Latest ISO Survey confirms integration of
ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 with world economy

The newly published latest edition of The ISO Survey of Certifications confirms the “thorough integration” of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 with the world economy. The survey also shows the success of the ISO 9001:2000 transition and reveals that the service sectors are now by far the biggest users of the standards.

The annual survey, now in its 12th year, provides a worldwide panorama of certification to ISO’s quality and environmental management system standards. The latest edition reveals the situation at the end of 2004, the first full year after the three-year period allowed for transition to the ISO 9001:2000 version.

The worldwide total of certificates to the ISO 9001:2000 quality management systems standard at the end of 2004 was 670 399, an increase of 35 % over the previous year and 64 % over 2000, the year before the transition to ISO 9001:2000 began. Certificates had been issued in 154 countries compared to 149 a year earlier.

With 90 569 ISO 14001 certificates at the end of 2004, an increase of 37 % over the previous year, ISO’s environmental management system standard confirms its global progression. Certificates had been issued in 127 countries, up from 113 the year before. The increase in the number of certificates in 2004 is the largest so far recorded in the ten surveys in which ISO 14001 has been included.

For the first time, the survey provides certification data on two ISO standards that include the requirements of ISO 9001:2000, plus sector-specific requirements. It shows that at least 10 056 certificates had been issued in 62 economies to ISO/TS 16949:2002, which gives quality management systems requirements for suppliers to the international automotive industry.

In addition, at least 3 068 certificates had been issued in 56 countries and economies to ISO 13485:2003, the sector-specific quality management standard for the medical device sector.

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