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| Decision field | Open accessGOTS Certified SuppliersGlobalRemove | Free accountFOURSOURCE Supplier NetworkGlobalRemove | Open accessConstruction Classification & Callout Verification RecordGlobalRemove |
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| Decision fit | |||
| Primary job | Check standards | Source production | Source production |
| Also useful for | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded | No additional job recorded |
| Area | Materials | Production | Production |
| Best for | Checking GOTS certification records | Searching global apparel and textile production capabilities | Using construction codes without treating classification as a machine setting, material assignment, supplier translation, or performance guarantee |
| Know before using | A company result is not a blanket approval; confirm the certificate scope, validity, facility, process, product, and transaction documentation for the exact purchase. | The company count is a changing platform claim. Search fields, profiles, certificates, locations, and account access do not independently verify the legal entity, factory ownership, capability, capacity, certificate validity or scope, compliance performance, delivery, or project fit. Confirm the site and subcontracting, credentials with issuers, samples, audits when appropriate, specifications, contracts, and commercial terms. | The record does not reproduce licensed code diagrams, verify a user's proposed code, authorize an ISO and ASTM crosswalk, select a construction, set stitch density or machine settings, prove supplier repeatability or performance, or replace the licensed standards and qualified construction, sewing, production, testing, safety, and quality review. |
| Practical access | |||
| For | Apparel brands | Apparel brands | Apparel brands |
| Location or jurisdiction | Global | Global | Global |
| Access | Open access | Free account | Open access |
| Format | Directory | Marketplace | Stitch Authority |
| Source type | Official registry | Commercial marketplace | Stitch Authority |
| Source and review | |||
| What the source establishes | The official GOTS search exposes certified entities by country, field of operation, product category, and certification detail, including processing and trading scopes. | FOURSOURCE's current public network page presents an operator-reported global company count and country or territory search. It says logged-in users can narrow results by compliance certificates, product groups, fabric types, target groups, minimum order quantities, and other fields, with a free-trial and supplier sign-up route. | The guide cites the official DLA cancellation record for FED-STD-751A and the current public scopes and statuses of ISO 4915:1991, ISO 4916:1991, and ASTM D6193-16(2025). It records ISO 4915's July 2026 systematic review and keeps classification, ambiguous-code recovery, translation, complete process definition, physical verification, and performance evidence separate. |
| Linked page reviewed | Jul 15, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Next review due | Oct 13, 2026 | Jan 17, 2027 | Jul 28, 2027 |
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