| Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise | |
| Abbreviation: | CDFE |
| Formation: | 1974 |
| Type: | think tank |
| Headquarters: | Bellevue, WA, United States |
| Leader Title: | Executive Vice-President |
| Leader Name: | Ron Arnold |
| Revenue: | $16,631[1] |
| Revenue Year: | 2015 |
| Expenses: | $16,506 |
| Expenses Year: | 2015 |
| Website: | www.cdfe.org |
The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise (CDFE) is a wise use think tank which describes itself as "an educational foundation for individual liberty, free markets, property rights and limited government".
CDFE was founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb. Its Executive Vice-President was Ron Arnold.