Best UX Design Agencies in Amsterdam (2026)

Introduction

Amsterdam has a mature UX and product design scene, and the 9 agencies below are among the strongest working from the city in 2026. They range from research labs and information designers to studios that design, build and run entire platforms.

Much of the work here is for Dutch institutions and large consumer services: rail operator NS, banks and pension providers, retailers such as HEMA, the City of Amsterdam and the national museums. Accessibility moved up the agenda once the European Accessibility Act came into force in June 2025, and AI features now appear in most product briefs. The market has also consolidated. Fabrique and Q42 are both part of the Eidra collective and share an Amsterdam office in the Westerdok building, while code d’azur, Triple and others merged into Hypersolid.

Every agency here has an Amsterdam office or studio in 2026, confirmed from its own site. The list is unranked, since the right partner depends on whether you need research, design, engineering or all three.

The best UX design agencies in Amsterdam

1. Hike One

Independent · Centrum · hike.one

Hike One is a digital product design firm founded in Amsterdam in 2008. It specialises in making complex, business-critical software usable, and its Amsterdam team of more than 35 people covers interaction design, visual design, strategy and copywriting. It also has a Rotterdam office, and has ranked among the leading UX agencies in the Emerce100 survey for several years running.

Clients include Heineken, Philips, Rabobank, Signify, ANWB, Funda, Marktplaats and the City of Amsterdam. Projects range from a pensions platform for TKP serving 23 funds to the companion app for Lightyear’s solar car and Liberty Global’s Horizon Go app. Its two-day AI Design Sprint is a practical starting point for teams unsure where AI fits in a product.

2. Fabrique

Part of Eidra · Houthavens · fabrique.com

Fabrique has worked in digital design since 1992 and combines strategy, design and development under one roof. It is part of Eidra, a consultancy collective, and runs offices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Three of its projects won Lovie Awards in 2023.

Its best-known work sits in Dutch public life: the HEMA shop app, the ticket vending machines for Amsterdam’s transport operator GVB, and “Closer to Johannes Vermeer” for the Rijksmuseum. Fabrique is a good fit for organisations that want service design and the build handled by the same team.

3. Q42

Part of Eidra · Houthavens · q42.nl

Q42 is a digital product studio with more than 120 engineers and 25 years of experience in apps, websites, connected devices and AI applications. It shares Eidra ownership, and its Amsterdam office, with Fabrique, and also works from Rotterdam. One of its own ventures, the Primephonic classical music app, was acquired by Apple.

The client list is broad: the Philips Hue app, the Rijksmuseum website, the Museumkaart app, KLM, HEMA, PostNL, the music game Hitster and the app for the TV show Wie is de Mol. Q42 suits briefs where the experience depends on solid engineering, and it holds ISO 27001 certification.

4. INFO

Independent · Marineterrein, Centrum · info.nl

INFO combines design, data and technology across digital consulting, proof-of-concept work and product development, mostly on web platforms and mobile apps. It works from the Marineterrein innovation district in central Amsterdam, draws on three decades of experience, and has held top-five places in the Emerce100 for many years.

Recent work includes a loyalty platform for Just Eat Takeaway, a digital pawning system for Stadsbank van Lening, the SURF Research Cloud and a product for vertical farming company Growy. Its work for NS won a Dutch Interactive Award in the Digital Transformation category. INFO is ISO 27001 certified, which helps with public-sector and financial clients.

5. Valsplat

Part of De Goede Orde · Centrum · valsplat.nl

Valsplat is a UX agency for research, design and strategy, and a certified B Corp. Its main base is a farmhouse in Nieuwersluis, and its research labs (Happy Labs and Braingineers) are on Prins Hendrikkade in central Amsterdam, where usability testing and research sessions take place. It is part of De Goede Orde.

Clients include NS, BNG Bank, Bol and PostNL, the NL Design System, ARTIS and War Child. Valsplat is a sensible choice when a team needs research evidence before committing to a redesign.

6. Your Majesty

Part of Infinum · Houthavens · yourmajesty.co

Your Majesty is a brand and digital agency that builds digital products, flagship websites and AI-ready experiences. Amsterdam is its base, with teams in New York and London, and it is part of the product development company Infinum, whose Amsterdam office is on Koivistokade.

Work on its site includes a digital flagship website for Skytree, fan-relationship work for the Los Angeles Lakers, a repositioning of telecoms brand Tomato and a platform for accessibility company Accessiway. It suits clients who want brand and product experience handled together.

7. Hypersolid

Hypersolid group · Amsterdam · hypersolid.com

Hypersolid designs, builds and operates digital platforms for media streaming, loyalty, commerce and customer engagement. It formed in November 2024 from a merger of Amsterdam’s code d’azur (founded in 2000), Triple, Wonderland and Connect2Crowd, and now works from hubs in Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Hilversum and Austin.

Recent work covers Google, local news platform NewsON (more than 285 stations) and data-driven marketing for Heineken. Its venture Beyond Sports won five Emmy Awards. Hypersolid fits larger briefs where experience design and long-term platform operation sit together.

8. Lifely

Independent · Jordaan · lifely.nl

Lifely provides agile product teams that combine design thinking, software development and AI, from a studio on the Prinsengracht. It has more than a decade of experience in digital innovation and transformation.

Case studies include work for the Ministry of Defence, Ruler and TopTaal. Other clients include the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Centraal Beheer.

9. Clarify

Independent · Houthavens · clarify.nl

Clarify is an information design agency that turns complex information into clear stories, interfaces and visualisations. It works across consultancy, design and technology from Moermanskkade in Amsterdam, and has built its own AI tool, ClarifAI.

In 2025 Clarify and Ontwerpwerk designed the brand family for four events around the NATO summit in The Hague. It also built a web application mapping the Netherlands’ digital infrastructure for RDI, the Dutch digital infrastructure inspectorate. It is a strong option for dashboards, data-heavy products and public information.

What to look for in an Amsterdam UX design agency

Decide first whether you need research, design or a team that also builds. Valsplat and Clarify concentrate on understanding and explaining, Hike One on designing complex software, while Q42, INFO, Hypersolid and Lifely can carry a product through to code. Mixing the two is common: a research partner for discovery, then a build studio for delivery.

Ask about accessibility early. Many Dutch clients work to the NL Design System and public-sector accessibility standards, and the European Accessibility Act now applies to a wide range of consumer services. An agency should be able to show how it tests with real users, including people using assistive technology.

Check the team and the location. Several of these agencies also have offices in Rotterdam or elsewhere, so confirm who will work on your product and where research sessions will run. For international teams, most Amsterdam studios work comfortably in English, though public-sector projects often run in Dutch.

Look at how the work is shared. UX projects produce research recordings, interview transcripts, prototypes and many rounds of design feedback. Agencies with a clear place for findings and a simple approval process make it easier for clients to see why each decision was made.

How Fabric helps UX design teams

Fabric gives a UX team one workspace for research, design files and client feedback, with AI search across all of it. The UI/UX agency setup keeps each client’s briefs, research, prototypes and call notes together, and Fabric for designers covers the individual workflow.

Research sessions recorded as audio or video are transcribed and become searchable, with clickable timestamps. Search works by meaning across interview transcripts, PDFs, screenshots and connected apps such as Notion and Google Drive, so a team can find every mention of a pain point across a year of studies. Similar search surfaces related screens or references from a single image.

For synthesis, Canvas is an infinite whiteboard that embeds Figma files alongside notes and images. Clients and stakeholders can leave threaded comments through a shared link without signing up, and annotations let reviewers highlight and comment on research reports and PDFs. Reviewers can also leave timestamped comments on video and draw on images.

To deliver findings, any folder can be published as a web page with password protection. On Team plans, self-writing docs keep a page per client with decisions, deliverables and open items drawn from meetings, Slack and the workspace.

Password protection is included on Pro and Team plans, and self-writing docs on Team plans. See plans for teams.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best UX design agency in Amsterdam?

It depends on the brief. Hike One is a long-standing product design specialist with a large Amsterdam team, Q42 and Fabrique combine design with strong engineering, and Valsplat focuses on user research.

What is the difference between a UX agency and a design agency?

A UX agency works on how a digital product behaves: research, information architecture, interaction design and testing. A design agency usually covers identity, print and campaign work as well. For studios with a broader remit, see the best design agencies in Amsterdam.

Do Amsterdam UX agencies work in English?

Yes. Most of the agencies on this list work with international clients and present in English, though projects for Dutch public bodies often run in Dutch.

What happened to code d’azur?

code d’azur merged with Triple, Wonderland and Connect2Crowd in November 2024 to form Hypersolid. The Amsterdam team carried on under the Hypersolid name.

Which agencies are part of Eidra?

Fabrique and Q42 are both part of Eidra, a consultancy collective, and share an office on Van Diemenstraat in Amsterdam.

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