Facts and figures Fast facts and figures Established in 1901, BSI was the world's first national standards body The original BSI committee met for the first time on the day Queen Victoria died – 22 January 1901. One of the first standards it went on to publish was designed to reduce the number of sizes of tramway rails BSI's Kitemark™ has provided reassurance for over 100 years, and a GfK NOP survey of 1,000 UK adults in December 2010 showed that 72% recognize the BSI Kitemark and associate it with safe and reliable products and services. The first Kitemark was awarded to General Electric for Vitreous Enamelled Steel Reflectors for Lighting Fittings Together our clients account for 54% of the FTSE 100, 40% of the Fortune 500 and 24% of the Nikkei listed companies BSI is one of the world's largest independent certification bodies for management systems, with over 90,000 registered sites across the globe In 2012, BSI provided practical training for approximately 73,000 people worldwide on how to implement and operate standards The former UK Department of Trade and Industry (now known as the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) quantified standards as contributing £2.5bn annually to the UK economy. Of the world's top 25 global medical device manufacturers, 23 choose BSI as their Notified Body for CE marking certification against the EU directives BSI has been independently voted a UK Business Superbrand every year from 2003 to 2013 and its Kitemark from 2008 to 2013 Entropy Software is used at over 20,000 locations and by more than 100,000 users to improve their management systems practices. The quality management systems standard, ISO 9001 – which started life at BSI in 1979 as BS 5750 – is now recognized as the world's most successful standard having been adopted by more than one million organizations in 178 countries. BSI developed a sustainable events standard (ISO 20121) for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) was the first of its type to achieve certification. Useful figures 70,000 clients operating in 150 countries 2,500 standards were published last year 2,900 members of BSI staff 14,909 Subscribing Members 10,000 Committee Members 7,000 standards projects 34,000 current British Standards 102,390 British Standards publications sold 90,000 business locations certified by BSI 25,038 business locations certified by BSI in Asia Ranked 1st in North American and UK certification markets 3,682 Kitemark licences 7,424 CE marking certificates 18 Notified Body status (under European Directives)
