# SGS North America Inc. - **Type:** Certification body - **Website:** https://www.sgs.com/en-us - **Assessed by:** The Assurance Desk (Add-Venture Advisory Ltd) The US arm of the global SGS group. ANAB accredits it to certify organisations against ISO/IEC 27001, 27701 and 42001, among other standards. ## SGS North America scores Scored 1 to 5 on six criteria. There is no overall score. ### Help when things go wrong: 2/5 No named lead auditors, disclosed audit-outcome case studies, or described complaints/incident-support process specific to SGS North America Inc. were found on its US pages. ANAB's directory shows certificate SGS-MS-3454 with status 'Accredited' and no suspension/withdrawal indicated, but ANAB publishes no separate public sanctions list to independently cross-check that status against. ### Qualifications of the people who do the work: 5/5 ANAB's public certification-body directory lists SGS North America Inc. (certificate SGS-MS-3454, New Jersey) with status 'Accredited' and an explicit scope covering ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 42001 alongside ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, AS9100 and AS9120, directly checkable against the published register; the directory does not itself display an issue/expiry date for the certificate. ### What it publishes about fees: 1/5 SGS's US ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 service pages carry a 'Request a quote' / 'Contact Us' call to action with no prices, rate card or worked cost example published anywhere on the pages checked. ### Knowledge of your sector: 2/5 SGS North America's ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 service pages carry generic descriptive copy only, with no named US practitioners, auditor biographies or sector-specific case studies found; the ANAB directory record names a single administrative contact rather than technical specialists. ### Independence from what it sells: 3/5 SGS North America publicly sells ISO 9001 training on the same sgs.com domain as its ANAB-accredited ISO 9001 certification, and no specific, locatable published impartiality policy document for the US entity was found (as of 2026-09-20) describing how certification is kept separate from that training/consulting-adjacent work. SGS's own group-level impartiality-committee framework and separate 'Consulting' service line (documented for the sister SGS UK record in this dataset) could not be independently re-confirmed for SGS North America Inc. specifically. ### Who carries the risk if the advice is wrong: 1/5 No professional indemnity insurance level, liability cap or stated incident-support commitment specific to SGS North America Inc.'s certification services was found published on sgs.com's US pages, including its general terms-and-conditions page, within the pages checked. ## Sources for SGS North America Every line carries the page it was read on and the date it was checked. - SGS North America Inc. is a registered New Jersey business entity (foreign corporation). - Source: https://www.njportal.com/DOR/BusinessNameSearch/Search/EntityId - Checked: 2026-09-20 - SGS North America Inc. holds a current ANAB accreditation as a management-systems certification body, with an explicit multi-standard scope. - Source: https://anabdirectory.remoteauditor.com/Certificate/Browse?CertificationBody=SGS&StandardId=02872A81-2FB3-44CD-90C9-65A75CAF4696 - Checked: 2026-09-20 - SGS's US ISO/IEC 27001 certification page publishes no prices and routes enquiries to a quote request. - Source: https://www.sgs.com/en-us/service-groups/iso-iec-27001-information-security - Checked: 2026-09-20 - SGS sells ISO 9001 management-system training as a distinct commercial service on the same US site as its ANAB-accredited ISO 9001 certification. - Source: https://www.sgs.com/en-us/service-groups/iso-9001-training - Checked: 2026-09-20 - SGS's parent group states its global operating scale on its own corporate site. - Source: https://www.sgs.com/en/our-company/about-sgs - 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: Not published - Independent accreditation: Published - Client results: Not published - How it uses AI: Not published ## Strengths - Holds a current ANAB accreditation (certificate SGS-MS-3454) with an explicit scope covering ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 42001, directly checkable in ANAB's public certification-body directory. - Legal identity independently confirmed via New Jersey's Division of Revenue & Enterprise Services business register (entity 0100185137, on file since 1/5/1983). - Backed by the large, long-established SGS group (SGS's own site cites 100,000+ employees and 2,500+ labs/facilities across 115 countries), giving operational scale and continuity beyond a small independent certifier. ## Things to check Each one carries the factual basis it rests on. - No prices, rate card or worked cost example are published for SGS North America's ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO 9001 certification services; all enquiries route to a quote-request form. - Basis: https://www.sgs.com/en-us/service-groups/iso-iec-27001-information-security, checked 2026-09-20, shows 'Request a quote' / 'Contact Us' with no pricing content. - SGS sells ISO 9001 management-system training directly to the same US market as its ANAB-accredited ISO 9001 certification, without a locatable published impartiality policy explaining how the two are kept separate. - Basis: https://www.sgs.com/en-us/service-groups/iso-9001-training advertises training on the same standard SGS is accredited to certify (ANAB certificate SGS-MS-3454); no distinct impartiality/independence statement for SGS North America was found on sgs.com despite search. - No professional indemnity insurance level, liability cap or stated incident-support commitment specific to SGS North America Inc.'s certification services was found published on its US site. - Basis: Checked https://www.sgs.com/en-us/terms-and-conditions and the ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 service pages on 2026-09-20; none discloses PI cover or liability terms for the certification business. - No named lead auditors, practitioner credentials or ISO 27001/42001-specific US client case studies were found; the only named contact in the public accreditation record is an administrative contact, not a technical specialist. - Basis: ANAB directory record for SGS-MS-3454 lists Contact Name 'Viq Mohammed' with no auditor names or case studies; https://anabdirectory.remoteauditor.com/Certificate/Browse?CertificationBody=SGS&StandardId=02872A81-2FB3-44CD-90C9-65A75CAF4696, checked 2026-09-20. ## 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. 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