It is based in Europe but conducts inspections in over 80 countries, making it one of the largest operations of its kind in the world.

The company inspects about 70% of the organic food industry in France and about 30% worldwide.

First, offices were set up in various countries around the world, followed by their own subsidiaries, around 2002 in Brazil, Japan and Canada.

In 2019, Ecocert acquired U.S.-based Nature's International Certification Services (NICS), headquartered in Viroqua, WI, making Ecocert one of the largest organic certification agencies in the United States.

[3] The German subsidiary, Ecocert Deutschland GmbH, has its registered office in Constance, and the Swiss subsidiary, Ecocert Swiss AG, has its registered office in Kreuzlingen.