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ISO Survey

Every year we perform a survey of certifications to our management system standards. The survey shows the number of certificates to ISO management standards (such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001) given in each country, each year.

ISO does not perform certification. Organizations looking to get certified to an ISO standard must contact an independent certification body. The ISO Survey counts the number of certificates issued by certification bodies that have been accredited by members of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

Learn more about how to get certified.

Contact

For any questions about the ISO Survey, please contact Laurent Charlet at charlet@iso.org.

ISO Survey 2011

The 2011 results show significant increases in certification to a number of ISO management system standards including ISO/IEC 27001 for information security (up 12% on 2010) and ISO 22000 for food safety management (up 8% on 2010). Certificates to the environmental management and energy management standards also increased as did the quality management standard for the automotive sector.

In 2011, 7 standards were included in the survey. For the first time the full data set (excel files) is available to download for free (see the blue box).

2011 Survey data - Download for free

Executive summary (PDF, 397 kB)
ISO 9001 data (excel)
ISO 14001 data (excel)
ISO 22000 data (excel)
ISO/IEC 27001 data (excel)
ISO 50001 data (excel)
ISO 13485 data (excel)
ISO/TS 16949 data (excel)
Data by industrial sector (excel)
Chartmaker (excel)

Please note: The chartmaker can be used to create graphics showing certification to a specific standard in a specific country.

Background information on the ISO Survey (PDF 181 kB)
Guidance on how to navigate through the ISO Survey database (PDF 174 kB)

Survey data - CD

The survey data is also available on a CD (for the price of postage and packing).

The ISO Survey 2011

ISO Survey - 2011

A CD containing the results from The ISO Survey of Management System Standard Certifications - 2011. Please note, this data is also available for free download on the ISO website. See the blue box.