Certification Bodies Merge. Systems Don’t.
What almost 1,000 acquisitions in the global TIC market reveal about the real cost of growth.
The client list merges on day one. The audit process doesn’t. Every acquired certification body arrives with its own templates, its own reading of the standards, and its own data trail. Left alone, that becomes risk you now own.
This briefing covers what consolidation really adds to your operation, the difference between growth by addition and growth by design, and four questions worth asking before your next deal closes.
Inside
- Why almost 1,000 TIC acquisitions in 12 years make this everyone’s problem eventually (EY-Parthenon, 2025)
- The four things every acquired certification body brings with it
- Growth by addition versus growth by design, side by side
- Four questions to ask before your next acquisition