However, the modern interpretation of ISO standards—particularly —is process-agnostic regarding company size. The standard focuses on the process , not the headcount. A process is simply a set of activities that interact to achieve a result. A freelancer has processes, whether they realize it or not.
Freelancing is the art of selling your output while owning your infrastructure. You cannot bill $150/hour if you lose a deadline because you spent three days reinstalling Windows and hunting for font files. Freelancer ISO