Our accreditations
Transparent and credible governance of certification bodies through the accreditation process is fundamentally important to the value of independent assessment and certification.
Accreditation is central to stakeholder confidence, ensuring competence in our diverse team of experts and maintaining the impartiality of the decision-making process. Accredited certification to recognised national or international standards provides organisations with a credible means of managing risk, improving efficiency, encouraging continual improvement and enhancing competitiveness.
LRQA offers around 500 products, many under accreditation or scheme approval, in addition to providing special scheme certification and one-off audit assessments tailored to specific client needs.
We are accredited or approved by a range of globally recognised accreditation bodies and scheme owners:
Our accreditations in Europe
| Accreditation Body | Country | Accreditation Type |
| ACCREDIA (formerly Sincert) | Italy | QMS, EMAS, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 |
| Alcamus ISOQAR | UK | ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 |
| CFRAC | France | ISO 9001 & AQAP 2110, QMS, Cofrac accreditation No 4-0003, Management Systems Certification, Scope available on www.cofrac.fr/en IFS Broker & IFS Logistics, IFS Food, Décret 2019 565 (RNQ/QUALIOPI), Cofrac accreditation No 5-0069, Products and Services Certification, Scope available on www.cofrac.fr/en EN 9100 & EN 9120, Aerospace, Cofrac accreditation No 4-0570, Management Systems Certification, Scope available on www.cofrac.fr/en |
| DAKKS | Germany | ISO 17065 for offshore marking |
| EIAC | Dubai | QMS, EMS, FSMS, OHSAS, ISMS, HACCP |
| EFR - Fundación MasFamilia | Spain | EFR 1000 - 1 |
| ENAC | Spain | QMS, EMAS, EN9100, EU ETS, PUERTOS DEL ESTADO/ ANFAC ISO 17020, 17021-1, 17024 & 17065 for Notifed Body activities for PED, CPR, MD and national schemes (lifting and pressure equipment) |
| ENAS | UAE | ISO 17020 for Pressure systems and welding inspection |
| EYSD | Greece | ISO 17020 for periodic inspection of static and transportable pressure equipment |
| UNAS | Ireland | ISO 17024, ISO 17020 for inssuance of welder approvals and weld procedures |
| RvA | Netherlands | (C010) QMS, EMS, VCA/VCU, HKZ, NEN-EN 15224, EFISC, FAMI QS, Riskplaza, IVG (PED), NEN7510, ISO 17020, 17021-1 & 17065 for Notified Body services of PED, CPR, TPED, SPVD, ATEX as well as ISO 3834-2, Transportable Equipment and national schemes |
| SANAS | South Africa | ISO 17020 for inspection of pressure equipment, materials and rail transit control |
Our accreditations in Asia-Pacific
| Accreditation Body | Country | Accreditation Type |
| CNAS (formerly CNAB) | P.R. China | QMS, EMS, FSMS, HACCP, ISO 17020 for inspection of pressure equipment, materials and rail transit control |
| HKCAS | Hong Kong | QMS, EMS, OH&S |
| JAS-ANZ | Australia/New Zealand | QMS, EMS, National Safety Scheme, ISMS, OH&S |
| KAB | Korea | QMS, AS9100, ISO 37001, KS Q 9100, ISO 37301 |
| Standards Malaysia | Malaysia | QMS, EMS, HACCP |
| SAC | Singapore | BC1 product certification scheme for structural steel |
| TAF | Taiwan | QMS, ISO 14064, OH&S |
| ACFS | Thailand | GMP / HACCP |
| KAN | Indonesia | QMS |
Our accreditations in the Americas
| Accreditation Body | Country | Accreditation Type |
| ANAB | USA |
QMS, EMS, Aerospace, RC/RCMS, SQF, GHG |
Our international accreditations
| Accreditation Body | Country | Accreditation Type |
| SMMT | International | IATF 16949:2016 |
| UKAS | UK | QMS, ISO 13485, EMS, FSMS, ISMS, Product conformity certification, SMS, BCM, GHG verification, SCSMS, ITSMS, AMS, EnMS, BRC, AS9100, AS9110, AS9120, 44001, CMS, National Highway sector scheme (UK), End of Waste, ILO Crew Manning, ISO 22000, ISO 27701, SSIP (UK only), ISO 19443, ISO 17020, ISO 17021-1, ISO 17065 for UKCA products: PESR, CPR, TPER, SMSR, ATEX, SPVSR as well as ISO 3834, Wind Turbine, Wind Farm, CDG, PSSR and LOLER services |
Please note: Lloyd's Register's Business Assurance & Inspection Services division is now trading as LRQA. Our accreditations are granted by accreditation bodies with defined sector and geographic scopes. If you would like more information about these, you can request detailed scopes of accreditation from your nearest LRQA office to confirm the accreditations available to you.
Independent and impartial
The markets served by LRQA value our services for their integrity. Critical to this is the need to recognise any potential conflicts of interest in the services provided and to take action to ensure these do not adversely impact on the impartiality, independence and objectivity of our actions.
We maintain our independence and impartiality by pro-actively managing conflicts of interest across all LRQA businesses including those which may exist between consultancy and third-party certification services. We will not offer consultancy services for any management system that is in the process of or has completed accredited third-party certification with LRQA. Further, if we are already providing consultancy services relating to a management system, we will not offer any accredited third-party assessment services.
Refusal of certification
If at the quoting and contracting stage, or during the process of certification LRQA is unable to grant certification, the reason for this decision will be communicated to your organisation.