What ECIT Danmark does

ECIT Danmark is the Danish operating arm of ECIT AS, a privately held Nordic professional services group headquartered in Oslo, Norway. The group offers integrated services across three pillars — Finance, Accounting & Payroll; IT Services (outsourcing, cloud, security, AI/Microsoft Copilot, automation, advisory); and Business Solutions (ERP, payroll/HR systems, CRM, document management, automations, integrations, compliance). ECIT serves enterprise and mid-market customers across Scandinavia and select European markets (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Germany, United Kingdom) through more than 120 office locations and approximately 2,731-3,000 employees. Named customers span hospitality, retail, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, sports, real estate, and municipal government (Scandic Hotels, AGF, Nordlux, POWER, Ferm LIVING, Hydrema, OBOS, Asker Kommune, and others).

ECIT's product portfolio combines proprietary platforms with third-party software reselling. Owned products include ECIT One (unified IT management built on Microsoft Cloud), ECIT Cloud (hosting with own data centers in Aarhus, Denmark and Trondheim, Norway), Autogear (fleet/vehicle management used by 5,500+ Norwegian companies), KYC & Sign (identity verification and e-signature), Easit GO (enterprise service management), and Catacloud/Zirius (ERP). ECIT also resells and implements Microsoft Business Central, Dynamics 365 Sales, Jeeves ERP, Visma, SuperOffice, Power BI, and multiple Nordic payroll/HR systems (Visma Payroll, NettLønn, SD Worx, Intect, 4human HRM). AI/ML capabilities are concentrated in document data extraction (invoices, receipts, contracts) via ECIT Digital, with a strategic partnership with OpusCapita (March 2024) and Microsoft Copilot integration services across the Nordic region.

The revenue model is predominantly subscription/recurring across all three service pillars. Pricing is generally contact-based for enterprise services; Autogear offers subscription plans starting at kr 99/month for SMB fleet management. Go-to-market is sales-led through the local office network, supported by content marketing, country-specific websites, customer testimonials, and a podcast presence. ECIT maintains ISAE 3402 Type II certification for its Danish hosting operations, ISO 27002/27017/27018-aligned security methodology, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 for selected subsidiaries, UN Global Compact signatory status, and is preparing for full CSRD applicability from 2025. Tower Brook Capital Partners and Long Path Partners hold significant ownership following a prior transaction.

Name

ECIT Danmark

Legal name

ECIT AS

Website

https://ecit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

ECIT Danmark is the Danish arm of ECIT AS, a Nordic professional services group providing accounting, payroll, IT outsourcing, cloud, AI, and business solutions to enterprise and mid-market clients across 11 countries through 120+ offices and approximately 3,000 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT and Business Process Outsourcing Services

NAICS

Payroll Services (541214), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Office Administrative Services (5611)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Document Capture, Scanning, OCR/ICR & Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (HDAEAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employer of Record (EOR) & Global Payroll (FSAMAKAB), End-User Computing Outsourcing (EUC / Desktop Services) (BPAEAMAE), E-Signature & Digital Transaction Management (DTM) (HDAEAGAF), Content Governance, Compliance, Retention & eDiscovery (HDAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Payroll administration
• IT outsourcing services
• Managed cloud hosting
• ERP implementation
• Business process automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Herlev

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices17 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Accounting, Payroll & HR Services: Professional services revenue from accounting, financial advisory, payroll administration, and HR services. Delivered through local offices across Scandinavia with recurring engagement models.
2. IT Services: IT outsourcing, cloud services, security, and managed services. Includes ECIT One, ECIT Cloud, IT security, and AI services.
3. Business Solutions: ERP solutions, business systems implementation, document management, automations, and integrations. Includes Microsoft Business Central, Jeeves ERP implementations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ECIT Danmark delivers outsourced accounting, payroll, and HR services, IT outsourcing and managed cloud (ECIT Cloud/ECIT One/ECIT Hosting), and business solutions (ERP, document handling, automations, integrations, compliance, CRM, BI) to Scandinavian businesses. The company operates owned data centers in Aarhus and Trondheim and combines professional services with proprietary software platforms including Autogear (fleet management), KYC & Sign, Easit GO, and AI-powered document extraction. Services are sold primarily through direct sales supported by a network of 120+ local offices across 11 countries.

Product overview

ECIT Danmark (ECIT AS) is the Danish arm of the ECIT Group, a Scandinavian provider of accounting, payroll, IT, and business solutions operating across 11 countries. The product portfolio is structured as a one-stop-shop combining three core service pillars — (1) Finance, Accounting & Payroll (accounting, F&A advisory, payroll administration, interim assistance, Scandinavian business setup); (2) IT Services (IT Outsourcing, IT Security, ECIT One, ECIT Cloud/ECIT Hosting, AI Services/Microsoft Copilot, Automation Services, IT Advisory); and (3) Business Solutions (ERP — including Microsoft Business Central, Jeeves ERP, Visma Net/Business NXT/PowerOffice GO, and ECIT's own Catacloud and Zirius products — Payroll & HR systems, Documents/Document Handling, Automations, Integrations, Compliance, Workforce Management, CRM via SuperOffice and Dynamics 365 Sales, Business Intelligence via Power BI, and industry-specific solutions). Key owned products include Autogear (fleet/vehicle management), KYC & Sign (identity verification and e-signature), and Easit GO (Enterprise Service Management), while document handling leverages AI/ML for data extraction from invoices, receipts, contracts and HR documents. ECIT also operates its own data centres in Aarhus, Denmark and Trondheim, Norway, with ISAE 3402 Type II certified hosting infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Autogear: GPS tracking, vehicle logging, fleet management, and environmental reporting solutions for Norwegian businesses
• ECIT Solutions
• ECIT Solutions AB (tidigare Qlosr AB)
• ECIT Solutions Pro AB
• ECIT Digital

Products and services

• Accounting & Payroll Outsourced accounting, payroll administration, and HR services delivered as a recurring professional service for Scandinavian businesses through local offices and account managers.
• F&A Management Support / Advisory Finance and accounting advisory support provided to client finance teams on demand, covering controller, CFO advisory, and financial process improvements.
• Interim Assistance Temporary staffing and interim finance/accounting professionals supplied to clients during vacancies, transitions, or projects.
• Start a Business in Scandinavia End-to-end market entry support for companies establishing operations in Scandinavia, covering entity setup, registration, accounting, payroll, and ongoing compliance.
• IT Outsourcing Full or partial IT outsourcing covering service desk, network management, enterprise telephony, and complete service agreements delivered from local offices and Nordic data centers.
• IT Security IT security services including Microsoft Sentinel SIEM, security analytics, disaster recovery, human security, and compliance management aligned with ISO 27002 and ISAE 3402 Type II.
• IT Advisory IT advisory and consulting helping clients make strategic technology decisions aligned with business goals, including cloud, security, and digital transformation roadmaps.
• ECIT One Unified IT management solution built on Microsoft's cloud platform, designed to simplify the IT experience for end users by delivering a complete, predictable IT service in a single subscription.
• ECIT Cloud Cloud hosting and infrastructure service covering compute, storage, networking, and managed services. ECIT operates its own data centers in Aarhus, Denmark and Trondheim, Norway.
• AI Services / Microsoft Copilot AI-powered services including digital assistants, automation services, digital business development, and Microsoft Copilot integration offered across Nordic country pages.
• Automation Services Automation services covering business process automation, workflow digitization, and AI-powered document processing delivered as part of the IT and AI portfolio.
• Document Handling (Dokumenthåndtering) AI-powered document management and data extraction service processing invoices, receipts, orders, contracts, and HR documents using machine learning models. Includes electronic signature of agreements.
• Autogear Fleet management and vehicle tracking platform providing GPS tracking, tax-approved mileage logging (Norwegian Tax Authority), expense management, ESG reporting, driver ID, asset control, engine monitoring, payroll integrations, and project tracking.
• KYC & Sign Identity verification and electronic signature solution for compliance, KYC onboarding, and document signing workflows.
• Easit GO (Service Management) Enterprise Service Management platform that digitises processes and information flows, enabling cross-departmental collaboration and workflow automation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero reported workplace accidents in 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration29 records

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OpusCapitacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Strategic collaboration between OpusCapita and ECIT Digital starting March 2024 to strengthen OpusCapita's e-invoice solution with advanced AI technology. ECIT provides PDF data capture solution for invoice processing, enabling full automation of invoice handling workflow with high-quality data extraction for both header and line-level information.
• GEPminorOthers · 1 January 2022In mid-2024, OpusCapita became part of GEP, a global leader in AI-powered procurement and supply chain solutions. This acquisition provided OpusCapita greater opportunities to deliver more innovative and effective solutions.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hogia Group: Hogia is a Swedish software and services group providing payroll, HR, ERP, accounting and transport management software to Nordic enterprises and public sector. It competes directly with ECIT in payroll, ERP, and document-related automation across Scandinavia.
• Azets: Azets is a Nordic-headquartered (Norway roots) BPO and tech-enabled accounting and payroll services provider operating across the UK and Nordics. It is the closest direct comparable to ECIT in terms of combined accounting/payroll outsourcing, HR services, and adjacent technology/automation offerings for SMB and mid-market.
• Accountor Group: Accountor is a Northern European provider of accounting, payroll, HR, and ERP/IT services headquartered in Finland with operations across the Nordics. It competes with ECIT on the same Finnish/Swedish/Norwegian/Danish BPO and ERP-implementation market with a similar one-stop-shop positioning.
• SD Worx: SD Worx is a leading European provider of payroll and HR services and software, headquartered in Belgium with strong presence in the Nordics. ECIT resells SD Worx Lønn and SD Worx HR as part of its payroll suite, and competes directly with SD Worx for outsourcing engagements in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
• Visma: Visma is the dominant Nordic provider of accounting, payroll, ERP and business software with deep local presence across the same countries ECIT serves. ECIT explicitly resells multiple Visma products (Visma Net, Business NXT, PowerOffice GO, Visma Payroll), and competes head-on with Visma's own services arm for outsourced F&A and payroll customers in the Nordics.

Emerging players

• Avanade: Avanade is a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft specializing in Microsoft technology services including Dynamics 365, Azure, and Copilot implementations. Given ECIT's heavy Microsoft-centric stack (ECIT One, Business Central, Copilot, Azure), Avanade competes for the same Microsoft-centric managed-services and AI-copilot deployment engagements, particularly with enterprise customers.
• Fortnox: Fortnox is a Sweden-based SaaS provider of accounting, payroll, invoicing and ERP software serving SMBs. While it is primarily a software vendor rather than BPO, it competes for the same small-business back-office budget that ECIT's accounting/payroll and Microsoft/Visma portfolio also targets.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global IT services and consulting firm with strong Nordic operations, providing managed IT services, cloud migration, and digital transformation. It is comparable as a broad incumbent systems integrator competing for the same enterprise IT outsourcing and digital transformation contracts ECIT pursues in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Germany.
• TietoEVRY: TietoEVRY is a leading Nordic IT services and software company providing managed services, cloud, ERP and industry-specific solutions across the same Scandinavian geographies ECIT serves. It competes for the same enterprise IT outsourcing and Cloud/managed services wallet that ECIT Cloud and ECIT One target.
• Bisnode (now Dun & Bradstreet): Bisnode was a Nordic data and business information services firm (now part of Dun & Bradstreet) that provided credit, marketing and B2B information services widely used alongside accounting and ERP workflows. It is comparable as a broad incumbent Nordic data/services platform adjacent to ECIT's compliance, document and business solutions lines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ECIT-Danmark-102306158097064

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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