Intertek publishes H1 2026 results

IIOA member Intertek publishes its results for the first half of 2026 with headline revenue of 1,771m GBP, an increase of  6.1% at constant currency, up 5.9% at actual rates.

Across the Intertek divisions, like-for-like revenue at constant rates was the following, compared to Group-level like-for-like revenue increase of 4.9%:

• 5.3% in Consumer Products
• 10.0% in Corporate Assurance
• 6.3% in Health and Safety
• 4.5% in Industry and Infrastructure
• stable performance in World of Energy.

Specifically, Intertek reports the following on its Corporate Assurance-related business, with a revenue of £276.4m, a 10% like-for-like growth, constant currency and actual:

‘• Business Assurance LFL revenue growth was double-digit driven by increased client investments to improve the resilience of their supply chains, the continuing corporate focus on ethical supply and the greater need for sustainability assurance.
• The Assuris business reported stable LFL revenue growth. We continue to benefit from improved demand for our regulatory assurance solutions and from increased corporate investment in ESG, but our comparative H1 performance was impacted by a few large contracts that lapsed at the end of H1 2025.

2026 growth outlook: We continue to expect our Corporate Assurance division to deliver high-single digit LFL revenue growth at constant currency.

Medium- to long-term growth outlook: Our Corporate Assurance division will benefit from a greater corporate focus on sustainability, the need for increased supply chain resilience, enterprise cyber-security, People Assurance services and regulatory assurance. Our mid to long-term guidance for Corporate Assurance is high-single digit to double-digit LFL revenue growth at constant currency.’

Intertek expect a ‘strong performance in 2026’, notably, ‘Our clients are increasing their focus on Risk-based Quality Assurance to operate with higher standards on quality, safety and sustainability in each part of their value chain, triggering a higher demand for our ATIC solutions.

Given our strong H1 performance, we continue to expect to deliver a strong performance in 2026 with mid-single digit LFL revenue growth at constant currency.

The Intertek Board has recommended EQT’s prospective acquisition at £61.077 per share.

The full Intertek H1 2026 results announcement can be seen here.