Founded 1878
SGS SA
Geneva, Geneva canton, Switzerland
The world's largest testing, inspection and certification group by scale, operating a global laboratory network that verifies the quality, quantity and conformity of traded goods and tests materials and products against health, safety and regulatory standards, including environmental analytical chemistry for air, water, soil and waste.
- Headquarters
- Geneva, Geneva canton, Switzerland
- Founded
- 1878
- Website
- www.sgs.com/en-us
Notable facts
- Founded in December 1878 in Rouen, France, by Henri Goldstuck to inspect grain shipments; headquarters moved to Geneva in 1915 during World War I.
- Went public in 1981 and trades on the SIX Swiss Exchange under ticker SGSN.
- Reported about 99,600 employees operating roughly 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide, with CHF 6.6 billion revenue in 2023.
- Named a Dow Jones Sustainability Index "Professional Services" industry leader for six consecutive years, 2014 through 2019.
- Moved its headquarters from Paris to Geneva in 1915 during World War I and adopted the name Société Générale de Surveillance in 1919.
- Has done business in the United States since 1919, with SGS North America incorporated in Delaware in 1980.
Testing categories
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