Gorilla Group

Name

Gorilla Group

Legal name

VML

Website

https://gorillagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Consulting and Technology Services: Revenue generated through consulting, customer experience, commerce, and technology transformation engagements with enterprise clients. The model is project and contract-based, combining professional services with technology delivery across global markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gorilla Group provides innovative e-commerce solutions for enterprise, B2B, and direct-to-consumer brands. The company's offerings center on commerce platform development, customer experience design, consulting, and technology transformation services delivered through an integrated service model that combines engineering, data, and scaled automation capabilities.

Product overview

VML Enterprise Solutions is a unified service offering that combines all of VML's technology and data groups into a single operating unit. The portfolio integrates Consulting, Customer Experience (CX), Commerce, and Technology Transformation as interconnected service modules, supported by specialized service companies including MAP, Proto, Diff, Corebiz, and DTI. The unit addresses complex business challenges through combined consulting, customer experience, commerce, and technology transformation practices, with more than 10,000 experts across 40-plus global offices contributing to delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Enterprise Solutions
• Consulting
• Customer Experience (CX)
• Commerce
• Technology Transformation

Quantifiable outcome

• VML named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Commerce Services, Q2 2024
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AdobecoreTechnology or IntegrationVML Enterprise Solutions benefits from a long-standing global partnership with Adobe, including Adobe Solution Partner Platinum status. The partnership enables delivery of Adobe Experience Cloud integrations, Adobe Commerce implementations, and creative and content services for enterprise clients.
• SalesforcecoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing global partnership with Salesforce as a key technology partner for CRM, customer experience, and platform delivery capabilities within the Enterprise Solutions portfolio.
• GooglecoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal partnership with Google as part of VML Enterprise Solutions' network of industry-leading technology partners, supporting AI-driven transformation and digital experience delivery.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing global partnership with Microsoft supporting technology transformation, cloud, and AI-driven operating model modernization for enterprise clients.
• BrazecoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal partnership with Braze as a key customer engagement and messaging platform partner within the Enterprise Solutions technology ecosystem.
• MACH AlliancecoreTechnology or IntegrationVML Enterprise Solutions is a member of the MACH Alliance, supporting microservices-based, API-first, cloud-native, and headless technology architectures for enterprise clients.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy specializing in digital transformation, platform engineering, and data/AI engineering with deep open-source and MACH-aligned delivery capability. It overlaps directly with the technology transformation and commerce platform delivery offerings within VML Enterprise Solutions.
• Slalom: Slalom is a US-headquartered consultancy delivering strategy, technology, and transformation services to enterprise and mid-market clients, with strong Adobe and Salesforce alliances. It is a frequent co-bidder and direct competitor on commerce and CX engagements that VML Enterprise Solutions also targets.
• Globant: Globant is a digitally native global IT and digital services firm offering commerce, CX, and AI reinvention services to enterprise and consumer brands. It competes with VML Enterprise Solutions for Adobe and commerce replatform work while positioning strongly on AI engineering.
• Valtech: Valtech is a global digital agency specializing in experience engineering and commerce platform delivery, with MACH Alliance membership and deep Adobe/Salesforce credentials that closely mirror the VML Enterprise Solutions commerce offering. It is a frequently overlapping competitor on enterprise commerce replatform deals.
• Publicis Sapient: Publicis Sapient is the most direct strategic competitor to VML Enterprise Solutions, offering consulting, customer experience, commerce, and platform engineering to large enterprises. The two firms compete in many of the same Adobe/Salesforce commerce replatform RFPs and pursue identical enterprise transformation wallets.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Interactive: Accenture Interactive (now Song) is the experience and commerce transformation arm of Accenture and directly competes with VML Enterprise Solutions and Gorilla Group on Adobe/Salesforce-led omnichannel commerce, CX, and creative transformation deals for the world's largest brands. Its global delivery scale and IP depth make it the apex broad incumbent peer.
• IBM iX (IBM Consulting Experience): IBM iX delivers enterprise experience design and digital transformation services, with deep Adobe and Salesforce implementation capability that overlaps directly with the VML Enterprise Solutions portfolio. It competes at the top of the enterprise market with similar global delivery muscle and analyst-recognized commerce credentials.
• Capgemini Invent: Capgemini Invent delivers digital transformation consulting across CX, commerce, and engineering, frequently bundled with Salesforce/Adobe capabilities. Its consumer products, retail, and automotive industry breadth mirrors VML Enterprise Solutions' vertical approach and marks it as a head-to-head competitor on global RFPs.
• Cognizant Interactive: Cognizant's Interactive / Digital Experience practice delivers commerce, CX, and platform engineering to enterprise clients, frequently co-led with Adobe and Salesforce. It competes for the same digital transformation RFPs as VML Enterprise Solutions and offers a comparable global delivery model anchored in IT services depth.
• Deloitte Digital: Deloitte Digital is the largest Big Four digital agency competing head-to-head with VML Enterprise Solutions on enterprise transformation mandates that blend consulting, CRM (Salesforce/Adobe), and technology delivery. It pursues the same Fortune 500 boardroom deals, often with adjacent strategy advisory pull-through.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gorilla
• Xx.com/GorillaCommerce
• Facebookfacebook.com/gorillagroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A1 record

Investments

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

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