The biggest platform in ABA. Started by a BCBA in her own clinic, sold for $1.85 billion.
CentralReach began the way a lot of clinical software begins — a practitioner could not find a tool that worked. Charlotte Fudge, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, was running her own ABA practice and, in the company's telling, needed something to manage client information, schedule staff, track authorizations, file claims and report on clinical data. She partnered with technical people and built it.103
In 2018 the investment firm Insight Partners invested and Fudge stepped down as CEO, replaced by Chris Sullens, who had spent ten years running a software company called WorkWave. A sustained run of acquisitions followed, adding assessment tools, data-collection apps, scheduling technology and special-education software to the platform.1
In March 2025 Roper Technologies agreed to buy the company from Insight, closing the following month. Roper is a publicly traded company that acquires and operates software businesses, and it stated at the time that it expected sustained double-digit organic growth from CentralReach.2
| What | Amount | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Insight Partners | Not disclosed | February 2018. Neither party has ever published an amount or said whether it was a majority stake.3 |
| Roper acquisition | $1,850 million | Roper's 10-Q states this is net of cash acquired and certain liabilities assumed. Its press release quotes roughly $1.65 billion, which is after a further ~$200 million tax benefit. The two figures describe the same deal on different bases.4 |
| Revenue | ~$175 million | Roper's forward-looking estimate for the year to 30 June 2026, with roughly $75 million EBITDA.2 |