Accreditation Service Board for Certifying Bodies

What Accreditation Service Board for Certifying Bodies does

Accreditation Service Board for Certifying Bodies (ASBCB) is a privately held, London-based accreditation body founded in 2025 that evaluates conformity assessment bodies against international standards including ISO/IEC 17021, 17025, 17020, 17024, 17065 and ISO 15189. The company targets six horizontal segments: management system certification bodies, calibration and testing laboratories, medical laboratories, personnel certification bodies, product certification agencies, and inspection agencies. Its core offering is the accreditation assessment service itself, organized by sector, supported by a searchable ISO standards catalog covering more than 35 management system standards (ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, 22000, 13485, 42001, etc.) and a public certificate verification portal.

The underlying technology is explicitly human-driven rather than automated: ASBCB positions itself as empowering professional assessors rather than replacing them with software, and its core assets are its auditor bench, methodology, and the credibility conferred by international affiliations (IAF, IAR-ISO, IRCA, IACI, World Food Safety Council, Anti Bribery Auditors Forum). Revenue is generated on a recurring basis through initial assessment fees, ongoing monitoring, and periodic reassessments of accredited bodies. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with a self-serve client portal and a public verification tool layered on top.

The company is in an extremely early operating stage: the website's own statistics section reports 0 completed cases, 0 consultants, 0 awards and 0 satisfied customers, and approximately 11 accredited body logos (including STHAPATI Associates Limited, Moody International Assurance Inc, DV Certifications, and European Assessment and Certification) are displayed as early relationships. No funding rounds, management team bios, revenue figures, or operating history prior to 2025 are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Accreditation Service Board for Certifying Bodies

Legal name

ASBCB Limited

Website

https://asbcb.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ASBCB is a London-based, 2025-founded private accreditation body that assesses certification bodies, testing and medical laboratories, inspection agencies, product certifiers, and personnel certifiers against international ISO/IEC standards and generates recurring fees from initial assessments, monitoring, and reassessments.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accreditation Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Medical Laboratories (621511)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Standards, Metrology & Accreditation Bodies (BPAIAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Accreditation & Oversight Bodies for Food Safety Certification (ABs/Scheme Owners) (AFALACAB), Certification Program Administration & Scheme Management (Standard Owners) (AFALACAC), Witness Audits, Office Assessments & Certification Governance Services (AFALACAG), Third-Party Certification, Code Compliance & Regulatory Inspection (ASME/API/ISO) (EUAEAHAN)

Keywords

• Accreditation services
• Conformity assessment
• ISO certification
• Management system accreditation
• Laboratory accreditation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Accreditation Services: ASBCB provides accreditation services to certification bodies, laboratories, inspection agencies, product certification bodies, medical laboratories, and personnel certification bodies. Revenue is generated through accreditation fees for initial assessments, ongoing monitoring, and periodic reassessments against international standards.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ASBCB is an independent accreditation body that evaluates and accredits conformity assessment bodies against internationally recognized standards. It accredits certification bodies, calibration and testing laboratories, medical laboratories, personnel certification bodies, product certification agencies, and inspection agencies under ISO/IEC 17021, 17020, 17024, 17025, 17065, and ISO 15189 frameworks, with revenue generated through initial assessments, ongoing monitoring, and periodic reassessments.

Product overview

ASBCB is an accreditation body providing comprehensive accreditation services to certification bodies across six core sectors: Management System Certification Bodies, Calibration and Testing Laboratories, Medical Laboratories, Personnel Certification Bodies, Product Certification Agencies, and Inspection Agencies. The company operates as a single unified accreditation service platform that evaluates and accredits conformity assessment bodies against international standards including ISO/IEC 17021, 17025, 17020, 17024, 17065, and ISO 15189. ASBCB's accreditation portfolio spans over 35 ISO management system standards ranging from ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 27001 (Information Security) to sector-specific standards like ISO 22000 (Food Safety), ISO 13485 (Medical Devices), and ISO 42001 (AI Management). The company also offers an online Certificate Verification portal for stakeholders to validate accredited bodies and certificates. The core offering is the accreditation assessment service—organized by sector type—supported by a searchable ISO standards catalog and certificate verification tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Management System Certification Bodies Accreditation

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Accreditation Forum (IAF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization that promotes global cooperation between accreditation bodies. ASBCB maintains alignment with IAF principles and standards for international recognition of conformity assessments.
• International Accreditation Register (IAR-ISO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational register for accreditation bodies. ASBCB maintains registration and recognition through IAR-ISO for global credibility.
• International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational register for certificated auditors. Supports ASBCB's accreditation ecosystem for auditor certification and personnel certification bodies.
• IACI (International Association of Conformity Assessment)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational association supporting conformity assessment professionals and organizations globally.
• World Food Safety CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization focused on food safety. ASBCB provides accreditation for food safety management systems (ISO 22000) and related standards.
• Anti Bribery Auditors ForumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerForum for anti-bribery auditors. ASBCB supports ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management Systems accreditation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• JAS-ANZ (Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand): Government-backed accreditation body for Australia and New Zealand, covering management systems, product certification, and personnel certification against ISO/IEC standards. Comparable service scope to ASBCB but geographically restricted to Australasia, so competition is indirect rather than head-to-head.
• Standards Council of Canada (SCC): Canada's national accreditation body offering accreditation across testing, calibration, inspection, medical, and certification bodies using the same ISO/IEC standards. Same conformity assessment scope as ASBCB but jurisdictionally limited to Canada, making it a regional rather than direct competitor for international bids.

Direct peers

• ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB): US-based accreditation body that accredits management system certification bodies, testing/calibration labs, inspection bodies, and personnel certifiers against the same ISO/IEC standards ASBCB uses. ANAB is a major MRA signatory and the de facto competitor for any international certification body seeking global acceptance.
• United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS): The UK's national accreditation body, also headquartered in the UK, offering accreditation across the same six conformity assessment sectors (management systems, testing labs, medical labs, inspection, personnel, product). UKAS is the dominant incumbent ASBCB most directly competes against in its home market and the benchmark for international recognition via ILAC/IAF MRA signatory status.
• DAkkS (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle): Germany's national accreditation body covering all six ISO/IEC conformity assessment schemes ASBCB offers. DAkkS is a leading European MRA signatory and sets the benchmark for technical assessor depth, which ASBCB must match to win German and EU-headquartered certification body clients.
• A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation): US-based accreditation body focused primarily on testing and calibration laboratories (ISO/IEC 17025) and inspection bodies (ISO/IEC 17020), with growing scope into medical and forensic labs. Directly comparable to ASBCB's calibration/testing and inspection accreditation lines and competes for the same international lab clients.
• COFRAC (Comité Français d'Accréditation): France's national accreditation body, ILAC/IAF signatory, covering testing labs, inspection bodies, certification bodies, and medical labs. Comparable accreditation portfolio and competes for francophone and pan-European clients in the same conformity assessment segments as ASBCB.
• International Accreditation Service (IAS): US-based accreditation body accredited by APAC and ILAC, providing management system, product, and inspection body accreditation under ISO/IEC 17021, 17065, and 17020. Directly comparable service mix to ASBCB and a competitor for international certification body clients seeking globally-accepted accreditation.

Others

• European co-operation for Accreditation (EA): Umbrella organization coordinating national accreditation bodies across Europe, of which ASBCB would need membership or recognition to achieve European market acceptance. Included as an ecosystem reference rather than a direct competitor — EA governs the MRA framework within which ASBCB's accreditation certificates gain (or fail to gain) European recognition.

Emerging players

• NABCB (National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies, India): India's accreditation body for certification bodies under the Quality Council of India, providing accreditation for management system, product, and personnel certification bodies using ISO/IEC standards. Comparable service scope but primarily serves Indian-domiciled clients, placing it in an emerging/regional category relative to ASBCB's global claim.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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