When choosing a product inspection company, there are several large players and many smaller companies. There are pros and cons to every company in every size. To simplify the comparison of third party inspection agencies, we've organized it by top 5 general product inspection companies and the rest. Keep in mind that choosing the right company is all about which type of inspection you need and which country you need the inspection. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
Top 5 product inspection companies (still in progress)
| Features | Intertek | SGS | Bureau Veritas | QIMA | V-Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About | Benefits | ||||
| Servicing Locations | 1K | 2.6K | 1.6K | 40 | |
| Certification | |||||
| Price | |||||
| Turnaround Time | |||||
| Headquarters | |||||
| # Employees | 44K | 96K | 75K | 4K | |
| Servicing Countries | 100 | 140 | 95 | ||
| Quality Assurance | 1828 | ||||
| Founded Date | |||||
| # Full Time Inspectors | 360+ | ||||
| Product Certifications | |||||
| # Clients | 400K | ||||
| Revenue | E4.6B | ||||
| ASQE (American Society for Quality) | X | ||||
| TIC Council | X | X | |||
| CNAS Accreditation | X | X | X | ||
| ILAC Certification | X | ||||
| AQSIQ Accreditation | X | ||||
| ISO 9001 Certified | X | X | |||
| APSCA Accredited | X | X | |||
| SEDEX | X | X | |||
| amfori BSCI | X | X | |||
| AAFA | X | X | |||
| SLCP | X | X | |||
| ISO/IEC 17065 | X | X | |||
| ISO/IEC 17020 | X | ||||
| ISO/IEC 17025 | X | ||||
| ANAB | |||||
| CPSC Accepted | X | X | |||
| HOKLAS | X | X | |||
| RJC | X | ||||
| ICS | X | ||||
| HIGG Index Verifier | X | ||||
| LABS (Life and Body Safety) | X | ||||
| JPMA | X | ||||
| SAC (Sustainable Apparel Coalition) | X | ||||
| CIQA | X | ||||
| ICPHSO | X | ||||
| PPAI | X | ||||
| Global Supply Chain Council | X | ||||
| FDRA | |||||
| A2LA (US) | X | X | |||
| US FCC | X | X | |||
| Energy Star (US) | X | ||||
| COFRAC (France) | |||||
| DAkkS (DE) | |||||
| ZLS (DE) | |||||
| UKAS (UK) | |||||
| NABL (Asia) | X | ||||
| NOCSAE (Asia) | X | ||||
| CMA (Asia) | X | ||||
| HKAS (Asia) | X | ||||
| KAN (Asia) | X | ||||
| TISI (Asia) | X | ||||
| SAC SINGLAS (Asia) | X | ||||
| VILAS (Asia) | X | ||||
| ISTA | X | ||||
| IECEE | X | X | |||
| ANSI (US) | X | ||||
| ISED | X | ||||
| IAS | X | ||||
| NVLAP | X | ||||