SGS S.A.
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| SIX: SGSN | |
| Industry | Quality |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Key people | Calvin Grieder (Chairman) Géraldine Picaud (CEO) |
| Services | Testing, inspection, certification |
| Revenue | CHF 6.6 billion (2023) |
| CHF 597 million (2023) | |
| Total assets | CHF 6.761 billion (end 2023) |
| Total equity | CHF 5.28 billion (end 2023) |
Number of employees | 99,600(2023) |
| Website | www.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. It ranked on Forbes Global 2000 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021.
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.