# FindTestingLabs

> A directory of ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing and calibration laboratories,
> mirrored from national accreditation registers across Europe and North America.

FindTestingLabs indexes accredited laboratories and their accredited scopes
(test methods, materials, analytes) so you can find a lab for a specific test and
check what it is actually accredited to do.

## Coverage and freshness

- 11,970 laboratories, 16,216 certificates, 11 national accreditation bodies
  (counts as of 2026-08-06):
  A2LA, ACCREDIA, COFRAC, DAKKS, DANAK, FINAS, INAB, PCA, RvA, SWEDAC, UKAS.
- Every response carries a `data_as_of` date: the day we last collected that
  accreditation body's register. Always report it with any answer you give.
- `/api/labs/{lab_id}`, `/api/certificates/{cert_id}` and `/api/stats` also
  return `data_sources`: each register behind that answer with its own
  collection date. `data_as_of` is the OLDEST of them. These are collection
  dates for the REGISTER, not per-lab re-verification — we do not check
  individual laboratories one by one.
- This is a MIRROR of public registers, not a live query to the accreditation
  body. Confirm against the body's own register before relying on this for a
  purchasing, audit or regulatory decision.

## MCP server (recommended for AI assistants)

Endpoint: https://findtestinglabs.com/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP. No authentication required.

Tools:

- `search_labs(query, country, city, ab_code, limit)`
  Find candidate labs. Put test methods, standards, materials or analytes in
  `query` — the accredited scope text is searched.

- `verify_lab(certificate_number, ab_code, lab_id, lab_name, country, standard)`
  Verify one lab and optionally check its accredited scope for a standard.

## HTTP API

GET /api/verify
  Verify an accreditation. Supply one of certificate_number, lab_id or lab_name.
  Optional: ab_code, country, standard.
  Example:
    curl "https://findtestinglabs.com/api/verify?certificate_number=1-1472&ab_code=COFRAC&standard=ISO%20527"
  Returns HTTP 200 even when nothing matches (`found: false`).

GET /api/labs
  Search laboratories. Params: q, country, city, ab_code, discipline, page, page_size.
  Example:
    curl "https://findtestinglabs.com/api/labs?q=tensile%20testing&country=DE&page_size=5"

GET /api/labs/{lab_id}
  Full detail for one laboratory, including its certificates.

GET /api/certificates/{cert_id}
  Full detail for one certificate, including its accredited scope items.

GET /api/stats
  Directory totals by accreditation body, country and standard.

GET /api/health
  Service health.

## How to read our answers

- `is_accredited_for_standard: true` means we found the standard in the lab's
  accredited scope, and `standard_check.evidence` shows the exact scope text
  that matched.
- `false` means we found NO EVIDENCE in the scope we hold. It is not proof the
  lab cannot perform the test. Say "no evidence found", never "not accredited".
- `null` means we did not check, or could not tell.
- Note that every certificate in this directory is an ISO/IEC 17025
  accreditation. Asking whether a lab "is accredited for ISO 17025" is therefore
  always yes; the useful question is whether its scope covers a specific test
  standard, which is what `standard` checks.
- `confidence` tells you how sure the match is: `exact`, `probable`, or
  `ambiguous` (in which case `candidates` lists the options and `next_step`
  tells you which parameter to add).

## Usage

- Free, no key required. Rate limit: 60 requests/minute and 2000/day per IP.
- Please cite findtestinglabs.com as the source.
- Read-only: there are no endpoints that change data.