List of technical standard organizations

This is a list of technical standardization organizations.

International standards organizations

3GPP – 3rd Generation Partnership Project
3GPP2 – 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2
ABYC – The American Boat & Yacht Council
Accellera – Accellera Organization
A4L – Access for Learning Community
AES – Audio Engineering Society
AHRI - Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
ASAM – Association for Automation and Measuring Systems
ASHRAE – American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM International - American Society for Testing and Materials
ATIS – Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
AUTOSAR – AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture
BIPM, CGPM, and CIPM – Bureau International des Poids et Mesures and the related organizations established under the Metre Convention of 1875.
CableLabs – Cable Television Laboratories
CCC – Car Connectivity Consortium
CCSDS – Consultative Committee for Space Data Sciences
CIE – International Commission on Illumination
CISPR – International Special Committee on Radio Interference
CFA – Compact flash association
DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DDEX – Digital Data Exchange
DMSC - Digital Metrology Standards Consortium
DMTF – Distributed Management Task Force
Ecma International – Ecma International
EKOenergy – EKOenergy Network managed by environmental NGOs
FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAI – Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
GS1 – Global supply chain standards
HGI – Home Gateway Initiative
HFSB – Hedge Fund Standards Board
HROpen – Human Resource data exchange standards body
IABTL – IAB Tech Lab
IATA – International Air Transport Association
ICAO – International Civil Aviation Organization
IEC – International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
*IEEE-SA – IEEE Standards Association
IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force
IFOAM – International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
IFSWF – International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
IMO – International Maritime Organization
IMS – IMS Global Learning Consortium
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
ISSN -International Standard Serial Number centre
IPTC – International Press Telecommunications Council
ITU – The International Telecommunication Union
* ITU-R – ITU Radiocommunications Sector
* ITU-T – ITU Telecommunications Sector
* ITU-D – ITU Telecom Development
IUPAC – International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Khronos Group - Khronos Group
Liberty Alliance – Liberty Alliance
Media Grid – Media Grid Standards Organization
NACE International – Formerly known as National Association of Corrosion Engineers
NEMA – National Electrical Manufacturers Association
OASIS – Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCF – Open Connectivity Foundation
OGC – Open Geospatial Consortium
OHICC – Organization of Hotel Industry Classification & Certification
OIF – Optical Internetworking Forum
OMA – Open Mobile Alliance
OMG – Object Management Group
OGF – Open Grid Forum and Enterprise Grid Alliance )
OpenTravel Alliance – OpenTravel Alliance
OSGi – OSGi Alliance
PESC – P20 Education Standards Council
SAE – SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers
SAI – Social Accountability International
SDA – Secure Digital Association
SNIA – Storage Networking Industry Association
SMPTE – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
SSDA – Solid State Drive Alliance
The Open Group – The Open Group
TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
TM Forum – Telemanagement Forum
UIC – International Union of Railways
UL – Underwriters Laboratories
Unicode Consortium - Unicode Consortium
UPU – Universal Postal Union
WMO – World Meteorological Organization
W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
WSA – Website Standards Association
WHO biological standards – Mostly developed by NIBSC
XSF – The XMPP Standards Foundation

Regional standards organizations

Africa

ARSO – African Organization for Standardization
SADCSTAN – Southern African Development Community (SADC) Cooperation in Standardization
SON – Standard Organization of Nigeria

Americas

COPANT – Pan American Standards Commission
AMN – MERCOSUR Standardization Association
CROSQ – CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality
AAQG – America's Aerospace Quality Group

Asia Pacific

PASC – Pacific Area Standards Congress
ACCSQ – ASEAN Consultative Committee for Standards and Quality

Europe

CEN – European Committee for Standardization
CENELEC – European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
ECSS – European Cooperation for Space Standardization
EIGA – European Industrial Gases Association
ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EURAMET – European Association of National Metrology Institutes
IRMM – Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements
EASC – Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
RoyalCert International Registrars
WELMEC – European Cooperation in Legal Metrology

Middle East

AIDMO – Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization
IAU* – International Arabic Union

Nationally-based standards organizations

This list is not limited to ISO members.

Afghanistan – ANSA – Afghan National Standard Authority
Algeria – IANOR – Institut algérien de normalisation
Argentina – IRAM – Instituto Argentino de Normalización
Armenia – SARM – National Institute of Standards and Quality
Australia – SA – Standards Australia
Austria – ASI – Austrian Standards International
Bahrain – BSMD
Bangladesh – BSTI – Bangladesh Standards and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
Barbados – BNSI – Barbados National Standards Institution
Belarus – BELST – Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification of Belarus
Belgium – NBN – Bureau voor Normalisatie/Bureau de Normalisation
Belgium – BEC / CEB – The Belgian Electrotechnical Committee – Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité – Comité Electrotechnique Belge
Bolivia – IBNORCA – Instituto Boliviano de Normalización y Calidad
Botswana – BOBS – Botswana Bureau of Standards
Bosnia and Herzegovina – BASMP – Institute for Standards, Metrology and Intellectual Property of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil – ABNT – Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
Brunei Darussalam – CPRU – Construction Planning and Research Unit, Ministry of Development
Bulgaria – BDS – Bulgarian Institute for Standardization
Canada
* SCC – Standards Council of Canada
* CSA – Canadian Standards Association
* Centre for Study of Insurance Operations
Chile – INN – Instituto Nacional de Normalizacion
China – SAC – Standardization Administration of China
China – CSSN – China Standards Information Center
Colombia – ICONTEC – Instituto Colombiano de Normas Tecnicas y Certificación
Costa Rica – INTECO – Instituto de Normas Técnicas de Costa Rica
Croatia – DZNM – State Office for Standardization and Metrology
Cuba – NC – Oficina Nacional de Normalización
Czech Republic – CSNI – Czech Standards Institute
Denmark – DS – Dansk Standard
Ecuador – INEN – Instituto Ecuatoriano de Normalización
Egypt – EO – Egyptian Organization for Standardization and Quality Control
El Salvador – CONACYT – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Estonia – EVS – Eesti Standardikeskus
Ethiopia – QSAE – Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia
Finland – SFS – Finnish Standards Association
France – AFNOR – Association française de normalisation
Germany
* DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung
* DKE – Deutsche Kommission für Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik in DIN und VDE
* Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik
Georgia – GEOSTM – Georgian National Agency for Standards, Technical Regulations and Metrology
Ghana GSA- Ghana Standards Authority
Greece – ELOT – Hellenic Organization for Standardization
Grenada – GDBS – Grenada Bureau of Standards
Guatemala – COGUANOR – Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas
Guyana – GNBS – Guyana National Bureau of Standards
Hong Kong – ITCHKSAR – Innovation and Technology Commission
Hungary – MSZT – Magyar Szabványügyi Testület
Iceland – IST – Icelandic Council for Standardization
India – BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
Indonesia – BSN – Badan Standardisasi Nasional
Iran – INSO – Iran National Standards Organization
Ireland – NSAI – National Standards Authority of Ireland
Israel – SII – The Standards Institution of Israel
Italy – UNI – Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
Jamaica – BSJ – Bureau of Standards, Jamaica
Japan – JISC – Japan Industrial Standards Committee
Jordan – JISM – Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology
Kazakhstan – KAZMEMST – Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Certification
Kenya – KEBS – Kenya Bureau of Standards
Republic of Korea – KATS – Korean Agency for Technology and Standards
Kuwait – KOWSMD – Public Authority for Industry, Standards and Industrial Services Affairs
Kyrgyzstan – KYRGYZST – State Inspection for Standardization and Metrology
Latvia – LVS – Latvian Standard
Lebanon – LIBNOR – Lebanese Standards Institution
Lithuania – LST – Lithuanian Standards Board
Luxembourg – SEE – Service de l'Energie de l'Etat, Organisme Luxembourgeois de Normalisation
Malaysia – DSM – Department of Standards Malaysia
Malta – MSA – Malta Standards Authority
Mauritius – MSB – Mauritius Standards Bureau
Mexico – DGN – Dirección General de Normas
Moldova – MOLDST – Department of Standardization and Metrology
Morocco – SNIMA – Service de Normalisation Industrielle Marocaine
Nepal – NBSM— Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology
Netherlands – NEN – Nederlandse Norm, maintained by the Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut
New Zealand – SNZ – Standards New Zealand
Nicaragua – DTNM – Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología
Nigeria – SON – Standards Organisation of Nigeria
Norway – SN – Standards Norway
Oman – DGSM – Directorate General for Specifications and Measurements
Pakistan – PSQCA – Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority
Palestine – PSI – Palestine Standards Institution
Panama – COPANIT – Comisión Panameña de Normas Industriales y Técnicas
Papua New Guinea – NISIT – National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology
Peru – INDECOPI – Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual
Philippines – BPS – Bureau of Product Standards
Poland – PKN – Polish Committee for Standardization
Portugal – IPQ – Instituto Português da Qualidade
Romania – ASRO – Asociatia de Standardizare din România
Russian Federation – Rosstandart – Federal Technical Regulation and Metrology Agency
Saint Lucia – SLBS – Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
Saudi Arabia – SASO & SABER Certificate – Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
Serbia and Montenegro – ISSM -Institution for Standardization of Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles – SBS – Seychelles Bureau of Standards
Singapore – SPRING SG – Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board
Slovakia – SUTN – Slovak Standards Institute
Slovenia – SIST – Slovenian Institute for Standardization
Somalia – SOBS – Somali Bureau of Standards
South Africa – SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
Spain – UNE— Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación
Sri Lanka – SLSI – Sri Lanka Standards Institution
Suriname – SSB – Suriname Standards Bureau
Sweden – SIS – Swedish Standards Institute
Switzerland – SNV – Swiss Association for Standardization
Syrian Arab Republic – SASMO – The Syrian Arab Organization for Standardization and Metrology
Taiwan – BSMI – The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection
Tanzania – TBS – Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Thailand – TISI – Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Trinidad and Tobago – TTBS – Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
Turkey – TSE – Türk Standardlari Enstitüsü
Uganda – UNBS – Uganda National Bureau of Standards
Ukraine – DSSU – State Committee for Technical Regulation and Consumer Policy of Ukraine
United Arab Emirates – ESMA – Emirates Standardization and Metrology Association
United Kingdom
* BSI – British Standards Institution aka BSI Group
* DStan – UK Defence Standardization
United States of America
* ANSI – American National Standards Institute
* ACI – American Concrete Institute
* NISO – National Information Standards Organization
* NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology
Uruguay – UNIT – Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas
Venezuela – FONDONORMA – Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad
Vietnam – TCVN – Directorate for Standards and Quality