SGS S.A.

SGS S.A.
Company typePublic
SIX: SGSN
IndustryQuality
Founded1878
HeadquartersGeneva, Switzerland
Key people
Calvin Grieder (Chairman)
Géraldine Picaud (CEO)
ServicesTesting, inspection, certification
RevenueCHF 6.6 billion (2023)[1]
CHF 597 million (2023)[1]
Total assetsCHF 6.761 billion (end 2023)[1]
Total equityCHF 5.28 billion (end 2023)[1]
Number of employees
99,600(2023)[1]
Websitewww.sgs.com

SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance)) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. Its 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide.[2] It ranked on Forbes Global 2000 in 2015,[3] 2016,[4] 2017,[5] 2020[6] and 2021.[7]

The core services offered by SGS include: the inspection and verification of the quantity, weight and quality of traded goods; the testing of product quality and performance against various health, safety and regulatory standards; and the ascertainment of the conformance of products, systems or services with the requirements of standards set by governments, standardization bodies or SGS customers.[a]

  1. ^ a b c d e "SGS 2023 Full Year Results". SGS. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ "SGS 2023 Full Year Results" (PDF). SGS. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ "China Takes Lead On The 2015 Global 2000". Forbes. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  4. ^ "The World's Biggest Public Companies list". Forbes. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Forbes World's Biggest Public Companies 2017 ranking". Forbes. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Forbes 2020". Kaggle. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 24 September 2021.


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