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Enterprises' IT expenses increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2017-10-19 9.30

In 2016 the total IT expenses for enterprises amounted to nearly SEK 55 billion in current prices. This corresponds to an increase of about SEK 23 billion compared with 2009.

IT expenses are for example expenses for computer equipment, telecommunication equipment and software.

Enterprises' IT expenses, 2009–2016, SEK billions, current prices

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Software expenses vary according to industry

Enterprises' software expenses increased in industries that already had fairly extensive expenses. Figure 2 shows software expenses for five industries with the largest expenses.

Enterprises' software expenses, selected industries, 2009–2016, SEK billions, current prices

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Enterprises' purchases of IT services

In 2016, enterprises' purchases of IT services amounted to nearly SEK 65 billion whereof enterprises with more than 250 employees had a total of 48 billion.

Enterprises' expenses for advertising and marketing

In this year's survey enterprises have been asked, for the third year in a row, to report expenses and investments in advertising and marketing. Production of this statistic is of an experimental nature and therefore should the statistics on the website be interpreted and used with caution.

Definitions and explanations

Expenses refer to purchase of computers and telecommunication equipment and software, as well as renting and leasing of computers and telecommunication equipment. IT services were also surveyed, broken down into internal and external purchases.

Expenses for advertising and marketing refer to external and internal expenses for advertising and marketing. Internal expenses were in the form of the number of full-time employees at the enterprise who worked with advertising and marketing. External expenses were in the form of advertisements, consultants and the like. Investments in advertising and marketing have been defined as the percentage of total expenses for advertising and marketing with an estimated duration of one year or more.

The population is made up of enterprises with 10 or more employees with operations, according to NACE 2007, in mining and quarrying of minerals (B), manufacturing (C), supply of electricity, gas, heating and cooling (D), water supply (E), construction industry (F), trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (G), transport and storage (H), hotel and restaurant industry (I), information and communication industries (J), financial operations (K), real estate service (L), business services (M), renting, real estate services, travel industry and other support services (N), culture, entertainment and leisure (R), and other service operations (S). The enterprises are divided into three size classes: 10–49 employees, 50–249 employees and enterprises with 250 or more employees. The population is based on the information in Statistics Sweden's Business Register. The frame that is used is from November 2014.

All amounts are in current prices.

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