[citation needed] Origo claims it has predecessor companies stretching back to 1899.

was founded by Ottó A. Michelsen, and in 1949 it had acquired a private licence to sell IBM products in Iceland.

[1] Origo was formed in 1992 as Nýherji, through the merger of IBM Iceland hf.

[2] In January 2018, Nýherji and its subsidiaries Applicon and TM Software merged under the name Origo.

[3] In May 2019 it was announced that Origo had purchased all the shares in the IT company Strikamerki hf.