This article was written and published in 2018. Since then, a new edition of the ISO 9001 standard has been published. It's called ISO 9001:2026 and you can read all about it here.
The ISO 9001 standard has been with us for decades, but the requirements for certification haven't remained static since they were first formalised in the 1980s. They are continuously revised and updated, and every so often, a new ISO 9001 version will be rolled out; when this happens, certified companies are given a set amount of time to transition to the new version.
ISO 9001:2015
The current version of ISO 9001 is known as ISO 9001:2015. It was introduced in September 2015, from which point companies certified under the previous version (ISO 9001:2008) had three years to transition.
See ISO 9001:2008 vs ISO 9001:2015 if you're curious about the differences between ISO 9001:2015 and the standard it replaced.
Is there another ISO 9001 revision on its way?
According to www.iso.org, "all ISO standards are reviewed every five years to establish if a revision is required".
However, this doesn't mean that we always get another ISO 9001 revision precisely five years after the previous one. Eight years passed between the introduction of ISO 9001:2000 (the first update of the new millennium) and ISO 9001:2008, and it was another seven years before ISO 9001:2015 rolled out.
For the moment, ISO 9001:2015 is the current version of ISO 9001 and the certification that your organisation needs.
If you would like to implement an ISO-compliant QMS (Quality Management System) and achieve ISO 9001:2015 certification, ISO Accelerator can help you to do this quickly.
