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How many U.K. Recruitment companies are ISO9000 certified?
Hello! Thank you for your question about the number of UK recruitment companies that are ISO 9001 certified. The most useful sources we found for answering your question include ISO.org and factual.com.
Unfortunately, there are no formal databases of registered ISO 9001 certified organizations that have been made available to the public. From what we discovered in our research, statistics on ISO certification are somewhat more complicated than one would expect at first glance, which means we were unable to pinpoint specific figures, and instead we used estimations based on the compiled data we gathered to calculate usable, working figures for your sales pitch.
The short answer to your question is that Recart is among 3.9% of companies in the U.K. that are ISO 9001 certified (one of approximately 2,800 certified recruitment agencies in the nation), and it is among 1% of certified companies world wide.
In my deep dive below, I have broken down our research and provided insights into our calculations, including our research methodology and additional information about ISO 9001 certification.
METHODOLOGY
Our team began the research process by looking specifically for ISO certification among recruitment agencies in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, because there is no formal database of certified organizations, we could not locate readily-compiled information that specifically pointed to recruitment agencies. From there, we moved into the triangulation process. We began searching for surveys and additional statistics about ISO 9001 certification, both globally and nationally across the board. Using this method, we were able to locate enough sources to triangulate data which allowed us to come to a comfortably accurate percentile.
INSIGHTS
During the research process, we discovered that there are 76,703 companies listed among the human resources segment in the United Kingdom. Given this information, we can confirm that 72,000 is an accurate estimation for the number of recruitment agencies in the nation. Utilizing the estimation of 72,000, we were able to apply data published by ISO.org that specifically states there are 40,161 companies in United Kingdom with ISO 9001 certifications. The same survey also indicates that 1,034,180 companies have obtained certifications worldwide.
Incidentally, this represents a .2% decrease in the number of firms that have a certification, since the year 2014. Presumably, a decrease in certification percentiles is made possible by the fact that certifications do expire, and some companies may elect to forego renewal.
ISO.org has also confirmed that, on a worldwide stage, only about 1% of companies obtain ISO certification. However, survey data indicates that the United Kingdom has a certification rate of just under 3.9% (40,161 is approximately 3.9% of 1,034,180). This means the UK has a certification rate that is 2.9% higher than that of the global average.
CONCLUSION
To recap, we were able to determine that approximately 2,808 recruitment companies out of the estimated 72,000 have obtained ISO 9001 certification, which means Recart is among 3.9% of companies in the U.K. that are ISO 9001 certified (one of approximately 2,800 certified recruitment agencies in the nation), and it is among 1% of certified companies world wide.
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