Founded 1885
Intertek Group plc
London, England, United Kingdom
A London-listed assurance, testing, inspection and certification (ATIC) company running a global network of labs that test materials, components and finished products for compliance with safety, quality and regulatory standards across construction, transport, healthcare and consumer-goods sectors.
- Headquarters
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1885
- Website
- www.intertek.com
Notable facts
- Traces its origins to three predecessor businesses: Caleb Brett's 1885 marine cargo-surveying firm in the UK, Milton Hersey's 1888 chemical testing lab in Montreal, and Thomas Edison's 1896 Lamp Testing Bureau.
- Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: ITRK) and is a FTSE 100 constituent, with roughly 45,000 employees running 1,000+ labs and offices in over 100 countries.
- Reported group revenue of £3,431.6 million for fiscal 2025.
- In 2026 the board agreed to a roughly £9.5 billion takeover offer from Swedish private equity firm EQT AB after rejecting an earlier ~$11 billion approach; the deal was pending close as of mid-2026.
- Took its current name in 1996 after Inchcape Testing Services was acquired by private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners for £380 million.
Testing categories
Sources. This profile is compiled from public reference data, WebSearch-verified againstsource 1 · source 2. Data as of 2026-07-14. See methodology.
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