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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 six European countries.

ScopeMatch Research Updated August 2026 Published March 2026
10,364
Accredited laboratories
136,215
Canonical capabilities
6
Countries
# Test Method Category Country Breakdown Labs
1
ISO 6222
 Food Safety Testing
IT 555 FR 154 ES 31 NL 22 DE 20 BE 8 GB 2
792
2
ISO 7899-2
 Food Safety Testing
IT 538 FR 156 ES 30 NL 14 DE 10 BE 8 GB 1
757
3
ISO 9308-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 517 FR 144 ES 28 DE 19 NL 19 BE 5 GB 1
733
4
ISO 11731
 Food Safety Testing
IT 460 DE 82 NL 22 ES 10 GB 7 BE 4 FR 1
586
5
ISO 16649-2
 Food Microbiology
IT 261 FR 150 ES 86 DE 38 NL 20 GB 6 BE 5
566
6
ISO 16266
 Food Safety Testing
IT 312 FR 138 DE 19 ES 11 NL 4 BE 4 GB 1
489
7
DIN EN ISO 4833-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 353 FR 67 DE 29 NL 10
459
8
ISO 4832
 Food Safety Testing
IT 306 FR 48 ES 40 DE 38 NL 15 BE 5 GB 4
456
9
DIN EN ISO 19458
 Food Safety Testing
DE 318 IT 104 NL 21 FR 8 ES 1
452
10
ISO 6579-1
 Food Safety Testing
FR 164 IT 120 ES 58 DE 50 NL 29 GB 26 BE 4
451
11
ISO 21528-2
 Food Microbiology
IT 205 FR 91 ES 56 DE 42 GB 20 NL 20 BE 5
439
12
DIN EN ISO 6579-1
 Food Safety Testing
IT 211 FR 145 DE 52 NL 17 ES 5 GB 2
432
13
ISO 18593
 Food Safety Testing
IT 359 DE 26 FR 22 NL 2 ES 1
410
14
DIN EN ISO 10523
 Elemental Analysis
FR 176 IT 132 DE 79 NL 17 GB 1 ES 1
406
15
ISO 4833-1
 Food Safety Testing
FR 152 IT 118 ES 47 DE 33 NL 25 GB 18 BE 4
397
16
ISO 15705
 Elemental Analysis
IT 221 FR 102 ES 49 DE 16 NL 4 BE 4 GB 1
397
17
ISO 19458
 Technical Cleanliness
DE 329 IT 48 ES 8 FR 5 NL 3 BE 3
396
18
DIN EN ISO 10304-1
 Chromatography (GC, HPLC)
IT 207 DE 90 FR 81 NL 13 ES 2
393
19
ISO 21527-2
 Food Safety Testing
IT 232 DE 100 ES 24 FR 22 NL 10 GB 4 BE 1
393
20
DIN EN ISO 10523 (C 5)
 Elemental Analysis
DE 392
392

Methodology

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

"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 August 2026.

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