DNV posts 2025 full year results

IIOA member DNV posted in 2025 results with a headline revenue of 35,291m NOK, a 0.9% increase on 2024.

A key point in the CEO & President’s statement is that, ‘Uncertainty now shapes our world more than ever. A multilateral world is giving way to one in which competing spheres of influence drive national and regional interests in unexpected ways. This is increasing bilateral tensions, intensifying trade disputes, and complicating the regulatory environment. As a result, navigating trends such as digitalization, AI, and decarbonization is now more challenging.’

Moving ahead, DNV state that, ‘Key changes in our 2026–2030 strategy, compared with the previous strategy, emphasize the following areas:

• Drive growth by deepening existing positions after a period of diversification

• Prioritize recurring business models to enhance stability and customer value

• Strengthen the focus on security and resilience across both internal operations and external offerings

• Adapt assurance to the industrial uptake of AI and take advantage of AI to enhance our own efficiency

• Sharpen our focus on operational excellence

• Become more agile to navigate a more volatile world and accelerate innovation/technology cycles.’

Within the overall results, Business Assurance increased by 3.5% to 4,404m NOK, a 3.5% increase. Within DNV, Business Assurance provides services including:

• Management system certification (generic and industry-specific standards)
• Training and competence-related services
• Supply chain assurance services.

DNV highlights the 2025 Business Assurance performance came from:

• New standards for certification and training services
• Supporting digital certification journeys
• Driving sustainability within food and beverage and aquaculture
• Boosting innovation in the automotive and aerospace industries
• Setting standards for AI governance.

The full DNV Annual Report 2025 is available here.