Crayon, a publicly owned company headquartered in Norway and a subsidiary of SoftwareOne, was founded in 2002 and employs approximately 3250 individuals. The company reported $652.4M in revenue as of 2024. Crayon specializes in IT services and IT consulting.
SoftwareONE completed most of its Crayon integration, contributing to a strong first-half profit and sharply improved margins, sending its shares up 12.96% on August 26, 2026. The company reported H1 2026 revenue of CHF 818.3 million, a 68.2% increase from the prior year on a reported basis, and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 24.9%, up from 20.4%. SoftwareONE management stated that the business is now transitioning from integration to commercial execution and customer value creation. Previously, on August 21, SoftwareOne and Crayon highlighted their joint efforts to build a partner ecosystem, noting the transformative impact of AI on businesses and Omdia's forecast for a challenging 2026 market for partners, emphasizing the importance of specialization. Earlier, on August 4, SoftwareONE discussed its expanding channel strategy following its acquisition of Crayon during a Technology Reseller News podcast. This followed Crayon AS, now part of the SoftwareONE group, securing a contract worth up to NOK 260 million from the Norwegian Digitalisation Agency on August 3, designating Crayon as the authorized Microsoft Azure reseller for Altinn, Norway's national digital public services platform.