The digital identity ID Austria is rapidly becoming the central access key for secure online services, both in the public sector and in the private sector. This offers enormous potential for companies that want to digitalise their SAP processes.

Current facts about ID Austria

• Already 4.1 million people used the ID Austria in August 2025, around every second person in Austria. [bundeskanz...ramt.gv.at]
• A new high was reached at the end of 2025: 4.8 million registered users. [heute.at]
• Within six months, the major „ID-Austria service tour“ ensured 900,000 new registrations. [digitalaustria.gv.at]
• Goal of the Federal Government: By 2030, all 9 million people in Austria should have a digital identity. [heute.at]
• About 400 digital official channels and numerous private sector services are already possible with ID Austria. [heute.at]

What is the ID Austria used for?

• Access to central administrative services such as FinanzOnline or registration information. [bundeskanz...ramt.gv.at]
• Creation qualified electronic signatures, which legally correspond to the handwritten signature. [en.wikipedia.org]
• Use of digital ID cards (driving licence, registration, proof of age) on the smartphone. [bundeskanz...ramt.gv.at]
• Used in numerous private online services and increasingly EU-wide thanks to eIDAS conformity. [creditanstalt.co.at]

Potential for SAP processes: B2C & B2B

The broad availability of ID Austria makes it particularly attractive for companies to integrate identification and signature processes directly into their end-to-end workflows - without additional user accounts or manual intermediate steps.

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Important for companies & readers from Germany

Citizens in Germany also already have a highly secure electronic means of identification:
the Online ID card (eID function of the German ID card).

Like ID Austria, this can be integrated into digital processes.

This makes it clear: The digitalisation of SAP processes with secure electronic identities is not just an Austrian issue - it is a pan-European competitive advantage.