SGS S.A.
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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]
Company type | Public |
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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)[1] |
CHF 597 million (2023)[1] | |
Total assets | CHF 6.761 billion (end 2023)[1] |
Total equity | CHF 5.28 billion (end 2023)[1] |
Number of employees | 99,600(2023)[1] |
Website | www.sgs.com |
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.[lower-alpha 1]