Statens It (Agency for Governmental IT Services) Due Diligence
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Denmark · owned by Finansministeriet (Danish Ministry of Finance) (Denmark) · statens-it.dk · 30 vendors
Statens It (the Agency for Governmental IT Services) is the Danish state's internal IT operations agency, providing IT infrastructure, workplace solutions, security, and support services to approximately 25 ministries and 60,000 users across the Danish government. It was established on 1 January 2010 through the merger of eight ministerial IT operations organizations, with the goal of achieving higher quality and lower costs through harmonization and economies of scale. The agency is ISO 27001 certified and focuses on accessibility, stability, efficiency, and information security.
Resilience scores
- Digital Sovereignty: 27
- Digital Resilience: 6
- Financial Resilience: 9
Technology vendors
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Services catalogue
16 services in catalogue across 4 categories; runs on 30 sub-vendors.
- Managed IT Services
- Statens IT Infrastructure Services
- Statens IT DNS
Insights
Last updated 2026-09-13 · revision 24
30 direct vendors, 263 subvendors
Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Sweden: 1
- Japan: 1
- United States: 20
Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)
- Portugal: 1
- Russia: 1
- Germany: 7
Compliance
9 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.
Danish Web Accessibility Requirements — Evidence found
Evidence: https://www.was.digst.dk/statens-it-dk, https://statens-it.dk/
GDPR (source) — Evidence found
Evidence: https://statens-it.dk/services/sikkerhed/, https://statens-it.dk/om-os/politikker-og-retningslinjer/privatlivspolitik/, https://statens-it.dk/om-os/politikker-og-retningslinjer/, https://www.datatilsynet.dk/, https://statens-it.dk/om-os/om-statens-it/
Danish Whistleblower Protection Act — Evidence found
Evidence: https://statens-it.dk/om-os/statens-its-whistleblowerordning/
Financials
Three-year financials
- 2024: revenue DKK 932.4M, EBIT DKK -34.2M, equity DKK 55.4M
- 2023: revenue DKK 847.0M, EBIT DKK -45.1M, equity DKK 54.2M
- 2022: revenue DKK 717.0M, EBIT DKK -11.5M, equity DKK 41.8M
Financial Resilience Score: 9/10
Statens It is a Danish government agency ('styrelse') under the Ministry of Finance, operating on a full cost-recovery basis since 2016. As a sovereign-backed state entity, it carries the full credit of the Kingdom of Denmark, effectively eliminating default risk. Its captive customer base consists of all 24 Danish ministerial areas and self-governing educational institutions, providing highly stable and mandated demand growth driven by the government's IT consolidation policy. Revenue has grown approximately 30% cumulatively from 2022 to 2024 (DKK 717M to DKK 932M), with 2025 projected to exceed DKK 1 billion for the first time. The full cost-recovery pricing model structurally prevents sustained losses over multi-year cycles - in fact, the agency delivered 2% price reductions to customers in both 2024 and 2025 while maintaining balanced budgets, indicating realized scale economies. Fixed assets are almost entirely financed via the state's own long-term FF4 loan facility, with cash management through central state financing accounts. While equity is thin (DKK 55.4M against DKK 875M balance sheet), this is by design as a government agency rather than a commercial firm. The agency maintains ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 20000 certifications. Key risks are operational rather than financial: a 2023 Rigsrevisionen critical report on server-side technical debt, elevated cybersecurity threat exposure as central IT provider for the entire Danish state, execution risks on major transformation projects (SDDC rollout, network modernization, NIS2 compliance, EU presidency IT support), and rapid personnel cost inflation (33% growth in two years).
Key strengths: Sovereign backing from Kingdom of Denmark (Ministry of Finance), Full cost-recovery pricing model since 2016 eliminates structural loss risk, Captive customer base of all 24 Danish ministerial areas, Steady revenue growth ~10-18% annually, on track to exceed DKK 1B in 2025, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 20000 certifications maintained, Fixed assets financed through state FF4 long-term loan facility, Realized scale economies enabling 2% customer price reductions in 2024 and 2025
Risk factors: Technical debt on server-side IT infrastructure flagged by Rigsrevisionen in 2023, Elevated cybersecurity threat as central IT provider for entire Danish state, Execution risk on major transformation projects (SDDC, NIS2, data center migration), Rapid personnel cost inflation - 33% growth 2022-2024, Slight decline in user satisfaction (3.8 in 2024 vs 3.9 in 2023), DKK 9.5M one-off correction of prior-year depreciation indicates asset-register control weaknesses, High loan facility utilization (95.5% of DKK 720M frame in 2024), High sickness absence (~12 days per employee) for Danish public sector, Thin equity buffer (DKK 55.4M) relative to balance sheet (DKK 875M)
Revenue by geography
- Denmark: 100%
Revenue by product/service
- Secure operations (basic IT operations): 94%
- Reliable projects (customer projects): 6%
Workforce by country
- Denmark: 591
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