Membership Fact Sheet February 2018 · 2019. 3. 2. · ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018 Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018

ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018

Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018

Founded in 1995, the International Coach Federation (ICF) is the leading global organization dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high standards, providing independent certification, and building a worldwide network of credentialed coaches. ICF seeks to advance the art, science and practice of professional coaching. ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.

ICF Credentialing

There are currently 24,411* coaches in 122 countries who hold one of three ICF Credentials. • 14,773 Associate Certified Coaches (ACC) • 8,758 Professional Certified Coaches (PCC) • 880 Master Certified Coaches (MCC) *This number is subject to change frequently.

Chapters ICF has more than 130 Chapters in more than 70 countries.

ICF Membership growth • 1999 — 2,122 members (based in North America) • 2000 — 3,240 members • 2001 — 4,691 members • 2002 — 5,825 members • 2003 — 6,791 members

• 2004 — 7,912 members • 2005 — 9,041 members • 2006 — 11,100 members • 2007 — 13,400 members • 2008 — 15,800 members • 2009 — 15,949 members • 2010 — 17,648 members • 2011 — 19,127 members • 2012 — 20,222 members • 2013 — 22,135 members • 2014 — 24,100 members • 2015 — 26,476 members • 2016 — 29,198 members

• 2017— 30,578 members

• February 2018— 31,249* members in 143 countries

*This number is subject to change frequently.

ICF Membership by region

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ACC60%

PCC35%

MCC 4%

Asia8%

Eastern Europe

5%

Latin America and the

Caribbean6%

Middle East and

Africa4%

North America

49%

Oceania5%

Western Europe

23%

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Breakdown of ICF Members by region, country

Asia 2,605

BANGLADESH 1

BRUNEI 1

CAMBODIA 1

CHINA 415

HONG KONG 217

INDIA 533

INDONESIA 120

JAPAN 284

LAOS 1

MALAYSIA 128

MALDIVES 1

MYANMAR 1

NEPAL 1

PAKISTAN 5

PHILIPPINES 94

SINGAPORE 407

SOUTH KOREA 133

SRI LANKA 6

TAIWAN 91

THAILAND 138

UZBEKISTAN 1

VIETNAM 26

Eastern Europe 1,722

ARMENIA 2

AZERBAIJAN 2

BELARUS 1

BULGARIA 44

CROATIA 8

CYPRUS 7

CZECH REPUBLIC 88

ESTONIA 35

GEORGIA 1

GREECE 68

HUNGARY 153

KAZAKHSTAN 13

KOSOVO 1

LATVIA 33



LITHUANIA 20

POLAND 240

ROMANIA 98

RUSSIA 314

SERBIA 14

SLOVAKIA 81

SLOVENIA 5

TURKEY 448

UKRAINE 46

Latin America and the Caribbean 1,969

ARGENTINA 295

BAHAMAS 1

BARBADOS 1

BOLIVIA 11

BRAZIL 610

CAYMAN 4

CHILE 94

COLOMBIA 126

COSTA RICA 49

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 19

ECUADOR 58

EL SALVADOR 2

GUADELOUPE 3

GUATEMALA 13

HAITI 2

HONDURAS 1

JAMAICA 3

MARTINIQUE 9

MEXICO 245

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 3

NICARAGUA 1

PANAMA 45

PARAGUAY 4

PERU 141

PUERTO RICO 79

SAINT LUCIA 1

SURINAME 1

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 12

UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 5

URUGUAY 33



VENEZUELA 98

Middle East and Africa 1,278

ALGERIA 2

ANGOLA 2

BAHRAIN 29

BOTSWANA 6

BURKINA FASO 1

EGYPT 78

GHANA 9

IRAN 28

ISRAEL 52

JORDAN 40

KENYA 57

KUWAIT 27

LEBANON 50

MALAWI 2

MAURITIUS 4

MOROCCO 54

MOZAMBIQUE 2

NAMIBIA 4

NIGER 1

NIGERIA 33

OMAN 23

QATAR 32

REUNION 2

SAUDI ARABIA 51

SENEGAL 1

SOUTH AFRICA 389

TANZANIA 2

TOGO 1

TUNISIA 26

UGANDA 2

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 264

ZAMBIA 1

ZIMBABWE 3

None Specified 1

None Specified 1

North America 14,954

BERMUDA 12

CANADA 2,966



UNITED STATES 11,976

Oceania 1,484

AUSTRALIA 1,247

GUAM 1

NEW ZEALAND 233

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1

VANUATU 1

WALLIS and FUTUNA 1

Western Europe 7,236

ANDORRA 2

AUSTRIA 82

BELGIUM 313

CHANNEL ISLANDS 3

DENMARK 105

FINLAND 200

FRANCE 1,043

GERMANY 504

GIBRALTAR 1

ICELAND 60

IRELAND 257

ISLE OF MAN 2

ITALY 694

LIECHTENSTEIN 1

LUXEMBOURG 61

MALTA 1

MONACO 2

NETHERLANDS 252

NORWAY 102

PORTUGAL 131

SPAIN 870

SWEDEN 357

SWITZERLAND 440

UNITED KINGDOM 1,753

Total Members: 31,249



Breakdown of ICF Credential-holders by country Region Country ACC PCC MCC Total

Asia CAMBODIA 2 0 0 2

CHINA 285 148 2 435

HONG KONG 108 31 5 144

INDIA 349 280 10 639

INDONESIA 60 18 0 78

JAPAN 220 172 32 424

MACAU 1 0 0 1

MALAYSIA 77 39 2 118

MYANMAR 1 0 0 1

PAKISTAN 1 3 0 4

PHILIPPINES 35 8 1 44

SINGAPORE 218 129 7 354

SOUTH KOREA 99 116 4 219

SRI LANKA 2 4 1 7

TAIWAN 95 50 1 146

THAILAND 99 46 2 147

VIETNAM 26 1 0 27

Total 1,678 1,045 67 2,790

Eastern Europe AZERBAIJAN 0 1 0 1

BELARUS 1 0 0 1

BULGARIA 19 7 0 26

CROATIA 3 1 0 4

CYPRUS 1 1 0 2

CZECH REPUBLIC 71 22 1 94

ESTONIA 11 3 0 14

GREECE 32 15 1 48

HUNGARY 98 41 4 143

KAZAKHSTAN 2 2 0 4

KOSOVO 1 0 0 1

LATVIA 11 2 0 13

LITHUANIA 10 3 1 14

POLAND 738 102 11 851

ROMANIA 72 19 1 92

RUSSIA 78 65 4 147

SERBIA 7 6 0 13

SLOVAKIA 58 19 0 77



SLOVENIA 4 1 1 6

TURKEY 261 153 13 427

UKRAINE 14 4 0 18

Total 1,492 467 37 1,996

Latin America ARGENTINA 124 132 10 266

BAHAMAS 1 0 0 1

BOLIVIA 3 1 0 4

BRAZIL 121 82 5 208

CAYMAN 1 1 0 2

CHILE 27 47 1 75

COLOMBIA 46 69 5 120

COSTA RICA 8 5 1 14

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 10 3 0 13

ECUADOR 11 14 0 25

EL SALVADOR 1 0 0 1

FRENCH GUIANA 0 1 0 1

GUATEMALA 6 3 0 9

HONDURAS 1 0 0 1

JAMAICA 1 2 0 3

MARTINIQUE 0 1 0 1

MEXICO 172 91 7 270

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 1 0 1

NICARAGUA 0 1 0 1

PANAMA 5 4 0 9

PARAGUAY 0 1 0 1

PERU 37 26 0 63

PUERTO RICO 11 10 2 23

SURINAME 1 0 0 1

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 6 2 0 8

URUGUAY 7 5 1 13

VENEZUELA 14 13 0 27

Total 614 515 32 1,161

Middle East and Africa ALGERIA 1 0 0 1

BAHRAIN 20 1 1 22

BENIN 1 0 0 1

BOTSWANA 1 1 0 2

BURKINA FASO 1 0 0 1

EGYPT 48 8 0 56



GHANA 4 0 0 4

IRAN 6 0 0 6

ISRAEL 9 38 9 56

JORDAN 4 2 0 6

KENYA 13 4 0 17

KUWAIT 6 0 0 6

LEBANON 6 5 0 11

MALAWI 1 1 0 2

MAURITIUS 1 0 0 1

MOROCCO 6 11 0 17

NAMIBIA 2 0 0 2

NIGERIA 7 2 0 9

OMAN 7 1 1 9

QATAR 19 3 1 23

SAINT HELENA 1 0 0 1

SAUDI ARABIA 17 7 1 25

SENEGAL 0 1 0 1

SOUTH AFRICA 168 108 7 283

SWAZILAND 1 0 0 1

TUNISIA 9 5 0 14

UGANDA 0 1 0 1

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 130 45 1 176

ZAMBIA 2 0 0 2

ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 1

Total 491 245 21 757

North America BERMUDA 3 3 0 6

CANADA 1,216 881 70 2,167

UNITED STATES 5,304 3,361 426 9,091

Total 6,523 4,245 496 11,264

Oceania AUSTRALIA 306 202 21 529

NEW ZEALAND 78 26 2 106

Total 384 228 23 635

Western Europe ANDORRA 2 0 0 2

AUSTRIA 48 20 5 73

BELGIUM 147 145 18 310

CHANNEL ISLANDS 0 1 0 1

DENMARK 70 43 6 119

FINLAND 136 53 2 191



FRANCE 356 222 29 607

GERMANY 138 87 14 239

GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 1

ICELAND 45 5 1 51

IRELAND 58 25 2 85

ITALY 499 228 17 744

LUXEMBOURG 20 17 0 37

MALTA 1 0 0 1

MONACO 0 1 0 1

NETHERLANDS 122 89 11 222

NORWAY 39 27 5 71

PORTUGAL 42 38 2 82

SPAIN 620 367 20 1,007

SWEDEN 353 139 15 507

SWITZERLAND 225 110 15 350

UNITED KINGDOM 669 396 42 1,107

Total 3,591 2,013 204 5,808

Total 14,773 8,758 880 24,411

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Membership Fact Sheet February 2018 · 2019. 3. 2. · ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018 Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018