Country profile · 2025
Business software and digital adoption in Finland
Finland is above the series median on all 8 indicators we hold for it. Its highest placing is 1st of 33 for paid cloud use (79.2%), its lowest 15th for hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (5.2%).
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderFinland, figure by figure
8 indicators- 01
No country in the series has a higher share than Finland: 79.2% of enterprises buy paid cloud computing services, 3.6 points ahead of Italy (75.6%) in second place and 31.2 above the 48.0% median. Eurostat isoc_cicce_use, 2025 Verified
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Ranked 2nd of 33 for AI use: 37.8% of enterprises in Finland use at least one AI technology. Denmark (42.0%) leads by 4.2 points; the series median is 18.0%. Eurostat isoc_eb_ai, 2025 Verified
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Finland also leads on CRM use, at 55.8%: 1.7 points clear of the Netherlands (54.1%) and 31.5 over the median of 24.3%. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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Finland places 4th of 33 for ERP use with 58.1%, 17.1 points over the median (41.0%). Spain (60.4%) is one place ahead, Greece (54.8%) one behind. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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Top of 33 for BI software use as well: 43.4% in Finland, with Denmark (41.7%) second and the median at 15.9%. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified
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34.3% of enterprises in Finland make e-commerce sales: 7th of 33, 8.8 points clear of the 25.5% median, with Montenegro (34.6%) directly above. Eurostat isoc_ec_esels, 2025 Verified
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No country in the series has a higher share than Finland: 59.4% of enterprises hold a documented ICT security policy, 0.3 points ahead of Denmark (59.1%) in second place and 25.0 above the 34.4% median. Eurostat isoc_cisce_ra, 2024 Verified
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On hard-to-fill ICT vacancies Finland sits in the middle of the series: 5.2%, 0.3 points over the 4.9% median, 15th of 32 between Sweden (5.4%) and Slovenia (5.1%). Eurostat isoc_ske_itrcrs, 2024 Verified
How Finland compares
Only Denmark (2.9) averages a higher position than Finland, whose mean rank over 8 indicators is 4.0.
Its highest placing is paid cloud use, 1st of 33 at 79.2%; its lowest is hard-to-fill ICT vacancies, 15th at 5.2%.
The gap between ERP (58.1%) and CRM (55.8%) is 2.3 points in Finland, narrower than the 13.9 that is the median across the series.
Against the EU27 value instead of the median, Finland is ahead on 7 of 8: furthest ahead on CRM use (+27.3), furthest behind on hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (−0.3).
| Highest rank first | Finland | Rank | vs median | vs EU27 | Year |
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| Paid cloud | 79.2% | 1/33 | +31.2 | +26.5 | 2025 |
| CRM | 55.8% | 1/33 | +31.5 | +27.3 | 2025 |
| BI software | 43.4% | 1/33 | +27.5 | +27.1 | 2025 |
| Security policy | 59.4% | 1/33 | +25.0 | +23.9 | 2024 |
| AI | 37.8% | 2/33 | +19.8 | +17.9 | 2025 |
| ERP | 58.1% | 4/33 | +17.1 | +11.6 | 2025 |
| E-commerce sales | 34.3% | 7/33 | +8.8 | +10.7 | 2025 |
| ICT vacancies | 5.2% | 15/32 | +0.3 | −0.3 | 2024 |
Software vendors based in Finland
35 in the database35 products from vendors headquartered in Finland are listed in 38 of our 406 software categories. Where they are most numerous:
- Conversational Marketing Software (2 of 12): Leadoo AI and giosg
- Accounts payable automation (2 of 21): Basware and Nomentia
- BIM (2 of 19): Solibri and Tekla Structures
- Virtual event platform (1 of 15): Brella
- Reputation management (1 of 18): Trustmary
- Sales enablement (1 of 15): Showell
- Sales intelligence software (1 of 13): Vainu
- Website Personalization & CRO (1 of 15): Nosto
- Social listening (1 of 14): Exolyt
- Marketing Analytics and Reporting Software (1 of 12): Supermetrics
Also listed in: Site Search Software, HR Software, Cash flow forecasting, Intranet software, Employee Communication Apps, E-invoicing Software, Treasury Management Software, Learning experience platforms, Core Banking Software, Digital Credentialing Software, Contract management, Procurement, Demand planning, Online whiteboards, Veterinary Practice Management Software, Procure-to-Pay Software, Endpoint security, Document management, Compliance management, Integration platform, Document generation, Security Awareness Training Software, Machine Learning Platforms, Antivirus Software, AI Governance Platforms, Managed Detection and Response Services, Event Streaming Platforms, MLOps Platforms.
Finland in our reports
2 further figures for Finland are published in our reports:
- Tertiary enrolment at 110.3% in 2024. (Digital economy report, point 28; World Bank 2024)
- 98.5% of enterprises with 10 or more employees have a website. (Marketing report, point 34; Eurostat 2025)
Finland is also named in the country rankings of these reports: business software, point 26, business software, point 44, cloud, point 29, artificial intelligence, point 40, e-commerce, point 32 and security, point 37.
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