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Top 25 Coffee certification agencies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 168 coffee certification agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 2,317 professional contacts across them, including 482 with verified work emails. Portland is the largest hub.

This list covers coffee certification agencies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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168Companies
2,317Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest coffee certification agencies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 168 coffee certification agencies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to coffee certification agencies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200313 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SCA is the global stage for specialty coee, where culture, commerce and community collide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceDurham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Traceable from crop to cup.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceAliso Viejo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5098 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1996, Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) has worked to improve the quality of coffee and the lives of people who produce it.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Partial evidenceKansas City, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00082 contacts →

Partial evidence

“FairWave Specialty Coffee Collective champions local coffee brands to create authentic experiences that awaken and empower us to shape a better world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Cafe Imports, we are dedicated to importing, exporting, and assisting in the development of the world’s best specialty coffees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceIrvington, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5054 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 2001 Volcafe Specialty has been one of the most trusted commercial services providers of the specialty coffee industry, partnering with roasters around the US and Canada to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidencePennsauken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lacas Coffee is one of the nation's oldest independent coffee roasters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceAustin, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Love coffee?”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Partial evidenceGainesville, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5042 contacts →

Partial evidence

“QCS is the certification body of Florida Certified Organic Growers and Consumers Inc, a nonprofit organization that began certifying organic growers in 1987 and received its USDA…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5035 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Sustainable Harvest® is a specialty coffee importer whose mission is to improve the livelihoods of coffee-farming families around the globe through its Relationship Coffee model.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Partial evidenceSturgis, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20033 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Small batch coffee roasters with several cafes, online sales and wholesale.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceCarnation, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a33 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Food Alliance works at the juncture of science, business and values to define and promote sustainability in agriculture and the food industry, and to ensure safe and fair working…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceBrooklyn, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Brooklyn Roasting Company offers out customers the best quality Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, and Organic certified and sustainable coffees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceNashville, TN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are darn proud to be Nashville’s first and only certified organic coffee roaster and to buy our coffee almost directly from small-scale farmers at prices above the so-called…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Partial evidenceSan Diego, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20028 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A pioneer in the industry for over 30 years, QAI is a leading provider of organic certification services worldwide.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Partial evidenceEmeryville, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We import the world's finest specialty green coffee.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Partial evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20027 contacts →

Partial evidence

“With a heritage extending back 169 years, Ellis Coffee stands proud as a premier national coffee roaster, blending the rich tradition of wholesale coffee roasting with a steadfast…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Established in 1911, the National Coffee Association of USA is the oldest trade association representing the $343 billion U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Partial evidenceSan Diego, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our core customer commitment at ICT is providing you exceptional coffees priced efficiently.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Partial evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Deeper Roots Coffee we are striving for excellence in ethical sourcing and crafting of specialty coffees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Indirect evidenceSanta Rosa Beach, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Amavida” joins the Spanish words “amar” (to love) and “vida” (life).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceTopeka, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5018 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Based in Topeka, KS, PT's roasts a wide range of Direct Trade single-origin coffees and signature blends for its retail locations, wholesale clients, and online customers around…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceFort Bragg, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Artisan coffee roaster based on the Mendocino Coast of California.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Partial evidenceLos Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1014 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We believe in the ritual of coffee to bring us together, adding beauty and warmth to daily life.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Atlas Coffee Importers is a Seattle-based Specialty Coffee importing company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Coffee certification agencies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
20.8%Verified-email coverage
13.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.6%Largest-city concentration · Portland
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
115
11-50
33
51-200
17
201-500
2
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 168 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among coffee certification agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “coffee certification agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names coffee certification agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among coffee certification agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 482 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names coffee certification agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many coffee certification agencies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 168 coffee certification agencies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Specialty Coffee Association, headquartered in Irvine, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most coffee certification agencies?

Portland leads with 6 headquartered companies, followed by San Diego (6) and New York (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 482 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 168 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.