What November Five does

November Five is an independent, partner-led digital product studio headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, with a regional office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Founded in 2008, the firm employs roughly 60 senior practitioners across design, engineering, product, marketing, and sales, and has delivered more than 650 projects for enterprises where digital product is treated as a strategic lever rather than a side initiative. Its core service offering covers digital product strategy, UX/UI design, full-stack engineering, and an AI-led delivery practice, all powered by its proprietary N5 AI OS® — a five-step methodology (Frame, Focus, Prove, Move, Scale) refined over seventeen years and applied across consulting engagements.

The studio's underlying technology stack combines human-led consulting with generative AI tooling: consultants use N5 AI OS® to scope and deliver work, while engineers run parallelized Claude Code agents via Git worktrees to accelerate coding, research, and bug-fix tasks. Beyond client services, November Five operates a portfolio of venture products that double as reference customers and adjacent revenue lines: Gorilla (margin intelligence for energy retailers, raised €30M, live at Engie, Shell, and Centrica), Spencer (employee communication platform, joint venture with Telenet), Wovian (AI for industrial enterprise, launched 2026, live at Moove, Maselis, and Greenyard), and the previously held Appmiral (live entertainment fan engagement, divested to CM.com in 2021).

Commercially, November Five generates revenue through professional services on a Statement-of-Work basis, offering time-and-materials, dedicated resource reservation (subscription), and fixed-scope fixed-fee arrangements, with monthly billing on multi-year contracts. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales with partner-led engagement across Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. The firm is privately held with no private equity backing, owns and operates its venture subsidiaries, and has accumulated marquee enterprise clients including Coca-Cola, Spotify, BBC, BASE/Telenet, Brussels Airport, Le Pain Quotidien, MDLBEAST, Digicel, and Vanbreda Risk & Benefits. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; based on headcount and agency benchmarks, current annual revenue is estimated in the $10M-$25M range.

Name

November Five

Legal name

November Five BV

Website

https://novemberfive.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

November Five is an independent, partner-led digital product studio in Antwerp with a Dubai office, employing 60 senior practitioners who design, engineer, and operate AI-augmented digital products for enterprise clients such as Coca-Cola, Spotify, BBC, and BASE across Europe, the Middle East, and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerp

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Custom software design, development, operation, maintenance, and hosting services. Engagement models include time and materials, resource reservation, and fixed scope-fixed fee arrangements. Strategy consulting services integrated with delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

November Five is a digital product studio that designs, builds, and operates digital products and services for enterprise clients. It delivers end-to-end engagements covering digital product strategy, UX/UI design, full-stack web and mobile engineering, and AI-led delivery through a proprietary five-step methodology (N5 AI OS®). Beyond client services, the firm also operates a portfolio of venture products in margin intelligence, employee communication, live entertainment engagement, and industrial AI.

Product overview

November Five is a digital product studio offering strategy, design, and engineering services powered by its proprietary N5 AI OS® platform. The company operates a five-step methodology (Frame, Focus, Prove, Move, Scale) refined since 2008. Beyond client services, November Five has launched several venture products: Wovian (AI for industrial enterprise, 2026), Gorilla (margin intelligence for energy retailers), Spencer (employee communication via joint venture with Telenet), and Appmiral (live entertainment fan engagement, acquired by CM.com in 2021). The portfolio spans enterprise digital transformation, e-commerce, mobile apps, web platforms, and AI-powered solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Product Strategy & Design

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% fewer support calls
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WoviancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026AI for the industrial enterprise venture. Live at Moove, Maselis, Greenyard and more. Launched in 2026, currently finding product-market-fit. Created by the same people who build for clients.
• GorillacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Margin intelligence platform for energy retailers. Live at Engie, Shell, Centrica and more. Launched in 2020. Raised €30M to scale global operations.
• SpencercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Employee communication and experience platform. Live at Deloitte, Ahold Delhaize, Duvel Moortgat and more. Launched in 2017 as joint venture with Telenet.
• AppmiralminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Live entertainment fan engagement platform. Live at Tomorrowland, Live Nation, FKP Scorpio and more. Launched in 2015. Acquired by CM.com in 2021.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ustwo: London-headquartered digital product studio with a comparable boutique model — small senior teams delivering strategy, design, and engineering for global enterprises and operating their own ventures (e.g., ustwo Studios apps). Closest like-for-like peer to November Five.
• Work & Co: Brooklyn-based product studio known for marquee enterprise digital product work (e.g., Google's Material Design, Virgin). Operates the same senior-practitioner-led, partner-close-to-work model as November Five.
• Valtech: Global digital transformation agency with strong European roots, delivering strategy, design, and engineering across enterprise clients. Operates a similar cross-region, partner-led boutique-services model with comparable target customers.
• Dept: Amsterdam-headquartered digital agency combining technology, creative, and data services for enterprise brands across Europe and globally. Similar European DNA, end-to-end digital product delivery, and enterprise client mix.

Broad incumbents

• R/GA: Global digital agency owned by Interpublic, delivering strategy, design, and technology for the world's largest brands. Larger and broader than November Five but competes for the same enterprise digital product mandates.
• Huge: Global digital experience agency with a strong track record of enterprise digital product design and engineering. Comparable in offering scope and target customers but materially larger and more geographically distributed.
• Fjord (Accenture Song): Design and innovation consultancy within Accenture Song, focused on service design and digital product strategy for global enterprises. Competes with November Five on strategy-led enterprise engagements but at significantly larger scale.
• IDEO: Pioneering global design consultancy delivering human-centered strategy, design, and innovation work for enterprises. Overlaps with November Five on design-led digital transformation, though IDEO is broader and more established.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy specializing in custom software, strategy, and digital transformation for enterprise clients. Competes for the same enterprise engineering and digital product mandates but at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Netcentric (Cognizant): European digital agency (now part of Cognizant) with strong presence in the DACH and wider EMEA markets, delivering digital experience and platform engineering for enterprise brands. Geographic and customer overlap with November Five's European practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/novemberfive
• Instagraminstagram.com/novemberfive
• Xx.com/novemberfiveco

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries4 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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