Best UX Design Agencies in Helsinki (2026)

Introduction

Helsinki’s UX design work is concentrated in a set of digital consultancies and product studios that combine research, interface design and engineering in the same team. The 11 firms below were chosen for their current client work, the depth of their design practice and a verified Helsinki office in 2026.

Most of the city’s demand comes from Finnish companies with large digital services: retailers such as Kesko and S Group, banks and insurers such as OP and LähiTapiola, healthcare providers such as Terveystalo and Mehiläinen, and public bodies including the City of Helsinki. The past year has been a tight one for the sector. Siili Solutions reported revenue down 11.5% for January to September 2026, and Gofore agreed in June 2026 to sell its product design and technical documentation unit to CoE Group. At the same time, service design specialist Hellon picked up three recognitions in Fast Company’s 2026 Innovation by Design Awards.

Every firm here has a working studio or office in Helsinki in 2026. The list is unranked, since the right partner depends on whether you need research and service design, interface work for an existing product, or a team that will also build and run it.

The best UX design agencies in Helsinki

1. Reaktor

Private · Kluuvi · reaktor.com

Reaktor was founded in Helsinki in 2000 and still runs its headquarters from Yliopistonkatu in the city centre, with further offices in Turku, Tampere, Amsterdam, Lisbon, New York and Tokyo. It describes its work as digital innovation, software development and strategic design, and its teams embed designers alongside engineers on client projects. It has also published an Interaction Design Academy handbook.

Recent case studies include work for Posti, ABB, HBO, adidas, Cathay Pacific and the quantum computing company IQM. Its wider client list takes in Finnair, Supercell, Rovio, Suunto and Nokia. Reaktor has co-founded or invested in more than 40 companies, so check which part of the group will staff your project.

2. Futurice

Private · Kamppi · futurice.com

Futurice started in Helsinki in 2000 and has its group office on Kansakoulukatu in Kamppi. It researches, designs and builds digital products and services, and sits at the centre of the “Futurice Family”, a group of related companies that includes Columbia Road, Meltlake, Recordly and Thriv. Jonas Trindler became chief executive in 2024.

Case studies cover K-Ruoka, VR Group, KONE, Supercell, Sanoma and Scandinavian Airlines, and the City of Helsinki and Kesko appear among its clients. Futurice also has offices in Germany, Sweden and the UK, which suits Finnish clients running services in several markets.

3. Siili Solutions

Listed on Nasdaq Helsinki · Ruoholahti · siili.com

Siili Solutions is a listed digital consultancy headquartered on Ruoholahdenkatu, with design services offered alongside software, data and AI work. It had 786 employees at the end of September 2026 and reported revenue of EUR 72.1 million for the first nine months of the year, down from EUR 81.4 million.

Clients include Elisa, Finavia, Fintraffic, Wärtsilä, Alma Media and LähiTapiola. In 2026 Siili won a contract to deliver an airport operational status system for Swedavia’s ten Swedish airports. The group also includes Supercharge and Siili Auto, so larger programmes may draw on teams outside Helsinki.

4. Vincit

Listed (Vincit Plc) · Kamppi · vincit.com

Vincit is a Finnish software and design company with a Helsinki office on Fredrikinkatu and further offices in five other Finnish cities, Stockholm, Lisbon, Poznań and Palo Alto. Its strategy and design team works on websites, mobile apps and B2B commerce. The company reported 2025 revenue of EUR 69.1 million.

Finnish clients include Valio, OP, Reima, Verkkokauppa.com, Finnlines and Outokumpu, and its US studio has worked on the New York Times Cooking app. Vincit fits companies that want design and development from one supplier on a long-running service.

5. Hellon

Independent · Siltasaari · hellon.com

Hellon built its reputation as a service design agency and now describes itself as a human-centric AI transformation consultancy, combining strategy, human-centred design, change leadership and engineering in one team. Its Helsinki office is on Siltasaarenkatu. In 2026 its work for Metso and iLOQ earned two finalist places and an honourable mention in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards.

Recent projects include a customer service transformation for Metsä Group, a rebuilt payroll app for Integrata, and more than 25 projects across the UN system under a six-year agreement. Hellon suits organisations that need research and service design tied to operational change, more than a pure interface brief.

6. Fraktio

Private · Kluuvi · fraktio.fi

Fraktio is a Helsinki software and design house on Kluuvikatu that uses design methods to shape what gets built and how users experience it. It also runs UX and UI training for client teams, which helps when an in-house team will take a product over.

Its client list leans towards healthcare and finance: Mehiläinen, Terveystalo, Pihlajalinna, Fennoa, Admicom and Visma Sign, plus Verkkokauppa.com in retail. Fraktio is smaller than the listed consultancies here, and that often means the same senior people stay on a project throughout.

7. Nitor

Private · City centre · nitor.com

Nitor is a Helsinki digital engineering and design company with its office on Aleksanterinkatu. Its work runs from digital strategy and customer experience through to building and running data, commerce and AI services. Design projects in its portfolio include accessibility work for Elisa and a design partnership with OP Financial Group.

Marimekko has partnered with Nitor and Hi Shine on its digital customer experience. Other clients include SOK, Kesko, Posti, Finnair, Yle, Wolt and Supercell, which gives Nitor a strong base in Finnish consumer services.

8. Taiste

Private · Kamppi · taiste.fi

Taiste is a digital product studio on Kansakoulukatu that combines strategy, UX and UI design and software development. It offers design as a standalone service as well as full product builds.

Featured work includes projects for Hesburger, Bluefors and Teleste, and its clients include Suunto, UPM, Kemira, Vaisala, Helen and Aalto University. The mix of consumer apps and industrial technology makes it a useful option for B2B companies that want product-grade interfaces.

9. Exove

Private · Ruoholahti · exove.com

Exove was founded in 2006 and has offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Oulu, with the Helsinki team on Porkkalankatu. It has around 60 people and offers service design and UX and UI design alongside web development, with a strong focus on digital accessibility.

Clients include Neste, VTT, Sanoma, Matkahuolto, Taksi Helsinki, Haaga-Helia and the University of Oulu. Exove is a good fit for organisations whose main digital service is a large website or portal that has to meet accessibility requirements.

10. Qvik

Private, backed by Bocap · Kamppi · qvik.com

Qvik was founded in Helsinki in 2008 and now has more than 150 designers, developers and business advisers across the Nordics, with its Helsinki office on Urho Kekkosen katu. It focuses on mobile apps, web services and digital payments, with digital design as a core service.

Its app for Terveystalo’s Medoma service won a Grand Prix along with best digital service and best service design awards in 2023, and its K-Ruoka app work won a best use of data award in 2024. Other case studies cover Koenigsegg, Suunto and Säästöpankki.

11. Mearra

Private · Kluuvi · mearra.com

Mearra is a digital agency whose former domain, wunder.io, now redirects to mearra.com, and it has deep roots in Drupal. Its Helsinki office is on Kaisaniemenkatu, with further teams in Turku, Tampere, Tallinn, Riga and Valmiera. Its software development and design service combines UX research, visual design and engineering.

Recent work includes an AI-powered answering tool for the University of Helsinki, a student knowledge hub for Metropolia and audio advertising workflows for Bauer Media. Mearra suits universities, publishers and public bodies with large content platforms.

What to look for in a Helsinki UX design agency

Start with how design sits inside the firm. Most UX work in Helsinki is done by consultancies where designers work in mixed teams with developers, and that is often an advantage for a service that has to ship. If you need research or service design before anything is built, ask how many dedicated designers the firm has and whether they can work on a discovery phase without a development contract attached.

Look for experience with your type of user. Finnish public-sector and healthcare services have strict accessibility requirements, and several firms here have built their practice around them. Consumer apps for retail and banking need different skills, including payments and loyalty flows. Case studies with named clients are a reasonable test.

Check who will be on the team and where they sit. The larger firms run offices across Finland and abroad, and the 2026 market has brought headcount cuts and restructuring at some of them. It is fair to ask for named designers and to confirm they are based in Helsinki if you want in-person workshops.

Agree early on how design work will be reviewed. UX projects produce a steady stream of prototypes, research recordings, journey maps and design files, and feedback from several stakeholders can scatter across email, chat and Figma comments. A shared place for files and comments, with a clear way to mark feedback as dealt with, keeps rounds short and gives the next team a record of what was decided.

How Fabric helps UX design teams

Fabric gives a design team one workspace for research, design files, client feedback and project knowledge, with AI search across all of it. The UI and UX agency setup is organised around client projects, so interview recordings, prototypes and specifications for each account stay together.

Research material is easier to reuse when it is searchable. Fabric transcribes uploaded audio and video, so usability sessions and stakeholder interviews can be found by what was said, and search works by meaning across documents, images, PDFs and connected apps such as Google Drive and Notion. Results jump to the right page or timestamp. On a canvas, teams can lay out journey maps and moodboards with embedded Figma files.

Client feedback works through sharing. Share a file or folder with the client as a commenter, and they can open it without signing up. With annotations, they can highlight and comment on PDFs and documents, draw on a screen design and attach a comment to the drawing, or leave timestamped comments on a recorded prototype walkthrough, with a drawing on the frame if needed. The team marks each comment completed as it is handled, so a review round works like a checklist. There is a short guide on getting client feedback on a design.

Heavy files sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand and takes no local disk space. On Team plans, self-writing docs keep a page for each client up to date from meetings, Slack and the workspace, covering decisions, deliverables and open items.

Self-writing docs are included on Team plans, which start from $125 a month. See plans for teams.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best UX design agency in Helsinki?

There is no single answer, as it depends on the brief. Hellon has the most recent design award recognition among the firms here, with three Fast Company Innovation by Design recognitions in 2026. Reaktor and Futurice are the longest-established Helsinki digital product consultancies, and Qvik has won Finnish awards for its healthcare and retail apps.

What is the difference between UX design and service design?

UX design usually covers the experience of a specific digital product, such as an app or website. Service design looks at the whole service, including staff, processes and offline touchpoints. Several Helsinki firms offer both, and Hellon and Exove list service design as a separate offering.

Do Helsinki UX agencies also build the product?

Most of them do. Reaktor, Futurice, Siili Solutions, Vincit, Nitor, Taiste, Qvik and Mearra all combine design with software development. If you only need design, ask whether the firm will take on a design-only engagement and hand over to your own developers.

What happened to Wunder?

The Finnish digital agency Wunder now operates as Mearra. The wunder.io domain redirects to mearra.com, and the company has offices in Helsinki, Turku and the Baltics.

Where can I find Helsinki agencies for visual identity and graphic design?

UX firms focus on digital products and services. For multidisciplinary studios working on identity, print and spatial design, see the best design agencies in Helsinki.

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