SGS (formerly , French for general society of surveillance) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Baar, 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.