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Business software and digital adoption in Norway

6 of 8 indicators put Norway above the median of the 33-country series. The exceptions are documented security policies (31.5%) and hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (3.2%).

EditorSebastiaan SmitsFounder
Published19 August 2026
Updated8 October 2026
Evidence8 data points6 sources
26.7%BI software · 5th of 33
66.5%Paid cloud · 8th of 33
28.9%AI · 8th of 33
6/8above the series median
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Norway, figure by figure

8 indicators
  1. 01

    Norway places 8th of 33 for paid cloud use with 66.5%, 18.5 points over the median (48.0%). The Netherlands (68.5%) is one place ahead, Belgium (61.6%) one behind. Eurostat isoc_cicce_use, 2025 Verified

  2. 02

    28.9% of enterprises in Norway use at least one AI technology: 8th of 33, 10.9 points clear of the 18.0% median, with Austria (29.9%) directly above. Eurostat isoc_eb_ai, 2025 Verified

  3. 03

    For CRM use the figure is 32.2%, 11th of 33; Cyprus (33.1%) ranks one higher, France (30.7%) one lower, and the median is 24.3%. Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified

  4. 04

    On ERP use Norway sits in the middle of the series: 41.2%, 0.2 points over the 41.0% median, 16th of 33 between Montenegro (41.2%) and Cyprus (41.0%). Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified

  5. 05

    The share for BI software use in Norway is 26.7%, 5th of 33 and 10.8 points above the median of 15.9%, just ahead of Ireland (25.9%). Eurostat isoc_eb_iip, 2025 Verified

  6. 06

    At 27.9%, online selling in Norway runs 2.4 points above the median of 25.5% (14th of 33), behind Slovenia (28.3%) and ahead of Albania (27.9%). Eurostat isoc_ec_esels, 2025 Verified

  7. 07

    Norway is 18th of 33 for documented security policies: 31.5%, which is 2.9 points below the median (34.4%). Spain (30.7%) follows; Slovenia (34.4%) is one place up. Eurostat isoc_cisce_ra, 2024 Verified

  8. 08

    3.2% of enterprises in Norway had hard-to-fill vacancies for ICT specialists, 1.7 points under the 4.9% median and 28th of 32. Next below: Italy (2.9%). Eurostat isoc_ske_itrcrs, 2024 Verified

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How Norway compares

Ordered by mean rank over all indicators, Norway is 9th of 33 (13.5), directly between Luxembourg (13.4) and Germany (13.6).

The spread is wide, 23 places: 5th for BI software use (26.7%) against 28th for hard-to-fill ICT vacancies (3.2%).

ERP at 41.2% and CRM at 32.2% lie 9.0 points apart, close to the median gap of 13.9.

Against the EU27 value instead of the median, Norway is ahead on 5 of 8: furthest ahead on paid cloud use (+13.8), furthest behind on ERP use (−5.3).

Highest rank firstNorwayRankvs median vs EU27Year
BI software26.7%5/33+10.8+10.42025
Paid cloud66.5%8/33+18.5+13.82025
AI28.9%8/33+10.9+9.02025
CRM32.2%11/33+7.9+3.72025
E-commerce sales27.9%14/33+2.4+4.32025
ERP41.2%16/33+0.2−5.32025
Security policy31.5%18/33−2.9−4.02024
ICT vacancies3.2%28/32−1.7−2.32024
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Software vendors based in Norway

22 in the database

22 products from vendors headquartered in Norway are listed in 21 of our 185 software categories. Where they are most numerous:

Also listed in: Time tracking, Fund accounting, Electronic signature, Fleet management, Cloud storage, AI customer service, Business email hosting, Virtual data room, Low-code platform, Risk management, OCR and document capture.

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Norway in our reports

3 further figures for Norway are published in our reports:

Norway is also named in the country rankings of these reports: cloud, point 36 and artificial intelligence, point 46.

Enterprises with 10+ employees. Method and citation · previous: Netherlands · next: Poland