Recertia

Certification market report

What the certificates companies publish say about the market: where certified companies are, which standards they hold, when their certificates expire and who certifies them.

Data as of 2026-09-30.

1,196companies with a valid certificate
1,535valid certificates
306expiring in the next 6 months
32%hold two or more standards

By country

CountryCompaniesValid certificatesExpiring in 6 monthsMost common standard
Sweden26736386ISO 14001
Netherlands42649894ISO 9001
Czechia18423239ISO 9001
Slovakia17824053ISO 9001
Romania14120234ISO 9001

Standards

ISO 9001585 38%
ISO 14001480 31%
ISO 45001246 16%
ISO 2200094 6%

Integrated systems

hold one standard815 68%
hold two standards273 23%
hold three or more108 9%

Share of companies by the number of management system standards they are certified to.

In which months certificates expire

116Jan
107Feb
115Mar
132Apr
133May
131Jun
114Jul
106Aug
126Sep
146Oct
146Nov
163Dec

Valid certificates by month of expiry, all years together. Recertification audits cluster in the months before.

Certification bodies

Bureau Veritas148 20%
Kiwa138 19%
LRQA97 13%
TÜV SÜD91 13%
TÜV NORD77 11%
DNV69 10%
TÜV Rheinland52 7%
Intertek51 7%

Share of valid certificates by the body that issued them. Names appear as data, not as endorsement.

About the numbers

Counts come from management system certificates that companies publish. Only companies with a confirmed legal form are counted; each certificate is counted once. The numbers are updated as new certificates are published.

Recertia is a private service, not an official register.

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