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Singapore

Singapore's national accreditation body is managed by Enterprise Singapore, not a standalone statutory authority.

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Population6,111,175 (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
GDP$603.9B (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
GDP per capita$98,814 (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
Trade (goods + services, % of GDP)320.3% (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
Foreign direct investment (net inflows)$159.1B net inflow (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
Income levelHigh income (2026)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
Inflation (annual)0.9% (2025)World Bank Open Data · retrieved
Human Development Index0.946 · World rank #13 (2023)UNDP Human Development Report 2025 · retrieved
CapitalSingaporeWorld Bank Open Data · retrieved
CurrencySingapore dollar (SGD)Wikidata · retrieved
Founded9 August 1965 — Proclamation of SingaporeWikipedia · retrieved

Verified against primary sources as of 17 August 2026. Laws and figures change — confirm current requirements before relying on this page.

Singapore: 4 verified country-layer records — legal permit (1), conditional requirement (2), legal obligation (1). 1 accreditation body is listed for this jurisdiction. Each record below carries its legal instrument, who it binds, and the date it was last verified against its primary source.

Records
4
Accreditation bodies
1

National accreditation

Mandatory and regulatory records

Verified from primary sources, grouped by how binding each one is. None of these is a certificate; each carries the instrument it comes from and the date it was last checked.

Legal permit

Legal obligation

How this jurisdiction is structured

SAC is Singapore's national accreditation body

The Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC) describes itself as "the national accreditation body," managed by Enterprise Singapore (itself a statutory board under the Enterprise Singapore Board Act 2018). SAC accredits testing and calibration laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies and proficiency-testing providers. No instrument equivalent to the UK's SI 2009/3155 — separately naming SAC as the sole legally-appointed accreditation body — was found this round.

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SAC is a Global ACI Full Member

Singapore's entry in the Global ACI Full Members registry lists the Singapore Accreditation Council as its sole accreditation body. SAC's own page separately describes itself as a "pioneer member" of the ILAC and APAC mutual recognition arrangements, recognised worldwide by MRA members across 104 economies — a description carried over from before the 1 January 2026 transition to the single Global ACI MRA.

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Find a SAC-accredited organisation

SACiNet is SAC's public search tool for accredited laboratories, inspection bodies, certification bodies and proficiency-testing providers.

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Consumer-product-safety regulation moved from Enterprise Singapore to CCCS

On 1 July 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Office (CPSO) and the Weights and Measures Office moved from Enterprise Singapore to the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS), which now administers the Consumer Protection (Trade Descriptions and Safety Requirements) Act 1975 and its regulations. CCCS states: "regulatory requirements, registrations, and certificates issued by the CPSO and WMO will remain valid and enforceable under CCCS's authority."

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The Workplace Safety and Health Act covers almost all workplaces

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) states: "The WSH Act covers the following: All workplaces, unless exempted." It binds employers, workplace occupiers, manufacturers and suppliers, employees, the self-employed, and platform operators and platform workers.

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Incentive and support programs

All three programs below are verified and active as of 2026-08-17 — but Enterprise Singapore's Budget 2026 page has announced they will be merged into a single scheme, EDGE, during the period covered here; a transition date was not yet published, so all three keep operating through the Business Grants Portal until it is.

Enterprise Development Grant (EDG)

Funder
Enterprise Singapore
What it provides
Support for business-transformation, innovation/productivity and market-access projects.
Eligibility
Singapore-registered businesses; applied for through the Business Grants Portal.

Not yet confirmed: Enterprise Singapore has announced EDG will be merged into a single scheme (EDGE) together with PSG and MRA; a launch date has not been published.

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Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG)

Funder
Enterprise Singapore
What it provides
Support for adopting pre-approved IT solutions and equipment to improve productivity.
Eligibility
Singapore-registered businesses; applied for through the Business Grants Portal.

Not yet confirmed: Announced for merger into EDGE (see EDG above); launch date not published.

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Market Readiness Assistance (MRA) Grant

Funder
Enterprise Singapore
What it provides
Support for businesses expanding overseas; support conditions changed on 1 April 2026.
Eligibility
Singapore-registered businesses; applied for through the Business Grants Portal.

Not yet confirmed: Announced for merger into EDGE (see EDG above); launch date not published.

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