Blog / The Complete Guide to FCC-Accredited Test Labs (591 Labs) April 27, 2026 · 9 min read · Chris Testa

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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).…