# BARR Certifications, LLC - **Type:** Certification body - **Website:** https://www.barrcertifications.com/ - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) A US certification body in Kansas City, Missouri. It says ANAB accredits it to certify ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701. Its sister firm, BARR Advisory, is a consultancy. ## BARR Certifications scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 1/5 No published record of certificate suspension or withdrawal action was located anywhere on BARR's public site; the fact-set shows no track-record evidence either way, only its absence. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 3/5 ANAB accreditation is confirmed only for ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701; the ISO/IEC 42001 scope marketed on the homepage has no matching accreditation announcement and its process page 404s. ### What it publishes about fees: 1/5 Drawback explicitly states no fee schedule, rate card or pricing was found after reviewing the home, policies, FAQs and contact pages. ### Knowledge of your sector: 3/5 Confirmed accredited practice in ISO/IEC 27701 privacy management is genuine specialism evidence, but the parallel ISO/IEC 42001 AI-governance claim is unverified marketing, not confirmed practice. ### Independence from what it sells: 4/5 Published policy bars personnel who did prior consultancy for a client from performing certification activity for that same client, a documented impartiality control. ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 1/5 No PI insurance disclosure was found on the public site, and the legal entity's registration status could not be verified on any state Secretary of State register. ## Sources for BARR Certifications Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - BARR Certifications holds ANAB accreditation to certify organizations to ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701. - Source: https://www.barradvisory.com/barr-certifications/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 - BARR's own materials state that BARR Certifications and its partner firm BARR Advisory together are one of only nine U.S. firms meeting both ANAB (ISO 27001/27701 certification) and AICPA (SOC 2 attestation) requirements. - Source: https://www.barradvisory.com/barr-certifications/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 - BARR Certifications is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. - Source: https://www.barradvisory.com/barr-certifications/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 - BARR Certifications' published policy bars personnel who previously performed management-system consultancy for a client from carrying out certification activities for that same client. - Source: https://www.barrcertifications.com/policies/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 - BARR Certifications' homepage markets audit and certification services for ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701 and 42001, but only 27001 and 27701 have a dedicated certification-process page on the same site, and only those two are named in the located ANAB accreditation announcement; the ISO/IEC 42001 process page returns HTTP 404. - Source: https://www.barrcertifications.com/ - Checked: 2026-09-20 ## What this provider publishes Not published means we did not find it on the firm's own pages. - Price: Not published - Indemnity cover: Not published - Credentials: Published - Independent accreditation: Published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - ANAB accreditation (an IAF-recognized accreditation body, not a self-declared credential) confirmed for ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certification services. - Operates as a legally separate entity from its sister consulting firm, BARR Advisory, with a published personnel-level rule barring a consultant who advised a client from certifying that same client. - One of a small number of US providers spanning both ANAB-accredited ISO certification and, via its partner firm, AICPA-licensed SOC 2 attestation, relevant to buyers wanting privacy/security and AI-management certification from one relationship. - Publishes a standard-specific certification-process page (scope, audit stages, timeline) for each standard where its accreditation is independently confirmed (27001, 27701). ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - Markets ISO/IEC 42001 (AI management systems) audit and certification services on its homepage, but no ANAB accreditation record for ISO/IEC 42001 could be located, the only located accreditation announcement names ISO/IEC 27001 and 27701 alone, and BARR has no dedicated ISO 42001 process page (404). - Basis: Compared the homepage claim on https://www.barrcertifications.com/ ('ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701, and 42001 ... Audit and Certification Services') against the accreditation scope named in https://www.barradvisory.com/barr-certifications/ (27001 and 27701 only), and a 404 response at https://www.barrcertifications.com/how-it-works/iso-iec-42001/. - We could not read the state registers. Ask for its company details and current status. - Basis: Missouri's business entity search (https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/Search/Business) returned HTTP 403 on a direct fetch and an empty body on two Bright Data Web Unlocker attempts; a prior pass on the Kansas Secretary of State register also failed to return results. - No published fee schedule, professional indemnity insurance disclosure, or own-AI-use disclosure was found anywhere on BARR Certifications' public site. - Basis: Reviewed the home, policies, FAQs and contact pages on barrcertifications.com; none disclose pricing, PI insurance cover, or what AI tooling (if any) BARR itself uses in its certification workflow. ## Where this firm appears - [Can the firm that prepares you also certify you?](https://theassurancedesk.com/best/certification-seeking) - [Compare providers](https://theassurancedesk.com/compare) --- **Scope.** The Assurance Desk covers data protection, AI governance and cyber security in the United Kingdom and the United States. It scores providers in both: UK-facing firms, and firms based in the United States. Every provider scored so far was selected for data-protection, AI-governance or security-assurance work. Where a page describes law, it names the country that law applies in. **Who publishes this.** The Assurance Desk is published by Add-Venture Advisory Ltd, company number 11854524, registered in England and Wales. The same owner runs Avouch, a marketing agency that sells AI visibility services to firms of the kind this site covers. That is a conflict of interest, and it is disclosed here. **Corrections.** If you represent this firm and something here is wrong or out of date, email hello@theassurancedesk.com with the evidence.