conferences.
• ABAI Career Center A job board connecting behavior analysis employers with job seekers, featuring featured job listings, employer postings, and career development webinars.
• ABAI Store An e-commerce platform selling ABA publications, books, professional liability insurance enrollment, and donation options including the SABA Capital Campaign.
• ABAI Journals ABAI publishes six behavior analysis journals overseen by the Publication Board, covering a breadth of topics in the field.
• Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) ABAI's affiliated 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides financial support to the field of behavior analysis through grants, awards, and the SABA Capital Campaign. Grants include the International Development Grant, Senior Student Presenter Grant, Innovative Student Research Grant, and the Sidney W. & Janet R. Bijou Grant.
• ABAI Portal Authenticated member portal providing access to journal subscriptions, Learning Center videos, CE certificates, event registration, membership management, and member directory.
• ABAI Membership Annual individual and institutional membership subscriptions to ABAI providing portal access, journal subscriptions, Learning Center access, Career Central access, and member benefits including professional liability insurance and CE certificates.

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Society for the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSABA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliated with ABAI that provides financial support for the field through grants, awards, and donations. SABA accepts tax-deductible donations and distributes them through various grant programs supporting students and researchers in behavior analysis.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB): BACB is the principal credentialing body for behavior analysts (BCBA, BCaBA, RBT). It is the closest functional peer to ABAI — both serve the same professional community, and ABAI's conferences and CE offerings explicitly award BACB PDUs, making them deeply interdependent rather than purely competitive.
• QABA (Qualified Applied Behavior Analysis Credentialing Board): QABA is an alternative ABA credentialing board offering its own practitioner certifications (QASP-S, QBA). ABAI conferences award QABA CEs alongside BACB PDUs, making QABA both a partner and a potential competitor for behavior-analyst mind share and CE spend.

Broad incumbents

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA): ASHA is a large professional membership association for speech-language pathologists and audiologists with a similar operating model: membership dues, peer-reviewed journals, annual convention, CE credits, and special interest groups. ABAI mirrors ASHA's structure at smaller scale within behavior analysis.
• American Psychological Association (APA): APA is the largest professional association of psychologists in the U.S. and operates the same template of membership dues, peer-reviewed journals, annual convention, accreditation, and CE. ABAI's structure — including accreditation of academic programs and certification support — closely tracks APA's playbook.
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW): NASW is a U.S. professional membership association for social workers with a comparable model of membership dues, state chapters, annual conference, peer-reviewed publications, and CE offerings. ABAI's chapter-and-SIG structure resembles NASW's federated chapter model.
• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): CEC is a professional association for special educators serving individuals with disabilities and giftedness. It overlaps with ABAI in the school-based and special education practitioner segments — both serve behavior analysts working in school settings, and CEC operates its own conventions, journals, and CE programs.
• Association for Psychological Science (APS): APS is an international academic society for behavioral and cognitive scientists. It shares ABAI's research-dissemination mission through journals and annual convention, and serves a member base that overlaps with ABAI's scientist and educator segments.

Others

• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP): IASP is an international professional association for pain researchers and clinicians, operating a similar template of global membership, peer-reviewed journals, biennial world congress, Special Interest Groups, and chapter network. Useful as a structural benchmark for ABAI's international expansion path.

Regional players

• International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP): IAAP is the international association of applied psychology under the International Union of Psychological Science. It serves a globally distributed membership across applied psychology, overlapping with ABAI's behavior analysis practitioners in adjacent professional spaces.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/abaievents
• Facebookfacebook.com/ABAInternational.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-for-behavior-analysis-international
• Instagraminstagram.com/abainternational

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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