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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ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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
ICF – Advancing the Art, Science and Practice of Professional Coaching February 2018
Membership Fact Sheet—February 2018
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