Pfiedler Enterprises

What Pfiedler Enterprises does

Pfiedler Enterprises operates Pfiedler Education, an accredited continuing education (CEU) provider for nurses and allied health professionals, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Pfiedler Education functions as a division of AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses), a nonprofit professional membership association with over 40,000 members. The platform delivers clinical education through interactive online courses, eBooks, eLearning formats, and live webinars, covering topics such as infection prevention, surgical smoke evacuation, patient positioning, fluid management, electrosurgery, and ambulatory surgery. Content is aligned with AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice and accredited across multiple credentialing bodies, including the California Board of Registered Nurses (CA), NCCT, CBSPD, HSPA, and ASRT, serving registered nurses, surgical technologists, sterile processing professionals, and radiologic technologists.

The business operates across four revenue streams: (1) individual course sales on a pay-as-you-go basis, (2) AORN membership subscriptions providing discounted or free access to over 200 CNE contact hours, (3) multi-year facility agreements for healthcare organizations (including the Periop 101 program), and (4) a Partner Program that develops customized, unbiased continuing clinical education for medical device and healthcare organizations. Distribution occurs through the AORN website portal, direct enterprise sales to healthcare facilities, the annual AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo (where Pfiedler is the exclusive provider of exhibitor in-booth education), and live webinars. The company employs 11-50 people and has expanded into procedure-specific events such as the Southeast Reconstruction Summit focused on orthopedic total joint arthroplasty, sponsored by medical device partners including Zimmer Biomet, Heron Therapeutics, and Bone Solutions.

Operationally, Pfiedler Education is a small, mature, nonprofit-embedded CE provider whose competitive position is anchored by its structural alignment with AORN, multi-credential accreditation, and exclusive conference position rather than by technology differentiation. The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no public revenue disclosure, consistent with its status as a mission-driven division of a larger nonprofit association rather than an independent venture-backed entity.

Name

Pfiedler Enterprises

Legal name

Pfiedler Education

Website

https://pfiedler.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pfiedler Enterprises operates Pfiedler Education, a division of AORN providing accredited continuing education courses, eBooks, and live webinars for nurses and allied health professionals across multiple credentialing bodies. Revenue comes from individual course sales, AORN member subscriptions, facility agreements, and medical-device-company partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Continuing Medical Education

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Professions (CME/CE for Nurses, Allied Health, Pharmacy) (EDAAALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

Keywords

• Continuing nursing education
• Accredited healthcare CEUs
• Perioperative professional development
• Live medical webinars
• Nursing eLearning courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Continuing Education Course Sales: Pfiedler Education generates revenue through sale of accredited continuing education courses to nurses and allied health professionals. Courses are available for individual purchase or through facility agreements for team access. AORN members receive discounted or free access to Pfiedler Education CEUs.
2. Corporate Partnership Programs: Medical device and healthcare companies partner with Pfiedler to produce and deliver customized, unbiased continuing clinical education for nurses and allied health professionals, creating a B2B revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pfiedler Education provides accredited continuing education (CEUs) for nurses and allied health professionals, delivered through an online course catalog, eBook and eLearning formats, and live webinars covering perioperative and clinical topics such as infection prevention, surgical smoke evacuation, patient positioning, fluid management, and electrosurgery. The company also partners with medical device and healthcare organizations to develop customized, unbiased continuing clinical education content for nursing audiences.

Product overview

Pfiedler Education is a division of AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses) that provides a comprehensive continuing education platform for nurses and allied health professionals. The core product is the Pfiedler Education catalog offering online courses, eBooks, eLearning formats, and live webinars across clinical topics such as infection prevention, patient positioning, surgical attire, and more. The platform supports multiple credit types including California Board of Registered Nurses (CA), NCCT, CBSPD, HSPA, and ASRT. Pfiedler Education also operates a Partner Program for medical device companies to develop customized, unbiased continuing education content. The company has been operating since 1990 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pfiedler Education Platform Accredited continuing education (CEU) platform for nurses and allied health professionals, providing online courses, eBooks, eLearning formats, and live webinars on clinical topics such as infection prevention, surgical smoke evacuation, patient positioning, fluid management, and electrosurgery. Supports multiple credit types including CA, NCCT, CBSPD, HSPA, and ASRT.
• Pfiedler Education Course Catalog Online catalog of accredited continuing education courses organized by credit type (Nurses, Sterile Processing, Surgical Technologists, Radiologic Technologists) and topics including Infection Prevention, Safe Patient Positioning, Ambulatory Surgery, and Personal Protective Equipment.
• Live Webinars Interactive live webinar events allowing participants to engage with presenters, earn continuing education credit, and ask questions in real-time. New topics are added regularly on relevant clinical subjects.
• Partner Program Partnership service enabling medical device and healthcare organizations to develop and deliver customized, unbiased continuing clinical education content for nursing and allied health professional audiences, including exhibitor in-booth education at the AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expo.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 free CNE contact hours available through AORN membership
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Zimmer BiometminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit hosted by AORN and Pfiedler Education, focused on total joint arthroplasty excellence for surgical teams.
• SLYKEminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit focused on orthopedic joint replacement procedures.
• Heron TherapeuticsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit focused on joint replacement excellence.
• WealthMDminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit focused on orthopedic surgical education.
• Bone SolutionsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit focused on bone and joint procedures.
• Northside Hospital SystemminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 October 2025Event sponsor for the Southeast Reconstruction Summit, providing support for orthopedic surgical team education in the Southeast region.
• AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfiedler Education is a division of AORN, sharing in the mission of Safe Surgery Together by advancing awareness of the latest evidence-based AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. This is the core parent relationship that defines Pfiedler Education's mission and content standards.
• Medical Device and Healthcare OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPfiedler Education partners with medical device and healthcare organizations to develop unbiased continuing education for nurses and allied health professionals. These partnerships are a core part of Pfiedler Education's business model for creating customized educational content.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NetCE: NetCE delivers accredited continuing education for nurses, physicians, and allied health professionals with an online catalog covering clinical and professional topics. It is a direct comparator on delivery model (self-paced online CE) and learner type (RNs and allied health).
• Colibri Healthcare (Elite CME): Colibri Healthcare / Elite CME provides accredited online continuing education for nurses, nurse practitioners, and allied health professionals across a wide range of clinical topics. It mirrors Pfiedler's catalog-based, multi-credential model for individual learners and facility buyers.
• CE Direct: CE Direct is an online continuing education platform for nurses and healthcare facilities, offering self-paced courses, facility subscriptions, and competency tracking. It competes with Pfiedler for the same institutional CE buyers and individual nurse learners.
• MedBridge: MedBridge provides online continuing education courses, live webinars, and home-study programs for nurses, physical therapists, and allied health professionals with a multi-accreditation model. It competes head-to-head with Pfiedler for facility agreements and individual CE subscriptions across clinical and rehabilitation topics.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott: Wolters Kluwer's Lippincott division produces nursing journals, textbooks, and accredited CE content used by hospitals and nursing schools. It is a broader incumbent with overlapping clinical content, journal-based CNE offerings, and facility relationships comparable to Pfiedler's AORN Journal–aligned content.
• Relias: Relias is a large-scale continuing education and training platform serving healthcare, behavioral health, and human services organizations, with a comprehensive catalog of accredited CE for nurses and allied health professionals. It directly competes with Pfiedler for facility-level CE contracts but operates across a much broader clinical and social-services footprint.
• HealthStream: HealthStream is an established healthcare workforce and education platform serving hospitals and health systems with mandatory training, competency, and continuing education. It overlaps with Pfiedler's facility-agreement motion but operates at significantly larger scale across the full hospital workforce.

Emerging players

• CEUFast: CEUFast is a smaller accredited CE provider offering online nursing and allied health courses on a subscription basis. It targets the same individual nurse learner as Pfiedler but with a less specialized, less perioperative-focused catalog.

Others

• Wild Apricot (Personify): Wild Apricot provides association management software used by healthcare professional associations to run membership, events, and learning programs. It is an enabling technology provider rather than a CE competitor, but underpins the kind of member/CE infrastructure AORN uses to operate Pfiedler.
• AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses): AACN is a nursing membership association that produces accredited continuing education for critical-care nurses through its own journal, CE programs, and certification prep. Like AORN/Pfiedler, it bundles member benefits with CE delivery, making it a thematically adjacent association-CE peer rather than a direct commercial competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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