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 (ABYC is an international organization, despite its name)
 * Accellera – Accellera Organization
 * A4L – Access for Learning Community (formerly known as the Schools Interoperability Framework)
 * 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 (ASHRAE is an international organization, despite its name)
 * 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 (previously called ECMA)
 * 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 (identification numbers, barcodes, electronic commerce transactions, RFID)
 * HGI – Home Gateway Initiative
 * HFSB – Hedge Fund Standards Board
 * HROpen – Human Resource (HR) data exchange standards body
 * IABTL – IAB Tech Lab (Advertising Technology Standards)
 * IAQG – International Aerospace Quality Group (Aerospace Quality Standards)
 * 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 (formerly known as CCIR)
 * ITU-T – ITU Telecommunications Sector (formerly known as CCITT)
 * ITU-D – ITU Telecom Development (formerly known as BDT)
 * 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 (merger of Global Grid Forum (GGF) and Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA))
 * OpenTravel Alliance – OpenTravel Alliance (previously known as OTA
 * 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

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 (European Union)
 * 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 (formerly: IBN/BIN)
 * 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 – ISIRI – Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran
 * 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 (NNI)
 * New Zealand – SNZ – Standards New Zealand
 * Nicaragua – DTNM – Dirección de Tecnología, Normalización y Metrología
 * Nigeria – SON – Standards Organisation of Nigeria
 * Norway – SN – Standards Norway (Standard Norge)
 * 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 – 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 (AENOR)
 * 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 (Republic of China) – 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