For assistance with media or press requests, please contact the ICF Headquarters Marketing Department at ICFpr@coachfederation.org or +1.859.219.3580. 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 MCC 4% 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 31,878* members in 143 countries *This number is subject to change frequently. PCC 38% ACC 58% There are currently 20,867* coaches in 117 countries who hold one of three ICF Credentials. 12,050 Associate Certified Coaches (ACC) 8,003 Professional Certified Coaches (PCC) 814 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 ICF Membership by region Oceania 5% Western Europe 23% North America 48% Asia 8% Eastern Europe 6% ICF in the News: Have you been in the news? ICF monitors media coverage around the world. If you or your Chapter were mentioned in the media, let us know at icfpr@coachfederation.org. ICF press releases via RSS Never miss an ICF press release. Visit the ICF Press Room and subscribe to ICF s press release feed. Latin America and the Caribbean 6% Middle East and Africa 4%
Breakdown of ICF Members by region, country Asia 2,669 BANGLADESH 1 BRUNEI 1 CAMBODIA 1 CHINA 433 HONG KONG 219 INDIA 546 INDONESIA 122 JAPAN 294 LAOS 1 MALAYSIA 129 MALDIVES 1 MONGOLIA 1 MYANMAR 1 NEPAL 1 PAKISTAN 5 PHILIPPINES 93 SINGAPORE 416 SOUTH KOREA 140 SRI LANKA 6 TAIWAN 93 THAILAND 138 UZBEKISTAN 1 VIETNAM 26 Eastern Europe 1,757 ARMENIA 2 AZERBAIJAN 2 BELARUS 1 BULGARIA 45 CROATIA 8 CYPRUS 7 CZECH REPUBLIC 88 ESTONIA 35 GEORGIA 1 GREECE 71 HUNGARY 156 KAZAKHSTAN 13 KOSOVO 1
LATVIA 34 LITHUANIA 20 POLAND 243 ROMANIA 98 RUSSIA 323 SERBIA 14 SLOVAKIA 83 SLOVENIA 6 TURKEY 458 UKRAINE 48 Latin America and the Caribbean 2,021 ARGENTINA 305 BAHAMAS 1 BARBADOS 1 BOLIVIA 11 BRAZIL 623 CAYMAN 4 CHILE 94 COLOMBIA 131 COSTA RICA 52 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 20 ECUADOR 58 EL SALVADOR 2 GUADELOUPE 4 GUATEMALA 13 HAITI 2 HONDURAS 1 JAMAICA 3 MARTINIQUE 9 MEXICO 251 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 3 NICARAGUA 1 PANAMA 45 PARAGUAY 4 PERU 141 PUERTO RICO 83 SAINT LUCIA 1 SURINAME 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 12 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS 5
URUGUAY 37 VENEZUELA 103 Middle East and Africa 1,309 ALGERIA 2 ANGOLA 2 BAHRAIN 29 BOTSWANA 6 BURKINA FASO 1 EGYPT 82 GHANA 9 IRAN 29 ISRAEL 52 JORDAN 41 KENYA 58 KUWAIT 28 LEBANON 52 MALAWI 2 MAURITIUS 4 MOROCCO 54 MOZAMBIQUE 2 NAMIBIA 4 NIGER 1 NIGERIA 33 OMAN 23 QATAR 33 REUNION 2 SAUDI ARABIA 55 SENEGAL 1 SOUTH AFRICA 395 TANZANIA 2 TOGO 1 TUNISIA 26 UGANDA 2 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 274 ZAMBIA 1 ZIMBABWE 3 None Specified 2 None Specified 2 North America 15,225 BERMUDA 12
CANADA 3,014 UNITED STATES 12,199 Oceania 1,516 AUSTRALIA 1,274 GUAM 1 NEW ZEALAND 238 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 VANUATU 1 WALLIS and FUTUNA 1 Western Europe 7,379 ANDORRA 2 AUSTRIA 84 BELGIUM 320 CHANNEL ISLANDS 3 DENMARK 105 FINLAND 204 FRANCE 1,063 GERMANY 511 GIBRALTAR 1 ICELAND 61 IRELAND 259 ISLE OF MAN 2 ITALY 713 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LUXEMBOURG 61 MALTA 1 MONACO 2 NETHERLANDS 264 NORWAY 102 PORTUGAL 136 SPAIN 886 SWEDEN 366 SWITZERLAND 445 UNITED KINGDOM 1,787 Total Members: 31,878
Breakdown of ICF Credential-holders by country Region Country ACC PCC MCC Total Asia CAMBODIA 1 0 0 1 CHINA 224 151 2 377 HONG KONG 104 29 4 137 INDIA 299 251 10 560 INDONESIA 49 14 0 63 JAPAN 211 169 28 408 MACAU 1 0 0 1 MALAYSIA 61 36 2 99 MYANMAR 1 0 0 1 PAKISTAN 1 3 0 4 PHILIPPINES 30 8 1 39 SINGAPORE 192 126 7 325 SOUTH KOREA 67 104 4 175 SRI LANKA 2 4 1 7 TAIWAN 80 48 1 129 THAILAND 90 45 2 137 VIETNAM 27 2 0 29 Total 1,440 990 62 2,492 Eastern Europe AZERBAIJAN 0 1 0 1 BULGARIA 15 8 0 23 CROATIA 3 1 0 4 CYPRUS 1 1 0 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 55 20 1 76 ESTONIA 9 3 0 12 GREECE 26 12 1 39 HUNGARY 87 36 4 127 KAZAKHSTAN 2 2 0 4 KOSOVO 1 0 0 1 LATVIA 9 2 0 11 LITHUANIA 10 3 1 14 POLAND 403 84 11 498 ROMANIA 68 18 1 87 RUSSIA 74 65 4 143 SERBIA 8 7 0 15 SLOVAKIA 45 18 0 63 SLOVENIA 4 1 1 6 TURKEY 210 144 13 367
UKRAINE 15 6 0 21 Total 1,045 432 37 1,514 Latin America ARGENTINA 104 112 11 227 Middle East and Africa BAHAMAS 1 0 0 1 BOLIVIA 2 1 0 3 BRAZIL 74 76 5 155 CAYMAN 1 1 0 2 CHILE 15 43 1 59 COLOMBIA 30 54 5 89 COSTA RICA 7 5 1 13 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 5 2 0 7 ECUADOR 6 9 0 15 EL SALVADOR 1 0 0 1 GUATEMALA 6 3 0 9 HONDURAS 1 0 0 1 JAMAICA 0 1 0 1 MARTINIQUE 0 1 0 1 MEXICO 128 82 6 216 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 0 1 0 1 PANAMA 3 5 0 8 PARAGUAY 0 1 0 1 PERU 26 24 0 50 PUERTO RICO 7 10 2 19 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 4 1 0 5 URUGUAY 5 6 1 12 VENEZUELA 13 9 0 22 Total 439 447 32 918 ALGERIA 1 0 0 1 BAHRAIN 19 1 1 21 BOTSWANA 0 1 0 1 BURKINA FASO 1 0 0 1 EGYPT 49 8 0 57 GHANA 2 0 0 2 IRAN 6 0 1 7 ISRAEL 5 27 8 40 JORDAN 3 2 0 5 KENYA 12 5 0 17 KUWAIT 4 0 0 4 LEBANON 5 6 0 11 MALAWI 1 1 0 2
MAURITIUS 1 0 0 1 MOROCCO 6 11 0 17 NAMIBIA 2 0 0 2 NIGERIA 8 2 0 10 OMAN 7 1 1 9 QATAR 19 2 1 22 REUNION 0 1 0 1 SAINT HELENA 1 0 0 1 SAUDI ARABIA 17 7 1 25 SENEGAL 0 1 0 1 SOUTH AFRICA 131 97 8 236 TUNISIA 9 4 0 13 UGANDA 0 1 0 1 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 107 44 1 152 ZAMBIA 2 0 0 2 ZIMBABWE 0 1 0 1 Total 418 223 22 663 North America BERMUDA 3 3 0 6 CANADA 1,046 796 61 1,903 UNITED STATES 4,535 3,086 386 8,007 Total 5,584 3,885 447 9,916 Oceania AUSTRALIA 247 175 21 443 NEW ZEALAND 67 24 2 93 Total 314 199 23 536 Western Europe AUSTRIA 34 14 4 52 BELGIUM 111 125 18 254 CHANNEL ISLANDS 0 1 0 1 DENMARK 49 34 5 88 FINLAND 98 52 2 152 FRANCE 264 196 27 487 GERMANY 120 83 13 216 GIBRALTAR 1 0 0 1 ICELAND 32 5 1 38 IRELAND 42 24 2 68 ISLE OF MAN 1 0 0 1 ITALY 398 210 16 624 LUXEMBOURG 16 16 0 32 MALTA 1 0 0 1 MONACO 0 1 0 1 NETHERLANDS 105 78 11 194
NORWAY 27 24 3 54 PORTUGAL 29 35 2 66 SPAIN 429 340 20 789 SWEDEN 263 125 14 402 SWITZERLAND 197 104 14 315 UNITED KINGDOM 593 360 39 992 Total 2,810 1,827 191 4,828 Total 12,050 8,003 814 20,867