Since 13 February 2026 the cabinets of a modular kitchen sold in India must be BIS certified, whether they are made here or imported. Here is what that mark tells you, what it does not, and how to check any brand yourself in 5 minutes.
The Bureau of Indian Standards writes India’s product standards and licenses manufacturers to use its Standard Mark, the mark most people know as the ISI mark. A licence is granted after samples of the product are tested against the relevant Indian Standard and the factory that makes it is inspected; the factory is then audited for as long as the licence runs. The mark is product-specific: a licence for cabinets says nothing about the hob next to them.
For a manufacturer outside India, BIS runs a separate scheme for foreign manufacturers. The inspection takes place at the factory abroad, the samples are tested all the same, and the licence names that factory. The licensee is the maker, not the importer.
If a brand says its kitchen is certified but cannot give you a number you can find in the register, ask again before you sign.
Verify it yourself: search “Hacker” in the BIS register. The licence, with sources
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For the cabinets, yes. The Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025 brings storage units under the Indian Standard IS 17634:2022 into mandatory BIS certification from 13 February 2026, for products made in India and for imports alike. Kitchen cabinets, drawers and tall units are storage units. Appliances, worktops and sinks are covered by their own rules.
That the manufacturer holds a BIS licence for that product to IS 17634:2022: samples were tested against the standard and the factory was inspected and is audited. BIS asks for the licence number, in the form CM/L-XXXXXXXXXX, to be shown with the mark, and that number is what you verify in the BIS register or the BIS Care app.
Ask the brand for its licence number. Open the BIS licence register at services.bis.gov.in, or the BIS Care app (“Verify Licence Details”), and enter the number, or search the manufacturer’s name together with the standard IS 17634:2022. Read the entry: the licensee’s name and factory address, the product, the status (Operative) and the validity date. A licence you cannot find is a question for the brand.
The factory that makes the cabinets. BIS licenses foreign manufacturers under its own scheme after a factory inspection abroad and testing of samples. For a German kitchen, the register entry should name the German company and its factory address, not only an Indian importer or dealer.
Yes. Häcker Küchen GmbH & Co. KG, Rödinghausen, Germany, holds BIS licence CM/L-4100366889 to IS 17634:2022 (Storage Units — Specification, performance category Domestic), operative from 26 October 2026 and valid to 25 October 2029. The entry is in the public BIS register; search “Hacker” in the foreign manufacturers list.
No. It is a fact about the product and the factory, not a service. A Häcker kitchen still costs from around ₹12–15 lakh for a 10 × 12 ft room, arrives in 16 to 18 weeks from Germany, and carries the written warranty (5+5 years on Systemat). Nor is the certification a warranty: a problem with your kitchen is handled by your studio under the warranty terms, not by BIS.