Limina Application Office, LLC

What Limina Application Office, LLC does

Limina Application Office, LLC is a privately held, woman- and minority-owned UX and technical design consultancy founded in 2003 and headquartered in Longmont, Colorado. The firm provides human-centered design services — including user research and testing, digital product and service design, information architecture, UI design, design system creation, design operations support, knowledge management, upskilling, and digital accessibility remediation — to enterprise, government, and growth-stage clients. Its service portfolio is organized around five pillars (Business Transformation & Design Leadership, User Research & Testing, Digital Product & Service Design, Technology, and Core Services), supplemented by government contracting, accessibility, and knowledge management practices. Underlying its delivery is a proprietary Continuous Tri-Track Development Framework that runs research, design, and development concurrently, paired with a Design Maturity Benchmarking assessment, the 2020 Design-Integration Report (surveying 100+ UX decision-makers), a podcast, and free playbooks that function as top-of-funnel content assets.

The business model is a mix of professional services engagements sold through direct field sales and subscription/expert-block arrangements for ongoing access to UX expertise. Pricing is publicly disclosed only for UX Evaluations ($13,500–$27,000 tiered by site complexity) and Digital Accessibility audits ($3,000–$15,000), with most engagements quote-based. Distribution combines direct enterprise sales, a federal contracting channel enabled by EDWOSB certification, and a State of Colorado Cooperative Purchasing Agreement. The company has served 96 clients across 182 projects in 22 years, with logos spanning federal agencies (USDA, HHS, GSA, SBA, DOL, USFWS, NCUA), pharmaceutical and biotech enterprises (Roche, Genentech, J&J, Pfizer), and technology and manufacturing clients (Salesforce, TE Connectivity, Fieldtech). Limina has been bootstrapped throughout its history with no external funding rounds and remains founder-led by CEO Maria Taylor and co-founder Jon Fukuda.

Name

Limina Application Office, LLC

Legal name

Limina Application Office, LLC

Website

https://limina.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Limina Application Office is a bootstrapped, woman- and minority-owned UX and technical design consultancy founded in 2003, serving enterprise, government, and growth-stage clients with human-centered design, accessibility, and design operations services from Colorado and the Washington DC area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

UX Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions (BPAEAGAM)

Keywords

• UX consulting services
• User research
• Digital accessibility
• Design operations
• Design systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional UX Consulting Services: Engagements scoped and delivered by Limina consultants including user research, UX strategy, design operations support, and digital accessibility services. Projects are sold directly to enterprise and government clients.
2. Expert Blocks / UX Subscription: Block-based time purchases from subject matter experts and monthly subscription access to UX services, providing flexible ongoing access to UX expertise.
3. Design Operations Consulting: Specialized consulting to assess, roadmap, and implement integrated research and design operations at organizations, including change management, tools implementation, and governance setup.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Limina Application Office, LLC is a UX and technical design consulting firm that delivers human-centered design services including user research, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, digital accessibility, and design operations support. The firm serves enterprise businesses and government agencies through project-based engagements, expert-block subscriptions, and continuous tri-track (research-design-development) delivery models.

Product overview

Limina Application Office, LLC is a UX consulting and services firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of human-centered design services. The company operates as a unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core service pillars include Business Transformation & Design Leadership, User Research & Testing (covering Evaluative Research, Exploratory Research, and Audience Segmentation), Digital Product & Service Design (encompassing Information Architecture, UI Design, Design System Creation, and Digital Accessibility), Technology Services, and Design Operations Support. The company also provides specialized offerings including Design Maturity Benchmarking, Knowledge Management Services, Upskilling/Mentorship/Coaching/Training, and Government Contracting Services. Supporting resources include The Limina Podcast (thought leadership content), the Design-Integration Report (research publication), the eAccessibility Effort Planning Workbook, and UX Playbooks (Design Review Play, Team Feedback Play). The company delivers engagements through flexible models including project-based work, UX subscriptions, and expert blocks for consulting time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Limina Podcast: A podcast dedicated to discussions on human-centered digital transformation, featuring guest speakers who discuss various approaches, methods, and areas of expertise to ensure successful digital transformation.

Products and services

• Business Transformation & Design Leadership Consulting services for organizational change management, design maturity benchmarking, and design operations support for digital teams.
• User Research & Testing Research services including evaluative research, exploratory research, journey mapping, and audience segmentation to inform product design decisions.
• Digital Product & Service Design End-to-end design services covering content architecture, information architecture, UI design, design system setup, and digital accessibility implementation.
• Technology Services Technical services including application configuration and development, enterprise search architecture, software and web development, system integration design, and technology evaluation.
• Design Operations Support Operational consulting to help organizations scale and enable UX practitioners through change management, strategy, tools implementation, governance setup, and training.
• Design System Creation and Optimization Services to establish or optimize design libraries and design systems for consistent, accessible, and scalable UI component management.
• Digital Accessibility Services Holistic digital accessibility services including accessibility audits, document remediation, VPAT/ACR documentation, training, and ADA/Section 508/WCAG conformance consulting.
• Design Maturity Benchmarking Assessment framework using qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate an organization's design integration readiness across culture, management, metrics, integration, and investment themes.
• UX Evaluation Expert evaluation of existing user interfaces against UX heuristics and best practices, delivering prioritized recommendations for visual, usability, and interaction improvements.
• Knowledge Management Services Services for capturing, organizing, and leveraging organizational knowledge including knowledge repository design, workflow automation, and insight strategy.
• Government Contracting Services Federal and state government contracting services including EDWOSB certification, cooperative purchasing agreements, and accessibility remediation for government agencies.
• Upskilling - Mentorship, Coaching & Training Learning and development services including curriculum planning, skills assessment, digital accessibility training, and mentorship for UX and technical teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• 86% of companies fail to integrate design across the organization (from Limina's proprietary research)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• State of Colorado Office of Information TechnologycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 9 May 2024Cooperative Purchasing Agreement enabling Limina to provide comprehensive digital product remediation services, product development services, and accessibility training to the State of Colorado, local agencies, and political subdivisions for up to five years (Contract Number: 191097).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Huge: Global digital experience agency delivering UX research, product design, and digital transformation. Overlaps with Limina's enterprise software, consumer app, and accessibility service lines for similar buyer profiles.
• IDEO: Pioneering design consultancy providing human-centered design, research, and innovation services. Closely aligned with Limina's research-to-design methodology and emphasis on design integration and accessibility.
• Bounteous: Digital experience company offering strategy, design, and technology services to enterprise clients across verticals. Directly comparable mid-sized alternative to Limina with similar UX, design systems, and digital transformation offerings.
• Work & Co: Digital product studio building flagship customer-facing products with embedded design, research, and engineering teams. Directly comparable business model to Limina's Digital Product & Service Design and Technology Services pillars.
• Mobiquity: Digital consultancy specializing in customer experience, product design, and cloud-native engineering for regulated industries including healthcare. Comparable on regulated-sector digital transformation and design operations support.
• Frog Design: Global design and innovation consultancy providing strategy, design research, and product design for Fortune 500 and global brands. Comparable on human-centered design methodology, design transformation, and enterprise UX delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Perficient: Large digital consultancy delivering strategy, design, and technology services to enterprise clients including regulated industries. Competes for UX-led digital transformation, accessibility, and Drupal/web platform engagements similar to Limina's federal work.
• ICF: Large public-sector digital services and consulting firm with deep federal agency relationships. Competes with Limina for federal digital transformation, accessibility, and website redesign contracts but at materially larger scale.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy offering strategy, design, and software engineering for enterprise digital products. Comparable on technology-enabled UX transformation and design-engineering integration offerings.
• Slalom: Large management and technology consulting firm with established design and customer experience practices. Competes for enterprise UX strategy, design operations, and digital transformation engagements across industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/liminaux
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@liminaux
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/Liminaco
• Instagraminstagram.com/liminaux

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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