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Asseco Poland in 2026 – Poland's largest IT exporter and the only mWIG40 issuer based in Rzeszów
Asseco Poland S.A. (KRS 0000033391), headquartered at ul. Olchowa 14 in Rzeszów, is the only Podkarpacie-region representative in the mWIG40 index. The Asseco Group operates in over 60 countries, supplying banking, insurance and public-sector software; its 2025 financial statements show PLN 16.8bn in revenue and PLN 1.14bn in net profit. The management board has 12 members (CEO plus 11 vice-presidents) and the supervisory board has 9 – one of the most elaborate governance structures on the WSE.
Published: May 1, 2026 · Updated: July 27, 2026

Group geographic footprint
60+ krajów
operational presence of the Asseco Group via subsidiaries across Europe and beyond
Governance composition
12 + 9
12-member management board (CEO + 11 vice-presidents) plus a 9-member supervisory board
Founding of the current legal form
20.08.2001
date of Asseco Poland S.A. registration under KRS number 0000033391
Asseco Poland in 2026: a 12-member board running a group present in 60 countries – the only mWIG40 issuer based in Podkarpacie
Asseco Poland S.A. – headquartered at ul. Olchowa 14 in Rzeszów and registered in the KRS on 20 August 2001 under number 0000033391 – enters 2026 as Poland's largest IT-services exporter and the only mWIG40 constituent based in the Podkarpackie voivodeship. The Asseco Group operates in over 60 countries through a network of subsidiaries – including Asseco Central Europe (Bratislava), Asseco SEE (Belgrade), Asseco Spain (Madrid), Asseco Iberia (Lisbon) and Asseco DACH (Vienna) – making the Warsaw exchange home to one of Europe's larger IT groups.
A corporate signature visible in the KRS filings themselves: Asseco Poland's management board has 12 members – a CEO plus eleven vice-presidents. Each vice-president oversees a different business segment (banking, insurance, public sector, energy, healthcare, telecoms) or geographic region. The supervisory board has nine members. This is one of the most elaborate corporate structures on the Warsaw exchange, reflecting the scale of a group in which every major revenue pillar has its own management-board member reporting to the CEO.
According to the company's 2025 financial statements, the Asseco Group generated PLN 16.8bn in revenue (up 12% year on year from PLN 15.0bn) and PLN 1.14bn in net profit – more than double the PLN 519.9m reported for 2024.
Asseco Poland
RZESZÓW · KRS 0000033391 · SPÓŁKA AKCYJNA
Revenue
16.8 B PLN
Rzeszów, ul. Olchowa 14: Poland's largest IT company, based in Podkarpacie since 1991
Asseco Poland in its current legal form (a joint-stock company under KRS 0000033391) was registered on 20 August 2001, but the core business dates back to 1991, when Adam Góral founded a Rzeszów software company (originally COMP Rzeszów, the predecessor entity). After a series of mergers and acquisitions in the first decade of the 21st century, Asseco Poland became the largest Polish IT group; it has been listed on the WSE main market since 1998, making it one of the longest-listed Polish technology issuers.
The company has a registered electronic-delivery address (ADE: PL-81425-49735-EBAWU-27), confirming compliance with the e-delivery requirement that has applied to all KRS-registered entities since 1 January 2026. Under Polish PKD codes, the group's principal activity is classified under 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) – including 6201 (computer programming) and 6202 (computer consultancy). This is the standard classification for Poland's enterprise-ICT sector, listed and unlisted alike.
Asseco is the only large publicly traded Polish IT group with its management headquarters outside Warsaw or Wrocław – Rzeszów is therefore the only regional Polish city to host an mWIG40 technology flagship of this scale.
Polish IT on the WSE: Asseco and Comarch as twin pillars, plus smaller mWIG40 issuers
The Polish IT sector on the Warsaw exchange has a binary structure in the enterprise-services segment, with two clearly dominant issuers: Asseco Poland (Rzeszów, mWIG40) and Comarch (Kraków, mWIG40 – founded by Janusz Filipiak). The two compete primarily for large banking, insurance and public-sector systems contracts – Asseco with broader international reach, Comarch with a stronger position in the domestic and SME market.
Three structural features of the Asseco Poland model that explain its position on the WSE:
- An international capital group rather than a national company – most of Asseco Poland's revenue is generated by the network of subsidiaries in more than 60 countries. The Rzeszów parent acts as a holding company and a banking-software competence centre – one of the three or four leading providers of core-banking systems in Poland (alongside IBM, Software AG and smaller specialists such as Sopra Banking).
- Regulated sectors as the revenue anchor – banking, insurance and public administration are segments with multi-year procurement cycles in which the chosen vendor holds its position for 10–20 years. This gives the group high revenue predictability at the cost of fast organic growth.
- Acquisition-led expansion – successive countries were added to the group's portfolio largely through acquisitions of local leaders rather than greenfield investments. The strategy requires steady cash flow for M&A and means Asseco Poland's dividend has historically been moderate (PLN 1.5–4 per share), with most profit reinvested in the group.
Implication for the investment profile: moderate dividend, high international exposure
“Asseco Poland is not a dividend stock in the classical sense - it is an instrument for exposure to Central European IT services, where a single Polish HQ controls a network of local entities across dozens of countries. For domestic investors, it is one of the most geographically diversified tickers on the Warsaw exchange; for international investors, it is a window into CEE IT with a Polish decision-making centre.”
Three expected consequences for the investment profile in 2026:
- A steady stream of regulated-sector contracts – Polish banks remain in a phase of continuous core-system modernisation (open-API roll-outs, AI in customer service), which secures Asseco a multi-year pipeline of implementation and maintenance projects. Polish cooperative banks (grouped under SGB-Bank and BPS) have historically used Asseco's def4b system – a foundation of the company's market position in the Polish financial sector.
- A favourable 2026 regulatory tailwind – the roll-outs of KSeF (e-invoicing), e-Doręczenia and the CRBR register generate domestic demand for an integration layer, which for many Asseco clients translates into add-on development orders. The market consensus is that 2026 will bring elevated demand for regulated-sector integration services.
- Dividend policy under acquisition-cycle pressure – historical payouts (PLN 1.5–4 per share, a 1.5–3% yield) are subordinated to the pace of group acquisitions. In years with an active M&A pipeline the dividend lands near the lower end of the historical range; in quieter years it rises.
For Podkarpacie itself, Asseco Poland is not only the region's largest stock-market issuer but also one of its leading IT employers – thanks to the group's presence, Rzeszów has become Poland's third-largest enterprise-IT services hub (after Warsaw and Kraków), with a strong base of Rzeszów University of Technology graduates feeding the group's technology workforce.
What you'll find in the Asseco Poland profile
The Asseco Poland S.A. profile in our database carries the full picture of the company: the composition of the 12-member management board with its split of responsibility areas (CEO + 11 vice-presidents), the 9-member supervisory board, the KRS registration history since 20 August 2001 together with statutory acts, the registered address at ul. Olchowa 14 in Rzeszów, the e-delivery status (ADE PL-81425-49735-EBAWU-27), and the assigned PKD codes classifying the activity as software and IT consultancy. The profile is also available in English – for international investors in CEE-focused funds, this is one of the most closely analysed Polish tickers.
Data: Polish KRS Court Register (KRS 0000033391); Asseco Poland S.A. – annual reports and management board reports for 2023–2025; financial statements filed with KRS; PKD classification 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities); editorial estimates for the group's market position, as of 2026-07-27.
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