Blog / The Complete Guide to FCC-Accredited Test Labs (591 Labs) April 27, 2026 · 9 min read · Chris Testa industry build-in-public labs If you're bringing a hardware product to market in the US, you need an FCC-accredited test lab. Wireless devices, unintentional radiators, anything that emits RF energy: it goes through a test lab before it can legally be sold. There are 591 FCC-recognized test labs worldwide. We pulled the complete dataset from the FCC, enriched every record with accreditation status, capabilities, and location data, and built a searchable directory out of it. Here's what the landscape actually looks like. What "FCC-accredited" actually means The FCC doesn't run its own test labs. It recognizes private labs that have been accredited by approved Test Firm Accreditation Bodies (TFABs). Organizations like A2LA in the US, MIC in Japan, and BSMI in Taiwan are each authorized by the FCC to certify that a lab meets ISO/IEC 17025 standards for EMC and RF testing.…