SGS (formerly Société Générale de Surveillance (French for General Society of Surveillance)) is a Swiss multinational company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland which provides inspection, verification, testing and certification services. 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 to make sure that products, systems or services meet the requirements of standards set by governments, standardization bodies or by SGS customers.
Year founded1878
Served areaWorldwide
Headcount96,000
Headquarters1, Place des Alpes, 1211 Genève – Switzerland
7,491,670
IPOJan. 1, 1981
Stock exchange(s)SIX Swiss Exchange