Industry Report

The 20 Most Common Test Methods in European Accredited Labs

We ranked every canonical test method in the ScopeMatch database by the number of accredited laboratories that hold it. The result is a buyer-friendly map of testing availability across seven European countries.

ScopeMatch Research Updated October 2026 Published March 2026
10,090
Accredited laboratories
119,634
Canonical capabilities
7
Countries
# Test Method Category Country Breakdown Labs
1
ISO 6222
 Food Safety Testing
IT 571 FR 155 ES 32 NL 22 DE 19 BE 8 GB 2
809
2
ISO 7899-2
 Food Safety Testing
IT 555 FR 157 ES 31 NL 14 DE 10 BE 8 GB 1
776
3
ISO 4833-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 482 FR 154 ES 48 DE 33 NL 25 GB 22 BE 4
768
4
ISO 9308-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 534 FR 145 ES 28 NL 19 DE 18 BE 5 GB 1
750
5
ISO 16649-2
 Food Microbiology
IT 395 FR 153 ES 86 DE 39 NL 20 GB 6 BE 5
704
6
ISO 6579-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 343 FR 168 ES 58 DE 50 NL 31 GB 26 BE 4
680
7
ISO 21528-2
 Food Microbiology
IT 396 FR 92 ES 56 DE 42 GB 21 NL 20 BE 5
632
8
ISO 11731
 Food Safety Testing
IT 481 DE 80 NL 22 ES 10 GB 7 BE 4 FR 1
605
9
ISO 11290-1
 Food Microbiology
IT 269 FR 160 DE 38 ES 30 GB 21 NL 18
536
10
ISO 19458
 Technical Cleanliness
DE 341 IT 161 ES 9 FR 5 NL 4 BE 3
523
11
ISO 16266
 Food Safety Testing
IT 323 FR 139 DE 17 ES 11 NL 4 BE 4 GB 1
499
12
ISO 18593
 Food Safety Testing
IT 441 DE 26 FR 22 NL 2 ES 1
492
13
ISO 4832
 Food Safety Testing
IT 318 FR 49 ES 40 DE 38 NL 15 GB 6 BE 5
471
14
DIN EN ISO 4833-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 353 FR 67 DE 29 NL 10
459
15
ISO 10523
 Elemental Analysis
FR 180 IT 159 DE 84 ES 20 BE 7 NL 6 GB 1
457
16
DIN EN ISO 19458
 Food Safety Testing
DE 317 IT 106 NL 21 FR 8 ES 1
453
17
ISO 11290-2
 Food Safety Testing
IT 202 FR 141 DE 37 ES 33 GB 19 NL 13 BE 1
446
18
BS EN ISO 17294-2
 Spectroscopy (XRF, ICP, AAS)
IT 257 DE 108 FR 63 ES 4 NL 2 BE 2 GB 1
437
19
DIN EN ISO 6579-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 212 FR 145 DE 52 NL 18 ES 5 GB 2
434
20
ISO 15705
 Elemental Analysis
IT 238 FR 102 ES 50 DE 16 NL 4 BE 4 GB 1
415

Methodology

This ranking counts the number of distinct accredited laboratories holding each canonical test method across all seven national accreditation bodies in the ScopeMatch database: DAkkS (Germany), UKAS (United Kingdom), COFRAC (France), RvA (Netherlands), ACCREDIA (Italy), ENAC (Spain), and BELAC (Belgium).

"Canonical test method" means the normalised capability after mapping national-language scope document entries (e.g. "DIN EN ISO 6892-1:2020-06") to a single identifier. A laboratory is counted once per method regardless of how many national variants it holds.

All figures reflect the ScopeMatch database as of October 2026.

Find an accredited lab for any of these methods

Search our directory of 10,090 accredited laboratories across Europe.

Search laboratories
0 labs selected
Compare