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This is a list of ISO technical committees.
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a standards-making body, similar to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). ISO works with National Committees in different countries in preparing and maintaining standards. ISO is the largest developer and publisher of international standards in the world.
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The ISO standards making process, similar to many other standards making processes, is handled by various technical committees (TC). The TCs are the key bodies that drive the standardization and comprise experts from the national committees and are a completely voluntary effort.
This list is intended to detail the various technical committees of ISO, the scope of the committees, their key members and the key relevance and outputs of these committees.
| Committee | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/IEC JTC 1 | Information technology | |
| ISO/IEC JTC 2 | Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources |
Disbanded |
| ISO/IEC JTC 3 | Quantum technologies | |
| TC 1 | Screw threads | |
| TC 2 | Fasteners | |
| TC 3 | Limits and fits | Disbanded |
| TC 4 | Rolling bearings | |
| TC 5 | Ferrous metal pipes and metallic fittings | |
| TC 6 | Paper, board and pulps | |
| TC 7 | Rivets | Disbanded |
| TC 8 | Ships and marine technology | |
| TC 9 | Shipbuilding details for sea navigation | Disbanded |
| TC 10 | Technical product documentation | |
| TC 11 | Boilers and pressure vessels | STANDBY |
| TC 12 | Quantities and units | |
| TC 13 | Shaft heights of machinery | Disbanded |
| TC 14 | Shafts for machinery and accessories | |
| TC 15 | Coupling | Disbanded |
| TC 16 | Keys and keyway | Disbanded |
| TC 17 | Steel | |
| TC 18 | Zinc and zinc alloys | STANDBY |
| TC 19 | Preferred numbers | STANDBY |
| TC 20 | Aircraft and space vehicles | |
| TC 21 | Equipment for fire protection and fire fighting | |
| TC 22 | Road vehicles | |
| TC 23 | Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry | |
| TC 24 | Particle characterization including sieving | |
| TC 25 | Cast irons and pig irons | |
| TC 26 | Copper and copper alloys | |
| TC 27 | Coal and coke | |
| TC 28 | Petroleum and related products, fuels and lubricants from natural or synthetic sources | |
| TC 29 | Small tools | |
| TC 30 | Measurement of fluid flow in closed conduits | |
| TC 31 | Tyres, rims and valves | |
| TC 32 | Splines and serrations | Disbanded |
| TC 33 | Refractories | |
| TC 34 | Food products | |
| TC 35 | Paints and varnishes | |
| TC 36 | Cinematography | |
| TC 37 | Terminology and other language and content resources | |
| TC 38 | Textiles | |
| TC 39 | Machine tools | |
| TC 40 | Upholstery filling materials | Disbanded |
| TC 41 | Pulleys and belts (including veebelts) | |
| TC 42 | Photography | |
| TC 43 | Acoustics | |
| TC 44 | Welding and allied processes | |
| TC 45 | Rubber and rubber products | |
| TC 46 | Information and documentation | |
| TC 47 | Chemistry | |
| TC 48 | Laboratory equipment | |
| TC 49 | Thread tolerances | Disbanded |
| TC 50 | Lac | Disbanded |
| TC 51 | Pallets for unit load method of materials handling | |
| TC 52 | Light gauge metal containers | |
| TC 53 | Packages for frozen foods | Disbanded |
| TC 54 | Essential oils | |
| TC 55 | Sawn timber and sawlogs | Disbanded |
| TC 56 | Mica | Disbanded |
| TC 57 | Metrology and properties of surfaces | Disbanded |
| TC 58 | Gas cylinders | |
| TC 59 | Buildings and civil engineering works | |
| TC 60 | Gears | |
| TC 61 | Plastics | |
| TC 62 | Preferred dimensions of wrought metal products | Disbanded |
| TC 63 | Glass containers | |
| TC 64 | Methods of testing fuel-using equipment | Disbanded |
| TC 65 | Manganese and chromium ores | Disbanded |
| TC 66 | Determination of viscosity | Disbanded |
| TC 67 | Oil and gas industries including lower carbon energy | |
| TC 68 | Financial services | |
| TC 69 | Applications of statistical methods | |
| TC 70 | Internal combustion engines | |
| TC 71 | Concrete, reinforced concrete and pre-stressed concrete | |
| TC 72 | Textile machinery and accessories | |
| TC 73 | Consumer questions | Disbanded |
| TC 74 | Cement and lime | |
| TC 75 | Stretchers and stretcher carriers | Disbanded |
| TC 76 | Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use | |
| TC 77 | Products in fibre reinforced cement | |
| TC 78 | Aromatic hydrocarbons | Disbanded |
| TC 79 | Light metals and their alloys | |
| TC 80 | Safety colours and signs | Disbanded |
| TC 81 | Common names for pesticides and other agrochemicals | |
| TC 82 | Mining | |
| TC 83 | Sports and other recreational facilities and equipment | |
| TC 84 | Devices for administration of medicinal products and catheters | |
| TC 85 | Nuclear energy, nuclear technologies, and radiological protection | |
| TC 86 | Refrigeration and air-conditioning | |
| TC 87 | Cork | |
| TC 88 | Pictorial markings for handling of goods | Disbanded |
| TC 89 | Wood-based panels | |
| TC 90 | Apparatus for testing milk and milk products | Disbanded |
| TC 91 | Surface active agents | |
| TC 92 | Fire safety | |
| TC 93 | Starch (including derivatives and by-products) | |
| TC 94 | Personal safety—Protective clothing and equipment | |
| TC 95 | Office machines | Disbanded |
| TC 96 | Cranes | |
| TC 97 | Information processing systems | Merged into ISO/IEC JTC 1 |
| TC 98 | Bases for design of structures | |
| TC 99 | Semi-manufactures of timber | Disbanded |
| TC 100 | Chains and chain sprockets for power transmission and conveyors | |
| TC 101 | Continuous mechanical handling equipment | STANDBY |
| TC 102 | Iron ore and direct reduced iron | |
| TC 103 | Packaging dimensions | Disbanded |
| TC 104 | Freight containers | |
| TC 105 | Steel wire ropes | |
| TC 106 | Dentistry | |
| TC 107 | Metallic and other inorganic coatings | |
| TC 108 | Mechanical vibration, shock and condition monitoring | |
| TC 109 | Oil and gas burners | |
| TC 110 | Industrial trucks | |
| TC 111 | Round steel link chains, chain slings, components and accessories | |
| TC 112 | Vacuum technology | |
| TC 113 | Hydrometry | |
| TC 114 | Horology | |
| TC 115 | Pumps | |
| TC 116 | Space heating appliances | Disbanded |
| TC 117 | Fans | |
| TC 118 | Compressors and pneumatic tools, machines and equipment | |
| TC 119 | Powder metallurgy | |
| TC 120 | Leather | |
| TC 121 | Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment | |
| TC 122 | Packaging | |
| TC 123 | Plain bearings | |
| TC 124 | Industrial process control instruments | Disbanded |
| TC 125 | Enclosures and conditions for testing | Disbanded |
| TC 126 | Tobacco and tobacco products | |
| TC 127 | Earth-moving machinery | |
| TC 128 | Glass plant, pipeline and fittings | Disbanded |
| TC 129 | Aluminium ores | Disbanded |
| TC 130 | Graphic technology | |
| TC 131 | Fluid power systems | |
| TC 132 | Ferroalloys | |
| TC 133 | Clothing sizing systems - size designation, size measurement methods and digital fittings | |
| TC 134 | Fertilizers and soil conditioners | |
| TC 135 | Non-destructive testing | |
| TC 136 | Furniture | |
| TC 137 | Footwear sizing designations and marking systems | |
| TC 138 | Plastics pipes, fittings and valves for the transport of fluids | |
| TC 139 | Plywood | Disbanded |
| TC 140 | Floorings | Disbanded |
| TC 141 | Powered lawn and garden equipment | Disbanded |
| TC 142 | Cleaning equipment for air and other gases | |
| TC 143 | Pyrites and pyrites ash | Disbanded |
| TC 144 | Air distribution and air diffusion | Disbanded |
| TC 145 | Graphical symbols | |
| TC 146 | Air quality | |
| TC 147 | Water quality | |
| TC 148 | Sewing machines | |
| TC 149 | Cycles | |
| TC 150 | Implants for surgery | |
| TC 151 | Particle boards | Disbanded |
| TC 152 | Gypsum, gypsum plasters and gypsum products | Disbanded |
| TC 153 | Valves | |
| TC 154 | Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration | |
| TC 155 | Nickel and nickel alloys | |
| TC 156 | Corrosion of metals and alloys | |
| TC 157 | Non-systemic contraceptives and STI barrier prophylactics | |
| TC 158 | Analysis of gases | |
| TC 159 | Ergonomics | |
| TC 160 | Glass in building | |
| TC 161 | Control and protective devices for gas and/or oil | |
| TC 162 | Doors and windows | |
| TC 163 | Thermal performance and energy use in the built environment | |
| TC 164 | Mechanical testing of metals | |
| TC 165 | Timber structures | |
| TC 166 | Ceramic ware, glassware and glass ceramic ware in contact with food | |
| TC 167 | Steel and aluminium structures | |
| TC 168 | Prosthetics and orthotics | |
| TC 169 | Fish-meal | Disbanded |
| TC 170 | Surgical instruments | |
| TC 171 | Document management applications | |
| TC 172 | Optics and photonics | |
| TC 173 | Assistive products for persons with disability | |
| TC 174 | Jewellery and precious metals | |
| TC 175 | Fluorspar | Disbanded |
| TC 176 | Quality management and quality assurance | |
| TC 177 | Caravans | Disbanded |
| TC 178 | Lifts, escalators and moving walks | |
| TC 179 | Masonry | Disbanded |
| TC 180 | Solar energy | |
| TC 181 | Safety of toys | |
| TC 182 | Geotechnics | |
| TC 183 | Copper, lead, zinc and nickel ores and concentrates | |
| TC 184 | Automation systems and integration | |
| TC 185 | Safety devices for protection against excessive pressure | |
| TC 186 | Cutlery and table and decorative metal hollow-ware | |
| TC 187 | Colour notations | Disbanded |
| TC 188 | Small craft | |
| TC 189 | Ceramic tile | |
| TC 190 | Soil quality | |
| TC 191 | Animal (mammal) traps | STANDBY |
| TC 192 | Gas turbines | |
| TC 193 | Natural gas | |
| TC 194 | Biological evaluation of medical devices | |
| TC 195 | Building construction machinery and equipment | |
| TC 196 | Natural stone | Disbanded |
| TC 197 | Hydrogen technologies | |
| TC 198 | Sterilization of health care products | |
| TC 199 | Safety of machinery | |
| TC 200 | Solid wastes | Disbanded |
| TC 201 | Surface chemical analysis | |
| TC 202 | Microbeam analysis | |
| TC 203 | Technical energy systems | Disbanded |
| TC 204 | Intelligent transport systems | |
| TC 205 | Building environment design | |
| TC 206 | Fine ceramics | |
| TC 207 | Environmental management | |
| TC 208 | Thermal turbines for industrial application (steam turbines, gas expansion turbines) | Disbanded |
| TC 209 | Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments | |
| TC 210 | Quality management and corresponding general aspects for medical devices | |
| TC 211 | Geographic information/Geomatics | |
| TC 212 | Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems | |
| TC 213 | Dimensional and geometrical product specifications and verification | |
| TC 214 | Elevating work platforms | |
| TC 215 | Health informatics | |
| TC 216 | Footwear | |
| TC 217 | Cosmetics | |
| TC 218 | Timber | |
| TC 219 | Floor coverings | |
| TC 220 | Cryogenic vessels | |
| TC 221 | Geosynthetics | |
| TC 222 | Personal financial planning | STANDBY |
| TC 223 | Societal Security | Merged into TC 292 |
| TC 224 | Service activities relating to drinking water supply systems and wastewater systems - Quality criteria of the service and performance indicators | |
| TC 225 | Market, opinion and social research | |
| TC 226 | Materials for the production of primary aluminium | |
| TC 227 | Springs | |
| TC 228 | Tourism and related services | |
| TC 229 | Nanotechnologies | |
| TC 230 | Project Committee: Psychological assessment | Disbanded |
| TC 231 | Project Committee: Brand valuation (Now ISO/TC 289 Brand evaluation) | Disbanded |
| TC 232 | Learning services outside formal education | |
| TC 233 | Project Committee: Cleaning services | Disbanded |
| TC 234 | Fisheries and aquaculture | |
| TC 235 | Project Committee: Rating services | Disbanded |
| TC 236 | Project Committee: Project Management (Now ISO/TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management) | Disbanded |
| TC 237 | Project committee: Exhibition terminology | Disbanded |
| TC 238 | Solid biofuels | |
| TC 239 | Project Committee: Network services billing | Disbanded |
| TC 240 | Project Committee: Product recall | Disbanded |
| TC 241 | Road traffic safety management systems | |
| TC 242 | Energy Management | Disbanded |
| TC 243 | Project Committee: Consumer product safety | Disbanded |
| TC 244 | Industrial furnaces and associated thermal processing equipment | |
| PC 245 | Project Committee: Cross-border trade of second-hand goods | Disbanded |
| TC 246 | Project committee: Anti-counterfeiting tools (see ISO/TC 292 Security) | Disbanded |
| TC 247 | Fraud countermeasures and controls (see ISO/TC 292 Security) | Merged into TC 292 |
| TC 248 | Project committee: Sustainability criteria for bioenergy | Disbanded |
| TC 249 | Traditional Chinese medicine | |
| PC 250 | Project committee: Sustainability in event management | |
| TC 251 | Asset management | |
| PC 252 | Project committee: Natural gas fuelling stations for vehicles | Disbanded |
| TC 253 | Project committee: Treated wastewater re-use for irrigation | Disbanded |
| TC 254 | Safety of amusement rides and amusement devices | |
| TC 255 | Biogas | |
| TC 256 | Pigments, dyestuffs and extenders | |
| TC 257 | Energy savings | Disbanded |
| TC 258 | Project, programme and portfolio management | |
| PC 259 | Project committee: Outsourcing | Disbanded |
| TC 260 | Human resource management | |
| TC 261 | Additive manufacturing | |
| TC 262 | Risk management | |
| TC 263 | Coalbed methane (CBM) | |
| TC 264 | Fireworks | |
| TC 265 | Carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geological storage | |
| TC 266 | Biomimetics | |
| TC 267 | Facilities management | |
| TC 268 | Sustainable cities and communities | |
| TC 269 | Railway applications | |
| TC 270 | Plastics and rubber machines | |
| PC 271 | Project committee: Compliance programs | Disbanded |
| TC 272 | Forensic sciences | |
| PC 273 | Project committee: Customer contact centres | Disbanded |
| TC 274 | Light and lighting | |
| TC 275 | Sludge recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal | |
| TC 276 | Biotechnology | |
| PC 277 | Project committee: Sustainable procurement | Disbanded |
| PC 278 | Project committee: Anti-bribery management system - Requirements | Disbanded |
| TC 279 | Innovation management | |
| PC 280 | Project committee: Management consultancy | Disbanded |
| TC 281 | Fine bubble technology | |
| TC 282 | Water reuse | |
| PC 283 | Project committee: Occupational health and safety management systems - Requirements | |
| PC 284 | Project committee: Management System for Quality of Private Security Company (PSC) Operations - Requirements with Guidance | Merged into TC 292 |
| TC 285 | Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions | |
| PC 286 | Project committee: Collaborative business relationship management | |
| PC 287 | Project committee: Chain of custody of wood and wood-based products | |
| PC 288 | Project committee: Educational organizations management systems - Requirements with guidance for use |
Disbanded |
| TC 289 | Brand evaluation | |
| TC 290 | Online reputation |
STANDBY |
| TC 291 | Domestic gas cooking appliances | |
| TC 292 | Security and resilience | |
| TC 293 | Feed machinery | |
| PC 294 | Project committee: Guidance on unit pricing | Disbanded |
| PC 295 | Project committee: Audit data collection | |
| TC 296 | Bamboo and rattan | |
| TC 297 | Waste management, recycling and road operation service | |
| TC 298 | Rare earth | |
| TC 299 | Robots and robotic devices | |
| TC 300 | Solid Recovered Fuels | |
| TC 301 | Energy management and energy saving | |
| PC 302 | Project committee: Guidelines for auditing management systems | |
| PC 303 | Project committee: Guidelines on consumer warranties and guarantees |
Disbanded |
| TC 304 | Healthcare organization management | |
| PC 305 | Project committee: Sustainable non-sewered sanitation systems | |
| TC 306 | Foundry machinery | |
| TC 307 | Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies | |
| PC 308 | Project committee: Chain of custody | |
| TC 309 | Governance of organizations | |
| TC 310 | Wheeled child conveyances | |
| TC 311 | Vulnerable consumers | Disbanded |
| TC 312 | Excellence in service | |
| TC 313 | Packaging machinery | |
| TC 314 | Ageing societies | |
| TC 315 | Cold chain logistics | |
| PC 316 | Project committee: Water efficient products - Rating | |
| PC 317 | Project committee: Consumer protection: privacy by design for consumer goods and services | |
| PC 318 | Project committee: Community scale resource oriented sanitation treatment systems |
Disbanded |
| TC 319 | Karst | |
| PC 320 | Project committee: Tableware, giftware, jewellery, luminaries - Glass clarity - Classification and test method |
Disbanded |
| TC 321 | Transaction assurance in E-commerce | |
| TC 322 | Sustainable finance | |
| TC 323 | Circular economy | |
| TC 324 | Sharing economy | |
| PC 325 | Project committee: Sex toys - Design and safety requirements for products in direct contact with genitalia, the anus, or both |
Disbanded |
| TC 326 | Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs | |
| TC 327 | Natural stones | |
| TC 328 | Engineered stones | |
| PC 329 | Project committee: Consumer incident investigation guideline | |
| TC 330 | Surfaces with biocidal and antimicrobial properties | |
| TC 331 | Biodiversity | |
| TC 332 | Security equipment for financial institutions and commercial organizations | |
| TC 333 | Lithium | |
| TC 334 | Reference materials | |
| PC 335 | Project committee: Guidelines for organizations to increase consumer understanding of online terms and conditions | |
| TC 336 | Laboratory design | |
| PC 337 | Project committee: Guidelines for the promotion and implementation of gender equality | |
| TC 338 | Menstrual products | |
| TC 339 | Small hydropower plants (SHP plants) | |
| TC 340 | Natural gas fuelling stations | |
| TC 341 | Heat supply network | |
| TC 342 | Management consultancy | |
| PC 343 | Project committee: Management System for UN Sustainable development goals – Requirements for any organization | |
| TC 344 | Innovative logistics | |
| TC 345 | Specialty metals and minerals | |
| TC 346 | Mechanical energy storage technology | |
| TC 347 | Data-driven agrifood systems | |
| PC 348 | Project committee: Sustainable raw materials | |
| TC 349 | Cultural heritage conservation |
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- CIE - International Commission on Illumination
- IIW - International Institute of Welding
- ISO/CASCO - Committee on conformity assessment
- ISO/COPOLCO - Committee on consumer policy
- ISO/REMCO - Committee on reference materials
- ISO/TMBG - Technical Management Board - groups
- IULTCS - International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies
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