The AFNOR Association, responsible for a mission of general interest, constitutes with its subsidiaries an international group serving sustainable development. The Group, with 1270 employees, 37 sites worldwide and 68,000 customers, has been designing solutions based on voluntary standards, a source of progress and trust, since 1926. Its vocation is to support organizations and individuals in spreading this confidence. This support is provided through 4 areas of expertise.
Four international businesses
As the driving force behind the French standardization system, AFNOR Normalisation supports and guides professionals in drawing up national and international voluntary standards.
The official distributor of voluntary standards in France, AFNOR Editions offers professional and technical information and monitoring solutions, designed for easy online use.
AFNOR Compétences offers a complete range of training, coaching and consulting solutions for all organizations and individuals wishing to guarantee, enhance and certify a market-recognized increase in skills.
AFNOR Certification provides services and engineering for the certification and assessment of products, systems, services and skills, delivered under brands such as AFAQ, NF, or European Ecolabel.
Key figures
The Group
188.7 M€CA2023 Group
21%weight ofinternational business
37 international locations
13 locationsin France
1,270 employees, 21% of whom work outside France
Our business lines
650 authors
3,000 auditors evaluators
600 trainers consultants
22,000 professionals involved in standardization
Our customers
68,000 customers
7,500 customers in 100 foreign countries
1,600 association members
73% SME/VSEas % of sales
Our requirements
97/100 index gender pay equality
5,461 teqCO2 i.e. 36.8 g/euro sales France (carbon footprint)
A century of history
1926… 2016: ninety years is not too long to build trust! Focus on AFNOR’s milestones.
The AFNOR association From the filing of the articles of association, to the merger with AFAQ and then UTE, to membership of CEN on behalf of France, relive the key dates in the history of the AFNOR association.
The men Jean Tribot-Laspière, Boris Vian, Bernard Vaucelle, Philippe Boulin, Henri Martre, Alan Bryden, François Ailleret, Olivier Peyrat, Claude Satinet: they all shaped AFNOR!
Voluntary standards Characteristics of breeze blocks, dimensions of shipping containers, A4 paper format, light bulb bases, quality management, social responsibility… All these subjects are AFNOR standards!
The NF mark, AFAQ certificates, NF Environnement range, European ecolabel, Equality label, not forgetting the visual identity embodied by the different generations of logos… The AFNOR Group is also 90 years of brands!
AFNOR has always been close to its customers and partners, with a growing number of regional delegations, the relocation of its head office, the creation of tools to better understand voluntary standards, and the publication of an educational book.
