In the US, cosmetic firms are not required to register their establishments or file their product formulations with the US Food and Drug Administration. Instead, FDA has a Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP). Participation in this program is voluntary. For this reason, the information below does not indicate the total number of companies manufacturing or marketing cosmetics in the US, or all cosmetic products on the market. Activity for November 2015
- Number of online accounts activated this month: 96
- Number of product formulations filed this month: 450
Total activity since the launch of the online system, December 1, 2005
- Number of active online accounts: 2,970
- Number of active cosmetic establishment registrations: 1,473
- Number of labelers that have filed product formulations*: 1,311
- Number of product formulations on file: 45,102
- Number of product formulations discontinued**: 20,681
- Number of product formulations rejected***: 2,508
Total activity since the VCRP was established, in 1972
- Number of active cosmetic establishment registrations: 2,071
- Number of labelers that have filed product formulations (The "labeler" is the business identified on the label of a cosmetic product): 1,729
- Number of product formulations on file: 51,805
- Number of product formulations discontinued (Product formulations discontinued are those that have been removed from the VCRP because the company has identified them as no longer in commercial distribution): 73,329
- Number of product formulations rejected (Product formulations rejected" are those that are incomplete or have errors that need to be corrected before they can be filed in the VCRP): 2,587