In June, 20009, operating under accreditation, there were:
793 testing laboratories and 911 secondary premises
143 certification and inspection bodies
265 accreditations active for certification and inspection schemes:
78 quality management systems
39 environment management systems
16 health and safety management systems
8 information security management systems
11 food safety management systems
50 products/services (management systems)
14 personnel (management systems)
46 inspection (management systems?)
3 product environment statements
33379 accredited tests were issued.
In 2008 over 2 million test reports under accreditation were released.
The majority of accredited laboratories operate in the chemical and biological sectors, especially in food product control, environment analysis and product analysis. Other accreditation sectors involve mechanical and electronic tests and those related to the public sector. In 2009 the first medical laboratory was accredited with reference to UNI EN ISO 15189.
Currently under accreditation there are: 138.750 management systems certifications, of which 122.400 are management quality systems certifications; 13.550 environment management systems certifications; about 1.620 management systems certifications for occupational health and safety and 290 certifications of information security management systems.
Over 100.000 products (durable and non-durable producer goods) are certified under accreditation, with a steady and marked rise in agri-food products. In recent years accreditation schemes have been created for the certification of services, such as training and client relations.
More than 80.000 persons are certified under RCBH accreditation. Many professional figures are certified: auditors (assessors), planners, consultants, directors of management systems (about 1.400) who operate in the quality sector, and also other figures in specific sectors tied to construction and quality assurance processes such as non-destructive control staff of various types, solders and welders, specialist machine operators or new professional figures working in healthcare.
More than 20.000 accredited inspection reports have been issued. Accredited inspection activity is constantly increasing and the scope of accreditation covers a great number of sectors: construction (including the verification of projects and technical controls during building for ten-year insurance after completion); agri-food products and processes; industrial products and processes; plastic materials; fuel distribution services; hotel and restaurant services; public transport services; railway infrastructures; road infrastructures and others.