The global push to decarbonize industrial and energy systems is placing hydrogen at the center of long-term clean energy strategies. Governments in the U.S., China, Japan, South Korea, and across the EU are committing substantial funding to hydrogen infrastructure, while regulatory frameworks are mandating independent verification of hydrogen safety, origin, and emissions intensity. This combination of infrastructure build-out and compliance pressure is creating sustained, structural demand for testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services across the entire hydrogen value chain.
The global hydrogen technology TIC market was valued at $4.7 billion in 2025 and is forecast to reach $11.8 billion by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 17.4% over the 2026–2031 period. That growth trajectory reflects the scale of hydrogen project pipelines accumulating across major economies, alongside tightening standards for safety, purity, and carbon verification. Every electrolyzer installed, every pipeline commissioned, and every refueling station opened requires independent technical validation before it can operate.
Five companies stand out for the depth and breadth of their hydrogen TIC activities: Bureau Veritas, Intertek Group Plc, Applus+, DEKRA Automobil GmbH, and DNV AS. Each brings a distinct combination of service scope, geographic reach, and technical capability to this market.
Among the three service types, testing is the dominant category by a considerable margin, accounting for $2.9 billion of the 2025 market — a 62.1% share — growing at a CAGR of 16.4%. The scale reflects a simple reality: almost every hydrogen asset requires technical validation for pressure, leakage, purity, performance, and safety before it can be certified or put into operation. Inspection follows at $1.2 billion, providing the ongoing assurance needed throughout the operational life of hydrogen systems. Certification is the smallest but fastest-growing category at $543.8 million in 2025, with a projected CAGR of 20.4% through 2031, driven by mandatory and voluntary schemes that link subsidies and market access to verified origin and emissions credentials.
On the process side, generation holds the largest share, reaching $2.5 billion in 2025. As the foundational, high-risk stage involving reforming and electrolysis, it attracts the most intensive safety and compliance scrutiny. Storage follows at $1.4 billion, where TIC demand is driven by the hazards inherent in high-pressure and cryogenic conditions. Transportation is the fastest-growing process segment at a CAGR of 20.1%, fueled by the expansion of fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen refueling stations, and government-backed mobility initiatives. Asia-Pacific leads all regions with a 53.8% share of the 2025 market, underpinned by hydrogen strategies in China, Japan, and South Korea, and is projected to reach $5.9 billion by 2031. North America holds second place at 25.1%, supported by the DOE's Clean Hydrogen Hubs program and Inflation Reduction Act incentives, while Europe at 15.1% is experiencing the fastest growth trajectory of any major region at a projected CAGR of 21.8%, driven by EU regulatory mandates including RFNBO requirements under RED III.
• Headquarters: Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
• Founded: 1828
• Revenue: $7,314.4 million (FY2025)
• Employees: 84,245
• Focus: Testing, inspection, and certification across marine, agri-food, industry, buildings, consumer products, and certification
Bureau Veritas serves the full hydrogen value chain — production, storage, transportation, and maritime applications — with a particular emphasis on safety, compliance, and sustainability. The company holds recognition under both the CertifHy Non-Governmental Certification scheme and the CertifHy EU RFNBO Voluntary Scheme, positioning it directly in the fastest-growing TIC service segment. Its maritime hydrogen work, including classification rules for hydrogen-fueled ships and fuel cell applications, addresses an emerging application area with long-term growth potential.
• Headquarters: London, U.K.
• Founded: 1885
• Revenue: $4,856.9 million (FY2025)
• Employees: 45,425
• Focus: Consumer products, health and safety, industry and infrastructure, corporate assurance, and energy
Intertek's Total Quality Assurance model extends across the hydrogen value chain from production through storage, transportation, and end-use technologies. In 2025, the company participated as a testing and technical assurance provider in a Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers project — an emerging transport technology with implications for long-distance, cross-border hydrogen trade. Intertek is also expanding geographically in Latin America and has launched real-time corrosion under insulation screening services, broadening its inspection offer for industrial hydrogen infrastructure.
• Headquarters: Madrid, Spain
• Founded: 1996
• Revenue: $2,390.6 million (FY2024)
• Employees: 28,034
• Focus: Energy and infrastructure, automotive testing, laboratories, hydrogen TIC, and technical consulting
Applus+ approaches hydrogen TIC from both a technical consulting and field services perspective, covering production plants, storage systems, pipelines, and infrastructure. The company provides hydrogen consulting engineering, safety risk analysis, environmental studies, and testing and inspection services across the full project lifecycle. Its IDIADA division, with a contract renewed for 25 years, supports advanced testing for hydrogen and fuel cell vehicle applications, giving Applus+ exposure to the transportation application segment — projected to be the fastest-growing at a CAGR of 22.2% through 2031.
• Headquarters: Stuttgart, Germany
• Founded: 1925
• Revenue: $5,024.2 million (FY2025)
• Employees: 48,155
• Focus: Vehicle inspection, industrial services, digital products, people and process services, and hydrogen TIC
DEKRA holds formal status as a certification body under both the CertifHy EU RFNBO Voluntary Scheme and the CertifHy Non-Governmental Certification scheme, giving it a recognized role in the green hydrogen origin certification ecosystem that regulators and industrial buyers are increasingly requiring. The company covers hydrogen TIC from generation through transport, distribution, and end-use across industry, vehicles, and energy applications. DEKRA also develops hydrogen testing and safety technology internally, and its APAC operations reached $296.4 million in 2025, reflecting growing exposure to the region that leads global hydrogen TIC demand.
• Headquarters: Hovik, Norway
• Founded: 1864
• Revenue: $3,402.4 million (FY2025)
• Employees: 15,380
• Focus: Maritime classification, energy systems, business assurance, supply chain and product assurance, and digital solutions
DNV occupies a distinct position in this market as both a TIC provider and a standards developer. The company authored DNV ST-J301, the dedicated certification standard for electrolyzer systems, which addresses a gap that had complicated project financing and regulatory approval for green hydrogen production facilities. DNV operates across more than 100 countries and covers the full hydrogen value chain with testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services. Growth is supported by strong maritime classification performance, energy transition activity, and acquisitions in adjacent disciplines including cybersecurity and sustainability.
The global hydrogen technology TIC market is expanding rapidly because the physical properties of hydrogen, the scale of infrastructure investment, and the breadth of new regulatory requirements all demand rigorous, independent verification. Testing, inspection, and certification are not optional steps in this value chain — they are prerequisites for operation, financing, and regulatory compliance. The five companies profiled here have each built meaningful positions across different dimensions of this demand, from green hydrogen origin certification and electrolyzer standards to LOHC assurance and maritime classification.
Looking to 2031, the fastest-growing segments — certification, the transportation application, and material compatibility testing — point toward where competitive differentiation will matter most. Companies that combine global reach, specialized technical expertise, and recognized accreditation will be best placed to capture share as hydrogen infrastructure scales across Asia-Pacific, North America, and Europe. The trajectory of the market over the next several years will be shaped as much by regulatory development as by technology deployment, and TIC providers are positioned at that intersection.
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