At the end of 2024, organizations in Germany held 45,983 valid certificates under ISO 9001, the international standard for quality management systems. The certificates covered 104,193 sites. In the ISO Survey for 2024, Germany ranked fifth in the world, after China, Italy, India and South Korea.
The figures change from year to year. A German publisher for quality management called the 2023 figures unscharf, blurred, because not all certification bodies report to the survey.